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Motley Rice member attorney Marlon Kimpson speaks with ABC News about a putative class action lawsuit that the firm has filed in South Carolina against Airtran Airways, Inc. on behalf of putative class representative Sandie Mallard.

Motley Rice LLC announces today that it has filed a putative class action lawsuit in South Carolina against Airtran Airways, Inc. (Airtran) on behalf of putative class representative Sandie Mallard alleging that the defendant's negligence and breach of contract resulted in significant financial loss when Airtran failed to operate flights on which it sold tickets.

Motley Rice attorney and former Department of Transportation Inspector General Mary Schiavo comments on a single-engine Lancair IV-P aircraft that lost its propeller on Monday, March 15, 2010, forcing it to make an emergency landing on Hilton Head Island, SC and resulting in the death of a man who was hit while running on the beach.

Motley Rice attorney and former U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General Mary Schiavo comments on our nation's air traffic control system following several incidents that have caused many to call into question the system's safety.

Motley Rice attorney and former Department of Transportation Inspector General Mary Schiavospeaks with PBS for their FRONTLINE investigative report entitled Flying Cheap about the safety concerns and controversy regarding major airlines that outsource flights to smaller, regional carriers.

Motley Rice aviation attorney and former Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Transportation Mary Schiavo discusses U.S. safety procedures in response to the attempted terrorist attack that took place on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on December 25, 2009.

Mary Schiavo talks with the Fox Business Network about U.S. safety standards in response to the attempted terrorist attack that took place on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on Dec. 25, 2009.

Aviation attorney and former Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Transportation Mary Schiavo speaks with CNN about threats from abroad and how the United States could begin to minimize those threats.

Aviation attorney and former Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Mary Schiavo discusses the DOT's new "Three Hour Rule" requiring airlines to put a three hour time limit on how long passengers can be held on the tarmac.

Aviation attorney Mary Schiavo discusses the National Transportation Safety Board investigation into Northwest Airlines flight 188, a flight from San Diego to Minneapolis that was out of radio contact for more than an hour and overshot its Minneapolis airport destination by 150 miles. Federal officials are investigating whether pilot fatigue might be to blame.