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RIO HONDO – Mostyn Law and Gilberto Hinojosa will reap 40 percent of the $1.5 million settlement Rio Hondo ISD obtained from its Hurricane Dolly suit – a percentage five points higher than what Brownsville ISD had to pay, even though Hinojosa, the area attorney who pitched the suit to the school board, said the district was getting the “exact same contract” as Brownsville ISD.
Rio Hondo ISD filed suit against the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association on Feb. 28, 2014, in Cameron County District Court, alleging TWIA failed to properly reimburse the district for damages caused by Dolly in 2008.The case was slated to go to trial on Aug. 15 but settled beforehand. According to information provided by TWIA, Rio Hondo ISD received a $1.5 million settlement.
A month prior to the filing of the litigation, the district’s Board of Trustees met in a regular session on Jan. 13, 2014, to discuss the imminent lawsuit.
During the meeting, Hinojosa, who was there on behalf of Mostyn Law, can be heard on tape telling school board officials they were getting “the exact same contract” as Brownsville ISD.
At that time, Mostyn Law was already representing Brownsville ISD, which is approximately 30 miles from Rio Hondo ISD, in a Dolly suit against TWIA.
The Record obtained the attorney contracts for both districts, which show Brownsville ISD had a 35 percent contingency fee agreement with Mostyn Law, while Rio Hondo ISD ended up with a 40 percent contingency fee agreement with the firm.
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6 comments:
Wish he would shave and get botox
(ish he would shave and get botox)
Why? You want to have sex with him?
Jerald.
What a crook
Not a question, its all about money for the "Capo." I don't understand how this guy is still walking around free like that crook in Oscar De La Fuente?
gilbert just made some wonderful money, that's all he cares less about where it comes from and he knows, don't care etc etc etc cca
Hinojosa can not speak without lying. Those brown nosers in Rio Hondo got the shaft but good.
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