• Case
    Local couple file suit after bus accident

    An attorney representing a Seguin couple injured last month in a rollover tour bus accident in which two other passengers died has filed a lawsuit in a Brownsville district court alleging negligence and seeking compensatory and exemplary damages for his clients.

    PublicationSeguin Gazette-Enterprise
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff, Janie L. Jordan, Warner V. Hocker.

    Year

    April 6, 2010

  • Case
    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

  • Case
    Victims settle in bus crash

    No criminal charges filed in Jan. 2 accident that killed 1 passenger and injured 46

    Victims in a bus crash near Victoria have agreed to a settlement with the insurance companies for the Houston owners, operators and driver of the motor carriers, lawyers said.

    PublicationHouston Chronicle
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff, Janie L. Jordan.

    Year

    December 19, 2008

  • Case
    Settlement reached over Victoria bus crash

    A settlement has been reached involving personal injury claims filed over a Jan. 2 charter bus crash that killed one person and injured dozens more near Victoria.

    PublicationFort Worth Star-Telegram
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff, Janie L. Jordan.

    Year

    December 18, 2008

  • Case
    Victim’s family sues over bus crash

    Negligence cited in fatal rollover on Jan. 2 near Victoria

    The family of the man killed in a bus rollover south of Victoria filed a lawsuit against the bus operator, owner and driver, claiming their negligence led to the crash.

    PublicationHouston Chronicle
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff, Janie L. Jordan.

    Year

    January 16, 2008

  • Case
    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 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