News and the Latest Developments in Tire Tread Defects and Tire Failure Litigation

Kaster Lynch Farrar & Ball are nationally recognized for their developments in tire litigation. Here you will find informational updates and news reports related to tire safety, industry trends and defective product recalls. In addition, our record-setting verdicts and settlements frequently attract national media attention, and our attorneys are outspoken advocates for tire safety and tire industry reform.

2024

• KLFB Wins Another Supreme Court Appeal in Product Liability Claim
• Just Verdicts Podcast Spotlights KLFB’s $1B Verdict Against Mitsubishi
• Kyle Farrar, Wes Ball Featured on The Great Trials Podcast

2023

• Podcast Features Wesley Ball on Mastering the Art of Trial Law
• Pennsylvania Jury Awards Nearly $1 Billion in Mitsubishi Defective Seat Belt Case

2022

• Kyle Farrar Earns ‘Attorney of the Year’ Honor for Work in Bair Hugger Product Liability MDL

2021

• Louisiana Supreme Court Rejects Goodyear’s Appeal of $7.2M Tire Defect Lawsuit Verdict
• Transportation and Legal Media Shine Light on $3.08M Kumho Tire Defect Verdict
• Pittsburgh Jury Returns $3.08 Million Tire Tread Defect Verdict Against Kumho Tire USA
• Trial Lawyers Wes Ball and Kyle Farrar Named to Lawdragon’s Top 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers of 2021
• Louisiana Appellate Court Upholds $7.2M Tire Defect Verdict
• Two Determined Trial Lawyers Earn National Attention After Supreme Court Victory, Jury Trial Wins

2020

• Kaster, Lynch, Farrar & Ball Trial Lawyers Earn National Honors
• KLF&B Trial Lawyers Take Ford Defect Case to U.S. Supreme Court
• Global Tire Manufacturing Ramps Up Amid Concern About Quality Control, Dangerous Tread Defects
• Arkansas Court of Appeals Upholds $1.2M Verdict for Driver Injured Because of Hankook Tire Tread Defect
• Pandemic Delays U.S. Supreme Court Arguments Over Effort by Ford to Limit Legal Scrutiny for Defective Products

2019

• Kaster, Lynch, Farrar & Ball Among National Law Journal’s Elite Trial Lawyers Finalists
• Louisiana Judge Awards $7.2M Tire Defect Verdict Against Goodyear
• Kaster Lynch Farrar & Ball Wins Key Minn. Supreme Court Ruling in Closely Watched Ford Airbag Lawsuit

2018

• Kyle Farrar featured in The Legal Intelligencer article, “Jury Awards $10.6M to Mother Who Lost Arm in Minivan Crash”
• Law360 Interviews Wesley Ball Following Record $12M Defective Tire Verdict and Settlements

2017

• Kyle Farrar and Wesley Ball Named as 2018 Texas Super Lawyers

2016

• Arkansas Jury Orders Hankook to Pay $1.2M for Tire Tread Defect Crash
• David Romagosa Named as 2017 Texas Rising Star

2015

• GM to pay $900 million to settle criminal charges for flawed ignition switch deaths, injuries
• Houston Trial Lawyers Wesley Todd Ball, Kyle Farrar Earn Rare Honors

2013

• Farrar & Ball resolves Highly Publicized Case against Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.
• Farrar & Ball highlighted on Texas Rising Stars listing
• Farrar & Ball attorneys recognized among Texas’ top young lawyers
• Toe v. Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.
• Kaster Lynch Farrar & Ball Wins Substantial Recoveries in Tire-Related Litigation
• Iowa Appeals Court Upholds $32.8 Million Verdict in Rollover Case Against Cooper Tire

2012

• Toe V. Cooper case highlighted by Public Justice

2011

• Kaster Lynch Farrar & Ball, LLP, Wins One of Nation’s Top Verdicts for 2010

2010

• Kaster Lynch Farrar & Ball, LLP Wins $32.8 Million Verdict in Rollover Case Against Cooper Tire

2009

• Ocala Star-Banner: Lawyer crusades for tire safety
• Associated Press: Cooper Tire ordered to share documents for lawsuit
• Associated Press: Cooper Tire, Miss. law firm settle lawsuit

2006

• ABC NEWS: Questions Raised Over Tire Companies That Take Tread From Accident Sites
• Lawyers Weekly USA: Top 10 Verdict of 2005, Family Wins $61.2 Million in Ford Explorer Rollover
• Toledo Blade: Tires made by Cooper targeted in safety probe
• St. Petersburg Times: Lawsuits stack up for tire maker

2005

• Lawyers Weekly USA: Ford Slammed for $61 Million in Explorer Rollover Case
• Ocala Star-Banner: Ocala lawyer wins millions in Ford case

2002

• USA Today: Cooper Tire settles tread-separation lawsuit

2001

• Esquire Magazine: The Crusader (profile of Bruce Kaster)
• St. Petersburg Times: Deadly Combination: Ford, Firestone & Florida

2000

• The Wall Street Journal: Lawyer Famed as a Tire-Defects Expert Enters Spotlight With Firestone Recall
• The New York Times: Small-Town Lawyer Takes on Tire Makers
• The New York Times: Workers Question Evidence in Tire Recall
• The New York Times: More Indications That Hazards of Tires Were Long Known
• St. Petersburg Times: Ocala lawyer has been fighting tiremakers on safety for years
• Chicago Sun-Times: Retired tire builders testify against manufacturer
• Arkansas Times: Work of Arkansas lawyers contributed to Firestone recall