• Case
    Family of car crash orphans sue Chrysler for safety flaws: Allege design faults made Berry kids’ accident worse

    The accident in July 2011 was horrific — an SUV veered into the lane of the Berry family minivan near Fort Stockton, resulting in a front-end collision at highway speeds. The crash claimed the lives of Houstonians Robin and Josh Berry and seriously injured their three children, Peter, Aaron and Willa with Peter and Aaron being paralyzed.

    PublicationCulturemap Houston
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff, Sherie Potts Beckman, Warner V. Hocker.

    Year

    May 14, 2012

  • Case
    BP Investors Allowed to Add More Statements to Fraud Case

    BP Plc’s investors can add more claims to a multibillion-dollar lawsuit accusing the company of lying before and after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a U.S. judge ruled.

    PublicationBloomberg NEWS
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff, Sherie Potts Beckman, Warner V. Hocker.

    Year

    February 7, 2012

  • Case
    Berry children may sue

    Parents killed last summer in a had-on crash.

    A prominent Houston attorney will represent three children whose parents died in a head-on collision this summer in a possible product liability lawsuit.

    PublicationHouston Chronicle
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff, Sherie Potts Beckman, Warner V. Hocker.

    Year

    October 27, 2011

  • 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
    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
    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
    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