• Case
    Families of blast victims sue plant for negligence

    Suit: Dangerous conditions caused deaths

    Families of three victims of a northwest Houston plant explosion sued the company for negligence, contending that dangerous conditions caused their deaths and those of five other employees.

    PublicationHouston Chronicle
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff, Janie L. Jordan.

    Year

    October 25, 1997

  • Case
    Plant blast preventable, probers say Wyman-Gordon fined $1.8 million

    A December nitrogen tank blast that killed eight men at a northwest Harris County metal-forging plant “could and should have been prevented,” a federal investigation has found.

    PublicationHouston Chronicle
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff, Janie L. Jordan.

    Year

    June 19, 1997

  • Case
    “Demonstable Effect” on Parents: Settlement in Teen-ager’s Death

    Parents of a teen won a multi-million dollar settlement in the wrongful death of their teenage son, forging new ground for cases in which the deceased has no surviving spouse or children.

    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff.

    Year

    October 6, 1986

  • Case
    Family settle lawsuit

    Parents of a teen-ager who died two years ago when he was accidently sprayed with phenol at a Baytown petrochemical company have settled with the company in an out-of-court settlement that is considered the largest of its kind.

    PublicationHouston Chronicle
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff.

    Year

    September 27, 1984