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John Houghtaling and Chef Scott Boswell of Stella! appeared on WVUE on August 20 to promote a September 14 barrier island fundraising dinner featuring world-renowned chefs Thomas Keller, Daniel Boulud and Jerome Bocuse. Proceeds will go to the Barrier Island Reclamation and Development Society and the Bocuse D'Or Foundation.
GHW is pursuing a case against Baja, Inc. alleging that leaking gasoline from a Mini Bike it manufactures caused a fire which resulted in severe burn injuries to a young child.
Gauthier, Houghtaling and Williams made possible the shipment of nine endangered Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles impacted by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico to a new home at Sea World in Orlando.
The National Bar Association and IMPACT named James Williams, a partner and head of litigation in Gauthier Houghtaling and Williams one of the Nation's Best Advocates: 40 Lawyers Under 40.
Attorney Brian Houghtaling took his boat into the Gulf waters on April 29 to survey the growing oil slick.

New York Times: Stares of Lawyerly Disbelief at Huge Civil Award

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Published On: 9/10/1997

Big civil-damages awards have become an increasingly common feature of the American legal landscape, but Monday's nearly $3.5 billion punitive-damages assessment in a 1987 Louisiana railway fire is being seen as a case unto itself.