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A settlement will pay $6.8 million to the family of a Berkeley County father and son who, tragically, were killed July 7, 2015 after an Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon jet crashed into their single-engine Cessna 150C.

A settlement agreement has been reached in litigation for thousands of South African gold miners and the dependents of workers who developed or will develop tuberculosis and silicosis caused by exposure to silica dust working in gold mines.

One person was killed and at least seven others were treated for minor injuries April 17, 2018, after a Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 was forced to make an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport due to an apparent engine failure

The court ruled the Administrative Office of the United States Courts improperly used fees from the records service PACER to fund some expenditures in violation of the E-Government Act.

Litigation filed by 9/11 victims, survivors and families survived a motion to dismiss from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on March 28, 2018 as the federal judge overseeing the case found that plaintiffs’ allegations met required standards for the case to move forward under the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (…

The FAA and NTSB are investigating the cause of a New York City helicopter crash that tragically claimed the lives of five passengers on March 11, 2017.

Motley Rice has filed a lawsuit on behalf of a Virginia mother and her child, both of whom suffered severe injuries Feb. 4, 2018 when an Amtrak train crashed into a stationary CSX freight train in the city of Cayce, just west of Columbia, S.C.

A bankruptcy plan has been approved carving out a trust for personal injury claimants as well as a second channeling agreement allowing for future claims. Motley Rice helped negotiate the resolutions and spoke out in favor of both plans during an approval hearing.

The Supreme Court of California declined to review a series of lower court decisions that found 3 lead pigment companies created a public nuisance by promoting the use of lead pigment in paint in homes, and that an abatement funded by the defendants was needed in order to mitigate the harm done.

On February 4, 2018 at approximately 2:35 a.m., Amtrak passenger train 91, known as the Silver Star, crashed into a CSX freight train in Cayce, South Carolina, a suburb of Columbia, South Carolina.