Recognition follows firm’s successful work in faulty tire tread, truck crash injury cases HOUSTON – Trial lawyers Kyle Farrar and Wesley Ball of Houston’s Farrar & Ball, LLP, once again are being honored among the state’s top attorneys on the annual Texas Super Lawyers list. The pair’s recognition by peers in the 2015 edition follows
The $2.6 million jury verdict for owner-operator truck driver Herbert Willoughby in a Houston federal court in August 2015 has sent ripples among commercial truckers and transportation companies. Lead trial attorney Wesley Ball was a guest on Sirius XM Radio’s Road Dog Trucking show to discuss the case and address serious safety issues that surface
The $2.6 million verdict for independent truck driver Herbert Willoughby in August 2015 has resulted in a national news discussion about the maintenance practices of trucking and transportation companies, as well as the pressures faced by independent truckers who must decide every day whether the trailers they’re hired to pull are safe. See the original
Jury award spotlights maintenance failures in trucking industry HOUSTON – A Houston federal jury has awarded a $2.6 million verdict on behalf of a truck driver who suffered serious injuries while working on a poorly maintained tandem trailer owned by Phoenix-based Swift Transportation Corp. (NYSE: SWFT), the largest motor carrier in North America with more
Farrar & Ball founders recognized following string of legal victories HOUSTON – After building one of the region’s hottest trial law firms and earning a string of record verdicts against tire, automotive and product manufacturers, Farrar & Ball, LLP, founders Kyle Farrar and Wesley Todd Ball have been singled out for a rare combination of
Farrar & Ball, LLP were successful in obtaining sanctions against a tractor-trailer company after it was discovered maintenance records and physical evidence was destroyed before trial. Farrar & Ball, LLP successfully argued the Defendants should be monetarily and procedurally sanctioned for their intentional conduct meant to stonewall and thwart Plaintiffs from telling the whole truth
Kyle Farrar and Wes Ball, founding partners of Farrar & Ball, once again have earned a spot on the annual Texas Rising Stars list. David Romagosa also is featured on the 2012 listing of Texas’ top young lawyers. This marks the third consecutive year that all three have been profiled in the annual Texas Rising Stars
Tire companies rarely have to answer in court for the harm caused by their defective products. Few law firms have taken manufacturers to trial in the last three years. Only a handful of law firms focus on tire litigation against all manufacturers. Farrar & Ball, LLP is an elite firm in this area. Over the
Farrar & Ball successfully concluded litigation with Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. The firm represented Maria and Jesus Rodriguez, age 11, in a tire failure incident wherein Maria was seriously injured and Jesus was rendered a paraplegic. The incident occurred and the case was filed in Harris County, Texas. As a result of the catastrophic
DES MOINES, Iowa – The Iowa Court of Appeals has upheld a $32.8 million jury verdict against Findlay, Ohio-based Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. (NYSE: CTB) in a tire-tread separation accident that killed one person and injured several others. The ruling affirms a 2010 jury verdict issued in Iowa’s Polk County District Court that found
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