• Case
    Did Boeing, aviation industry heed lessons of 2009 Air France crash?

    The details of the tragedy were strikingly familiar to Mithoff, a prominent Houston trial lawyer who had represented the family of an American couple killed in the 2009 crash of an Airbus A330-200 operating as Air France Flight 447. In both cases, a sensor had provided incorrect data to automated operating systems, triggering a confusing cacophony of warnings and alarms.

    PublicationHouston Chronicle
    Attorneys

    Warner V. Hocker.

    Year

    August 22, 2019

  • Case
    Family of Americans killed in Air France Air Bus crash sue

    The families of two Americans killed in the crash of an Air France air bus flight off the coast of South America in June filed a lawsuit claiming the airline and the plane’s various manufacturers knew the aircraft had defective parts that could have caused the accident.

    PublicationThe Seattle Times
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff, Warner V. Hocker.

    Year

    September 30, 2009

  • Case
    Suit blames copter crash on windshield, speed

    The latest lawsuit filed after a January oilfield helicopter crash in a Terrebonne marsh killed eight people alleges that a replacement windshield and the negligence of the aircraft’s owner and manufacturer are to blame.

    PublicationHouma Today
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff, Janie L. Jordan.

    Year

    May 9, 2009

  • Case
    Pump failure implicated in plane crashes

    Vacuum pumps, which power cockpit instruments in small airplanes, have contributed to at least 82 deaths in 36 crashes since 1980, including a 1998 crash in New Orleans that killed three Denton County residents, safety reports indicate.

    PublicationStar-Telegram
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff, Janie L. Jordan.

    Year

    March 2, 2001