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    Rita bus fire families settle for millions

    Victims’ kin hope award brings ‘closure’ and changes in safety

    Nearly four years after 23 Bellaire nursing home residents died in a fiery bus while evacuating from Hurricane Rita, their families have reached a settlement.

    PublicationHouston Chronicle
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff, Janie L. Jordan, Sherie Potts Beckman.

    Result

    $80 Million

    Year

    June 5, 2009

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    Families, nursing home reach settlement in 2005 bus fire

    The families of 23 elderly residents of a Bellaire nursing home who died in a bus fire near Dallas while evacuating from Hurricane Rita two years ago have reached a settlement with the owners of the nursing home, attorneys in Houston confirmed.

    PublicationHouston Chronicle
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff, Janie L. Jordan, Sherie Potts Beckman.

    Year

    September 25, 2007

  • Case
    Jury favors 6 Texans in suit over 1-10 crash

    A jury has ruled that Allied Van Lines should pay a group of Texans whose SUV was thrown into the air and caught fire, killing two people and seriously burning two others, when a moving van slammed into traffic stopped by a minor accident.

    PublicationHouston Chronicle
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff, Janie L. Jordan, Sherie Potts Beckman.

    Result

    $32 Million

    Year

    April 15, 2007

  • Case
    Accident results in jury award

    The victims of a 2003 vehicle accident in Louisiana were awarded damages by a federal jury.

    PublicationValley Morning Star
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff, Janie L. Jordan, Sherie Potts Beckman.

    Year

    April 11, 2007

  • Case
    Jury awards Texas Family

    “Allied Van Lines sued after deadly 2003 wreck

    A federal jury returned a verdict in a July 2003 crash on the Atchafalaya Basin bridge that killed five people.”

    PublicationThe Advocate
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff, Janie L. Jordan, Sherie Potts Beckman.

    Year

    April 11, 2007

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    Award in Basin crash

    Two family members died in auto crash, other victims severely burned

    A federal jury awarded damages to the victims of a July 2003 crash on Interstate 10.

    PublicationThe Daily Advertiser
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff, Janie L. Jordan, Sherie Potts Beckman.

    Year

    April 11, 2007