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Upon request by the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Solicitor General submitted a brief on Dec. 18, 2014 providing his opinion that burn pit cases be remanded to the U.S. District Court for further proceedings.

In its premiere issue of Litigation Trailblazers & Pioneers, the National Law Journal recognized both Motley Rice co-founder Joe Rice and member Michael Elsner.

On Dec. 28, 2014, AirAsia flight QZ8501 traveling from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore lost contact with Indonesian air traffic control.

Motley Rice co-founder Joe Rice and asbestos attorney Anne McGinness Kearse will join 11 judges and hundreds of attorneys from across the country for Perrin Conferences’ annual Asbestos Litigation Conference: A National Overview & Outlook.

Attorneys with Motley Rice LLC have played a central role in the litigation against Travelers. U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit confirms $500 million asbestos judgment against Travelers.

Motley Rice files first Takata airbag personal injury federal action in South Carolina involving shrapnel.

Motley Rice reached a $100 million aggregate settlement with Lorillard Tobacco Company, Philip Morris USA, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, for approximately 400 Engle-progeny tobacco cases pending in the Florida federal district court.

U.S. Supreme Court denies KBR’s request to consider contractual issues regarding liability

Jury finds Philip Morris liable in Engle-progeny cigarette case; awards disabled woman $17.2 million in compensatory and punitive damages

On Jan. 30, 2015, Motley Rice attorneys filed a reply in support of an emergency motion for preservation of evidence of Takata airbags and inflators.