• Case
    Accident’s cost hits Texas City refineries’ bottom line

    Victims’ lawyers say funds set aside by the firm makes sense

    Four months after an explosion rocked Texas City refinery, the financial impact of the incident has finally reverberated to the energy giant’s bottom line.

    PublicationHouston Chronicle
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff, Janie L. Jordan.

    Result

    Tens of Millions

    Year

    July 27, 2005

  • Case
    Texas City Refinery To Pay Millions To Families In Blast

    Settlements of claims come as allegations of mismanagement dog the oil giant

    Oil giant has agreed to pay several families of those killed in the deadly Texas City refinery explosions to settle wrongful death claims, sources familiar with the cases said.

    PublicationHouston Chronicle
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff, Janie L. Jordan.

    Year

    June 23, 2005

  • 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
    Bus Company Settles Over Tragic Wreck

    The company that operated a Metropolitan Transit Authority bus involved in a 2001 wreck that caused a 9-year-old girl to burn to death in front of her family has agreed to a settlement, the parents’ attorney said.

    PublicationTyler Morning Telegraph
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff, Janie L. Jordan.

    Year

    April 5, 2003

  • Case
    Lawsuits over faulty hips settled

    Ohio company to pay recipients of artificial joints

    The medical manufacturer that recalled 40,000 faulty artificial hips in December 2000 — thousands of them already implanted in patients — has agreed to pay damages to settle law suits, attorneys announced.

    PublicationHouston Chronicle - Metropolitan
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff, Janie L. Jordan.

    Year

    February 5, 2002

  • Case
    Liability of Silence

    A Houston attorney leading the charge against Ford and Firestone knew there was a problem, but couldn’t talk

    Beating big corporations with big verdicts made Richard Mithoff one of the country’s best known product liability attorneys.

    PublicationDetroit Free Press
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff, Janie L. Jordan.

    Year

    November 7, 2000

  • Case
    Files on tires’ recall must be disclosed in suit, judge rules

    Data between Ford, Firestone included

    Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. has to publicly disclose documents related to its recall of some tires that have been blamed for vehicle crashes, a judge in Houston ruled.

    PublicationHouston Chronicle Metropolitan
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff, Janie L. Jordan.

    Year

    October 3, 2000