• 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
    Judge Approves Jury Award of $24.7 million to Family of DWI Accident

    A Houston judge Tuesday approved a $24.7 million jury award to the family of a woman burned to death in a car accident with a DWI offender. A Harris County jury found the offender’s insurance company negligent in arranging for him to drive a rental car.

    PublicationPress Release
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff.

    Year

    November 30, 2004

  • Case
    Inadmissible: Verdict a First

    A jury returned a verdict finding Progressive County Mutual Insurance Co., Enterprise Leasing Co. of Houston and a customer were liable for an automobile accident in November 2000 in Houston that killed a 56-year-old Seabrook woman.

    PublicationTexas Lawyer
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff.

    Year

    August 23, 2004

  • Case
    Verdict a First

    A jury in 157th District Judge Randy Wilson’s court in Houston returned a $24.7 million verdict on Aug. 11 finding Progressive County Mutual Insurance Co., Enterprise Leasing Co. of Houston and a customer were liable for an automobile accident in November 2000 in Houston that killed a 56-year-old Seabrook woman.

    PublicationTexas Lawyer
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff.

    Year

    August 23, 2004

  • Case
    Kin of DWI victim awarded jury verdict

    Driver, rental car firm and insurance company must pay

    A Harris County jury awarded damages to the family of a woman killed by a drunken driver who had rented a car despite having multiple citations and a suspended license.

    PublicationHouston Chronicle
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff.

    Result

    $24.7 Million

    Year

    August 12, 2004

  • Case
    Jury Verdict Awarded to Relatives of DWI Victim

    Driver, rental car firm and insurance company must pay

    A Harris County jury awarded damages to the family of a woman killed by a drunken driver who had rented a car despite having multiple citations and a suspended license.

    PublicationHouston Chronicle
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff.

    Result

    $24.7 Million

    Year

    August 12, 2004