• Case
    Supreme Court Backs Release of OSHA Files

    A U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a Texas lawsuit has opened the door lawyers of workers injured in industrial accidents to gain access to once-confidential federal investigation documents.

    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff, Janie L. Jordan.

    Year

    January 20, 1999

  • Case
    Families of blast victims sue plant for negligence

    Suit: Dangerous conditions caused deaths

    Families of three victims of a northwest Houston plant explosion sued the company for negligence, contending that dangerous conditions caused their deaths and those of five other employees.

    PublicationHouston Chronicle
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff, Janie L. Jordan.

    Year

    October 25, 1997

  • Case
    Drug use scandal exposes hospitals

    One tragically misplaced epidural anesthetic shot could force a Lubbock hospital to take the lead on an issue that haunts physicians and every other American profession — drug abuse.

    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff, Janie L. Jordan.

    Year

    July 20, 1997

  • Case
    Lubbock Hospital Will Police Doctors For Drug and Alcohol Abuse

    A Texas hospital, owned by the nation’s second largest for-profit chain, agreed to police its doctors for drug and alcohol abuse and to ask the state Legislature to review laws that keep secret the disciplinary procedures against doctors.

    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff, Janie L. Jordan.

    Year

    July 10, 1997

  • Case
    Lubbock Hospital Settles Suit Following Anesthesiologist’s Mistake

    Drug addicted doctor caused death

    The family of a Lubbock woman who died while in labor two years ago from an anesthesiologist’s mistake has settled with South Park Hospital and Medical Center.

    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff, Janie L. Jordan.

    Year

    July 10, 1997

  • Case
    Lubbock Hospital Settles Suit; Pledges Tough Stance on Drug-Testing Policy

    A Lubbock hospital will revamp its drug testing policy and pay damages to the family of a pregnant woman who died in 1995 after she was anesthetized by a drug-abusing doctor.

    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff, Janie L. Jordan.

    Year

    July 10, 1997

  • Case
    Plant blast preventable, probers say Wyman-Gordon fined $1.8 million

    A December nitrogen tank blast that killed eight men at a northwest Harris County metal-forging plant “could and should have been prevented,” a federal investigation has found.

    PublicationHouston Chronicle
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff, Janie L. Jordan.

    Year

    June 19, 1997