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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.

An Amtrak train traveling from New York to Miami, Florida derailed in Columbia, S.C., killing two Amtrak workers and injuring more than 100 passengers. The incident happened near the S.C. State Farmers Market when the train collided with a stationary CSX freight train.

Motley Rice has been appointed lead counsel for Twitter Inc., shareholders who allege they were misled about the social media network’s daily user growth during 2015.

An appeals court revived litigation brought by a group of institutional investors who allege operators of U.S. stock exchanges and high-frequency traders manipulated the U.S. equities markets.

Motley Rice co-founder Joe Rice has been appointed co-lead counsel in the National Prescription Opiate Litigation.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Honda have confirmed a fatal accident in Baton Rouge, La., was a result of a defective Takata airbag. The death is the 20th linked to a defective Takata airbag worldwide.

Thirty new hernia mesh patients and their families have joined the Ethicon Physiomesh® multidistrict litigation, bringing the number of Plaintiffs in the MDL to more than 300.

Two medical attorneys have been appointed to the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee for litigation alleging harm caused by hernia mesh products.

A three-justice panel affirmed the ruling that three lead paint companies created a public nuisance by promoting lead paint for interior residential use with knowledge of the danger that such use would create.

If you are the current or former owner of a vehicle containing a recalled Takata airbag, then you likely have or soon will receive a notice in the mail, asking you to register with its claimant portal.