Fifth Circuit Revives Int’l Paper Offshore-Drilling Waste Suit
Mithoff Law Pleased With Court’s Ruling; Expect Case to Return to Trial Court
Richard Mithoff Appointed to Executive Team of Lawyers for Texas Cases Against GM in Ignition Switch Litigation
HOUSTON — A state district judge has appointed Houston lawyer Richard Mithoff to the executive team of lawyers who will lead all Texas consolidated state court cases involving the General Motors Ignition Switch litigation.
State district Judge Robert Schaffer of the 152nd District Court in Harris County appointed the plaintiff’s team of five lawyers, which included Mithoff, Bob Hilliard, Mark Lanier, Jeff Wiggington and Scott West. Hilliard and Lanier were appointed co-lead counsel.
All pretrial proceedings in the product liability cases filed against GM in state court throughout Texas have been consolidated by the Texas Supreme Court to be heard before Judge Schaffer.
Mithoff, of Mithoff Law in Houston, has successfully represented clients in many national cases and lead plaintiffs’ teams in litigation against Breakstone/Firestone involving rollovers due to defective tires; representing Texas counties (and specifically Harris County) against major tobacco companies for medical costs incurred by patients at county hospitals due to smoking; and representing families of elderly victims who died in a fiery bus explosion as they were fleeing Hurricane Rita.
The Texas cases are separate from federal multi-district litigation pending before U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman in the Southern District of New York, but they will be coordinated through Furman.
GM has recalled vehicles with the faulty ignition switch, including:
- Buick Lacrosse — 2005-2009
- Buick Lucerne — 2006-2011
- Buick Regal LS & GS — 2004-2005
- Cadillac Deville — 2000-2005
- Cadillac CTS — 2003-2014
- Cadillac DTS — 2004-2011
- Cadillac SRX — 2004-2006
- Camaro — 2010-2014
- Chevrolet Cobalt — 2005-2010
- Chevrolet HHR — 2006-2011
- Chevrolet Impala — 2000-2014
- Chevrolet Malibu — 1997-2005
- Chevy Monte Carlo — 2000-2008
- Daewoo G2X — 2007-2009
- Oldsmobile Alero — 1999-2004
- Oldsmobile Intrigue — 1998-2002
- Opel/Vauxhall GT — 2007-2010
- Pontiac G4 —2005-2006
- Pontiac G5 — 2007-2010
- Pontiac Grand Am — 1999-2005
- Pontiac Grand Prix — 2004-2008
- Pontiac Pursuit — 2005-2006
- Pontiac Solstice — 2006-2010
- Saturn Ion — 2003-2007
- Saturn Sky — 2007-2010
Mithoffs Contribute $2 million to University of Texas School of Law Pro Bono Program
Program renamed Richard & Ginni Mithoff Pro Bono Program
2015 Best Lawyers in America includes Three Attorneys from Mithoff Law
Three attorneys with Mithoff Law have been named to U.S. News and World Report Best Lawyers in America 2015
Richard Mithoff – Best Lawyers in America 1989 – 2015
Sherie Potts Beckman – Best Lawyers in America 2011 – 2015
Joseph R. Alexander Jr. – Best Lawyers in America 2015
Mithoff Law Attorneys included in Texas SuperLawyers 2014
Three attorneys with Mithoff Law have been named to Thomson-Reuters 2014 edition of Texas SuperLawyers.
Richard Mithoff – Texas SuperLawyers 2003 – 2014
Top Ten in Texas 2003-2007, 2008-2013
Top 100 in Texas 2003 – 2014
Top 100 in Houston 2003 – 2014
Joseph R. Alexander Jr. – Texas SuperLawyers 2005 -2014
Janie L. Jordan – Texas SuperLawyers 2012 – 2014
BP Investors Win Bid to Form Class in Oil Spill Lawsuit
Some BP investors can form a class to sue the company over allegations it misled shareholders on how much oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, a federal judge ruled.
Investors Allege BP Overstated Safety Records
Attorneys for BP investors told a federal judge that the British oil company misled the market for years on how safe its deep-water drilling operations were in the lead-up to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Medical giants seal rift over money
Texas Heart Institute drops its suit; Catholic Healthy ups deal
The Texas Heart Institute will partner with the Catholic hospital chain that bought the St. Luke’s Episcopal Health System, ending a contractual dispute tied up in a Harris County district court since May.
Pre-K group sues to get on ballot
Opposition from county judge spurs nonprofit to head to court
Harris County Judge Ed Emmett said he would not place a 1-cent property tax on the November ballot intended to buoy area preschools, prompting a lawsuit by a local nonprofit that supplied tens of thousands of signatures on a petition asking him to do so.
Sale of St. Luke’s Faces Obstacle
The Texas Heart Institute, the St. Luke’s Episcopal Health System’s most valuate asset, is asking a Harris County court to declare it a free agent, a potentially huge wrinkle in the pending sale of the system to Catholic Health Initiatives.