• Case
    A Sense of Empathy: Noted Personal Injury Attorney is Representing Harris County in its Case Against Volkswagen

    Richard Mithoff Has Championed the Causes of Consumers, Workers

    PublicationHouston Chronicle
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff.

    Year

    August 7, 2016

  • Case
    Med Mal in Texas: Time to Tweak the Reforms? Plaintiff and Defense Lawyers Both See Room for Modifications

    Since January, well-known Houston plaintiff Lawyer Richard Mithoff filed on behalf of clients three petitions against medical providers in state court in Houston—more than the total number of such claims he filed in the previous seven years.

    In those petitions, Mithoff targeted a hospital that allegedly allowed a nurse to give a nondiabetic patient insulin causing brain damage and two other sets of providers that allegedly failed to properly diagnose patients’ conditions.

    PublicationTexas Lawyer
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff.

    Year

    June 1, 2016

  • Case
    Extremely Perfect: Bypass Mania

    Gastric Bypass Surgeries

    “American Idol” judge Randy Jackson lost more than 100 pounds after weight loss surgery. So did singer Carnie Wilson, weatherman Al Roker and MTV’s Sharon Osbourne. Its the kind of advertising money can’t buy. But are unskilled doctors costing some patients their lives?

    PublicationCBS News - 48 Hours
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff, Sherie Potts Beckman.

    Year

    December 5, 2007

  • Case
    Doctor ends hospital privileges, shuts practice

    Ramesh Srungaram, a weight-loss surgeon for whom hospitals have settled 10 separate medical malpractice suits, has resigned his privileges at a local hospital and is closing his Houston practice.

    PublicationHouston Chronicle
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff, Sherie Potts Beckman.

    Year

    March 26, 2004

  • Case
    Families sue doctor, weight loss program / 1 dead, 3 ailing after stomach stapling

    The families of four women, one who died and three who were hospitalized in critical condition, are suing a weight loss program and a Houston doctor for allegedly botched stomach-stapling surgeries.

    PublicationHouston Chronicle
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff, Sherie Potts Beckman.

    Year

    August 15, 2002

  • Case
    Families of victims file lawsuit over fallout from bariatric surgery

    The families of four women who suffered complications from bariatric surgery have filed suit against the doctor and two health organizations associated with the surgery, including Highland Medical Center.

    PublicationLubbock Avalanche - Journal
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff, Sherie Potts Beckman.

    Year

    August 14, 2002

  • Case
    Suits, Births and Videotape

    Doctors fear blessed event can turn into legal nightmare

    Since the late 1970s when childbirth returned to a more natural procedure and a family event, videotaping soon followed as delivery room routine.

    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff.

    Year

    July 12, 2000