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The family of a fallen firefighter killed in a bicycle accident has been awarded $39.95 million in a wrongful death suit against a landscaping company.

Texas Super Lawyers has recognized three Mithoff Law attorneys in its 2015 annual award listing.  This list of top Texas attorneys, a Thomson Reuters publication, is based on peer recognition and professional achievements. Of those nominated, only 5 percent of the total lawyers in the state are selected for inclusion.

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 152^nd 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

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

The Texas Gas Service violated safety rules in handling a gas leak reported in November at a North Austin house where a gas explosion killed a man in January, according to a report released by the Texas Railroad Commission.

An attorney representing a Seguin couple injured last month in a rollover tour bus accident in which two other passengers died has filed a lawsuit in a Brownsville district court alleging negligence and seeking compensatory and exemplary damages for his clients.