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    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 favors 6 Texans in suit over 1-10 crash

    A jury has ruled that Allied Van Lines should pay a group of Texans whose SUV was thrown into the air and caught fire, killing two people and seriously burning two others, when a moving van slammed into traffic stopped by a minor accident.

    PublicationHouston Chronicle
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff, Janie L. Jordan, Sherie Potts Beckman.

    Result

    $32 Million

    Year

    April 15, 2007

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    Accident results in jury award

    The victims of a 2003 vehicle accident in Louisiana were awarded damages by a federal jury.

    PublicationValley Morning Star
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff, Janie L. Jordan, Sherie Potts Beckman.

    Year

    April 11, 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

  • Case
    Award in Basin crash

    Two family members died in auto crash, other victims severely burned

    A federal jury awarded damages to the victims of a July 2003 crash on Interstate 10.

    PublicationThe Daily Advertiser
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff, Janie L. Jordan, Sherie Potts Beckman.

    Year

    April 11, 2007

  • 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

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    Paid in Texas City Plant Explosion Settlements

    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