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Pandemic Delays U.S. Supreme Court Arguments Over Effort by Ford to Limit Legal Scrutiny for Defective Products

Kaster, Lynch, Farrar & Ball trial lawyers: Case has broad consumer safety implications HOUSTON – A COVID-19-related delay in the U.S. Supreme Court’s spring docket includes an important automotive defect case in which Ford Motor Co. is attempting to limit the ability of injured individuals to hold manufacturers accountable for defective products. Trial lawyers from

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Kaster, Lynch, Farrar & Ball Among National Law Journal’s Elite Trial Lawyers Finalists

Firm achieves major verdicts, settlements in product defect lawsuits HOUSTON AND OCALA, Florida – Trial lawyers at Kaster, Lynch, Farrar & Ball are named among the finalists for the National Law Journal’s Elite Trial Lawyers “Law Firm of the Year” for products liability litigation based on a string of recent legal victories that include large jury verdicts and numerous major

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Louisiana Judge Awards $7.2M Tire Defect Verdict Against Goodyear

Tire company failed to warn of sidewall zipper explosions while inflating PLAQUEMINES PARISH, La. – The law firm of Kaster Lynch Farrar & Ball, LLP, has again obtained a significant verdict against a multinational tire company, this one against Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. A Louisiana district court has awarded a $7.2 million verdict for

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Kaster Lynch Farrar & Ball Wins Key Minn. Supreme Court Ruling in Closely Watched Ford Airbag Lawsuit

Kaster Lynch Farrar & Ball attorneys recently won an important appellate ruling at the Minnesota Supreme Court in a product defect lawsuit against Ford Motor Co. for injuries caused by a defective airbag. In addition to earning a critical victory for a Minnesota resident who suffered serious injuries when his airbag failed to deploy, the

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We Got Alex Jones’ Deposition Video. It Was A Predictable Disaster For Him.

Infowars host Alex Jones was questioned earlier this month for three hours by the lawyer of a Sandy Hook parent who has accused him of perpetuating an abhorrent hoax. It did not go well for Jones. “Like I told you, most of this stuff I can’t even remember,” Jones says about the 2012 Sandy Hook

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How Alex Jones and Infowars Helped a Florida Man Stalk Sandy Hook Families

In the world of conspiracy theorists, Alex Jones and Wolfgang Halbig fueled each other’s darkest tendencies. Soon after the Dec. 14, 2012, mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Mr. Jones, the right-wing provocateur, began spreading outlandish theories that the killing of 20 first graders and six educators was staged by the

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Breaking News: Watch Alex Jones Video Deposition

In response to lawsuits filed by parents of children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary shootings, Alex Jones was required to answer key questions under oath. Watch the unedited videotaped deposition of Alex Jones in Lewis v. Jones, taken by attorney Mark Bankston of Kaster Lynch Farrar & Ball, LLP.

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The Legal Intelligencer interviews Kyle Farrar for article on record tire tread defect verdict and settlements in Philadelphia

The Legal Intelligencer newspaper interviewed Kyle Farrar following a record jury verdict and settlements in a Pennsylvania lawsuit in which a mother and her baby daughter were seriously injured in a crash caused by a defective Bridgestone truck tire. Writes The Legal Intelligencer: “According to Houston attorney Kyle Farrar of Farrar & Ball, who was

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Wesley Ball featured in Law360 article, “Concrete Co. Settles Crash Claims After $12M Verdict”

Law360 spoke with Wes Ball following the firm’s record verdict and related settlements for a mother and her infant daughter who were seriously injured in a crash caused by a defective Bridgestone truck tire. Writes Law360: “Silvi Concrete has joined Bridgestone in settling a woman’s claims that the companies are responsible for the dismemberment she

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Major Settlements, $11.7M Combined Injury Verdict Add to Record Tire Tread Defect Recovery

Combined settlements with Bridgestone, Bandag result in record recovery for mother, daughter injured in horrific crash PHILADELPHIA – A series of legal settlements with tire companies Bridgestone, Bridgestone Bandag and additional corporate defendants, plus a combined $11.7 million verdict for compensatory damages and interest, add up to a record recovery for a New Jersey woman

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