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Video & Visuals

Tire Demo without Nylon Wedge

This video animation demonstrates how steel belts inside a tire without a nylon wedge can generate dangerous amounts of friction.

Michelin Tire Recommendations

Corporate tire industry video documents safety concerns when two new tires are mounted on back of vehicle.

Tire Demo with Belt Wedge

This demonstrative evidence video animation is used to show jurors the components of a tire and illustrates how tires without “belt wedges” can generate dangerous friction between the steel belts.

Modern Tire Diagram

This demonstrative evidence image shows a cross section of a modern tire with liners, belts, nylon overlay and undertread.

Replacing Tires Guidelines

Corporate tire industry video explains safety and performance issues when only two tires are replaced on a vehicle, and how vehicle handling is affected by placement of tires.

Tread Separation Test

Video created by Carr Engineering Inc. to document a tread separation test with a Ford Explorer. Test shows that even an expert driver with knowledge that a tread separation event is imminent still cannot maintain control of the vehicle.

Tire Demo with Nylon Over Wrap

A video animation used as demonstrative evidence to illustrate for jurors the components of a tire, including belts, liners and tread base. This animation demonstrates how two belt liners rubbing together can create friction that leads to tire failure.

Ford Explorer Crash Testing

Short video documenting an SUV on a test track flipping and rolling, then crashing into a guard rail.

Nylon Safety Strips

Demonstrative evidence illustration used to explain to jurors the components of a tire designed with nylon safety strips in addition to steel belts.

Nylon Safety Belt

Side-by-side demonstrative evidence used to explain to jurors the differences between a cap ply tire with a nylon safety belt compared to a traditional steel-belted tire.

Mercury Mountaineer Tire Testing

Demonstrative evidence showing three different camera angles of a 2001 Mercury Moutaineer performing a controlled maneuver with a defective tire.

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Tire Defects

The safety of cars and trucks on our roads and highways today is built on a foundation that starts with a fundamental trust that automotive

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Superior Knowledge. Relentless Advocacy.

Those words perfectly describe Farrar & Ball and the firm’s dedication to fighting for those who suffer due to the carelessness of others.

Kyle Farrar and Wesley Todd Ball bring new energy and a fresh perspective to trial law. Untainted by antiquated thoughts and methods, they forge novel and winning trial strategies from the beginning of each case.

Kyle, Wes and their team have tried dozens of cases in Texas and across the country, winning numerous substantial verdicts. That is something few trial lawyers twice their age can claim.

That experience and success have helped Kyle and Wes earn recognition from their colleagues as well as national and regional news media, including Thomson Reuters as published in Texas Monthly magazine, which proclaimed them Texas Super Lawyers in 2014-2019.

Latest News & Blog

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The Alabama Supreme Court has denied a motion by the Cooper Tire & Rubber Company to escape liability for the death of a teenager in

Just Verdicts Podcast Spotlights KLFB’s $1B Verdict Against Mitsubishi

Kaster Lynch Farrar & Ball’s $1 billion unanimous jury verdict against Mitsubishi was featured in the Just Verdicts podcast in an episode that discusses legal

Kyle Farrar, Wes Ball Featured on The Great Trials Podcast

The Great Trials Podcast featured veteran trial lawyers Kyle Farrar and Wes Ball in an episode highlighting the firm’s $11.7 million jury verdict on behalf

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