The Undeadliest Protest: How a group of law students’ legal heroism saved lives.
Mithoff played a central role in a remarkable legal victory, using the law as a tool to defuse crisis rather than escalate it, a defining moment that deepened his passion for the practice of law and the thrill of achieving justice for a worthy cause.
Judge backs Houston homeowners who sued feds for releasing water from Addicks, Barker during Harvey
Judge Loren A. Smith ruled Wednesday in a test case of 12 plaintiffs that first went to trial in 2024, finding that the government’s actions amounted to a “taking” of private property and that homeowners were eligible to be compensated for the damage it wrought. View Judge’s Ruling and Press Release.
Texas flooding: State officials face lawsuit from families over Camp Mystic licensing
A new lawsuit has been filed in connection with the deaths at Camp Mystic during the devastating flooding that hit Central Texas last July.
Families of 9 Who Died in July 4 Camp Mystic Flood Sue DSHS
“The DSHS officials responsible for licensing youth camps deliberately looked the other way,” Paul Yetter of Yetter Coleman said in a news release. “While Camp Mystic bears responsibility and is also being sued, state officials knew the camp’s emergency plan lacked a required evacuation component and still licensed it as safe.”
State Officials Sued for Violating Camp Mystic Campers and Counselors’ Constitutional Rights
The parents of nine Camp Mystic campers and counselors who died in the July 4, 2025 flood filed suit Monday in federal court against six officials of the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS), alleging violations of their daughters’ constitutional rights to life and bodily integrity.
Camp Mystic parents sue state health department for licensing the retreat
The federal lawsuit accuses the state of violating their daughters’ constitutional rights by licensing the camp two days before the July 4 flooding disaster despite its lack of an evacuation plan.
Camp Mystic families sue Texas officials after deadly July 4
Nine Camp Mystic families are suing Texas officials after the deaths of their children who died in the July 4 floods last summer. The lawsuit filed on Monday claims the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) violated their daughters’ “constitutional rights to life and bodily integrity.”
“This pain is indescribable”: Father of Camp Mystic victim Lila Bonner joins CNN after new lawsuit
Blake Bonner, who lost his daughter Lila in the tragic flooding in central Texas last summer, joined CNN’s Pamela Brown with his lawyers to explain the latest legal action taken by the group of parents known as “Heaven’s 27.” The suit alleges that state officials within the Texas Department of State Health Services approved Camp Mystic’s license without a clear evacuation plan.
Crash of a Beech Baron in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana on October 22, 2025 Shows Similarities to Crash of Beech Baron in 2019 near Kerrville, Texas
On October 22, 2025, a Beech G58 Baron aircraft, registration N16PV, crashed in a field near the corner of Gloria Switch Road and Louisiana 93 in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, killing all three occupants aboard.