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Former Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Transportation and Motley Rice aviation attorney Mary Schiavo appeared on Your World with Neil Cavuto on September 16th, 2010, to discuss substance abuse and other health issues with regards to active airline pilots.

Motley Rice asbestos lawyer John Herrick will serve as a guest speaker at the annual Andrew's Asbestos Litigation Conference.

After a thorough investigation, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) reported that the August 8, 2009 mid-air collision between a tour helicopter and small plane over the Hudson River was likely caused by the errors of two pilots and a distracted air traffic controller.

The family of Mark Bavis, a passenger who was on board United Airlines Flight 175 on September 11, 2001 chose to opt out of the federal Victim Compensation Fund following the 9/11 terrorist attacks and is still seeking a trial date in an effort to find answers and "prove in a public courtroom what they and their lawyers believe was a case of gross negligence by United and other defendants that allowed the hijackers to board Flight 175."

People living along the Gulf coast who have suffered losses as a result of the BP oil spill are expressing increasing amounts of frustration regarding the $20 billion BP compensation fund that the federal government established to help pay the estimated 50,000 oil spill claims that have arisen since the April 2010 disaster.

A tour helicopter and small plane collided on August 8, 2009, killing a Pennsylvania family of three, the helicopter pilot and five Italian tourists. Following a lengthy investigation, a federal safety panel is now meeting to determine the cause of the accident.

Iraq veteran Tim Wymore suffers from three lesions on his brain, a lesion on his eye, a blood disorder, a damaged esophagus and various abdominal problems that ultimately led to the removal of most of his colon. He is one of hundreds of military veterans and personnel who have filed burn pit lawsuits against military defense contractors KBR and Halliburton alleging that exposure to the hazardous toxins generated by open-air burn pits on bases in Iraq and Afghanistan caused them to suffer from serious illnesses.

Motley Rice asbestos lawyer John Baden will serve as a guest speaker at the annual International Asbestos Litigation Conference.

This Saturday, September 11, 2010, will mark the 9th anniversary of one of the most horrific days in our country's history when terrorists used hijacked planes as weapons to inflict unprecedented death and destruction on American soil.

Motley Rice LLC and Burke PLLC are pleased to announce that the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland ruled Wednesday that lawsuits brought by military personnel harmed by the allegedly negligent actions of defendants KBR, Inc. (NYSE: KBR); Kellogg, Brown & Root LLC, Kellogg, Brown & Root Services, Inc., and Halliburton Company may move forward.