RIO HONDO – A Hurricane Dolly lawsuit brought by a Southeast Texas school district recently settled before the case could be tried – a piece of storm litigation that may have been solicited, according to the district’s records.
HOUSTON – Mega attorney Steve Mostyn was racing another vehicle in his Ferrari when he caused a wreck, claims a newly amended petition in the lawsuit against him.
McALLEN – A federal judge in McAllen recently closed more than a dozen hails claims, all of which were handled by the Mostyn Law Firm, in a single day.
NEW YORK – On Aug. 1 Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced the unsealing of a 50-count indictment charging Matthew Pappalardo and HiRise Engineering with allegedly altering engineering reports of structural damage caused to homes after Superstorm Sandy made landfall in October 2012.
HOUSTON –In late June, the Record reported on a lawsuit accusing mega-attorney Steve Mostyn of rear-ending another vehicle so violently that he caused it to roll over side-to-side five times.
HOUSTON – One of Texas’ most renowned plaintiff’s attorneys is being accused of rear-ending a vehicle so violently that he caused it to roll over side-to-side five times.
Houston attorney “Hurricane” Steve Mostyn has answered a legal malpractice lawsuit against him, seeking sanctions and calling the action “groundless” and “brought for the purpose of harassment.” Seeking several millions of dollars in damages, plaintiffs Irvin and Nancy Harrison filed suit against Mostyn and the Mostyn Law Firm on March 18 in Harris County District Court, alleging the firm botched their Hurricane Ike claim.
Gang, gang, the hail's all here, Never mind the weather, we'll get rich together; Gang, gang, the hail's all here, Sure we're glad that we can sue! Who gets excited at the sight of a hail storm? You recognize it as a hazard to life and property and do what you can to minimize its impact.
State Farm continues to pile up its victories against Houston attorney Steve Mostyn and his firm, coming out on top in a recent hail trial in Dallas County.
HOUSTON – Spring has definitely come in like a lion in Texas so far, but no lamb is in sight yet as a torrent of storm lawsuits are currently flooding state courts.
HOUSTON - One of the outfits “Hurricane” Steve Mostyn uses to calculate the damages a storm inflicts upon a client’s property is suing the Houston attorney for breach of contract. Seeking more than $700,000 in past due invoices, Quinney Holdings, doing business as Loss Solutions, filed suit against Mostyn and his firm on May 2 in Harris County District Court.
Everything is bigger in Texas, including the litigation following every hailstorm strike in the state – a “rush to riches” that may soon provoke insurers into limiting coverage, says one attorney.
One of Texas’ most prominent trial lawyers and mega-donors has been hit with a legal malpractice claim – the second one of its kind in less than six months.
Well now, take down your fishing pole and meet me at the fishing hole We may not get a bite all day but don’t you rush away What a great place to rest your bones and mighty fine for skipping stones You’ll feel fresh as a lemonade a-setting in the shade Not many people know the words to “Fishing Hole,” but almost everyone knows the tune, the whistled version of which opened every episode of The Andy Griffith Show, the classic TV comedy featuring a folksy country sheriff an
AUSTIN - In the escalating arms race between trial lawyers and tort reformers, plaintiff’s attorneys have developed a new tactic – abusing discovery as a weapon to force settlements, says one expert.
HOUSTON – A state district judge has issued an order prohibiting Boston Scientific Corp. from destroying suspect material used to make surgical mesh implants that allegedly have harmed thousands of women.
DALLAS - A hailstorm plaintiff represented by the Mostyn Law Firm recently filed a motion seeking exemption from mediation, accusing State Farm Lloyds of bad faith dealings for essentially not agreeing to a settlement that is worth three times the value of the insured’s home.
Nearly two years after their Hidalgo County home was damaged by a hailstorm, Armando and Aurora Martinez turned to the Mostyn Law Firm in Houston and sued their insurance provider, State Farm Lloyds, alleging breach of contract. State Farm fought back, filing a motion for summary judgment in June, stating that at no time after the company closed the claim did the couple disagree about the amount paid to them, federal court records show.
A pair of Texas law firms were recently named in a New Jersey class action lawsuit, which accuses the defendants of improperly soliciting and billing Superstorm Sandy victims. Individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, Pierce Frauenheim filed a first amended class action complaint against The Voss Law Firm and The Posey Law Firm on Dec. 18 in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Ocean County – Law Division.