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Motley Rice co-founder Joe Rice was appointed to the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee for <em>In re Volkswagen "Clean Diesel" Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation</em>, in the U.S. District Court Northern District of California.

Motley Rice LLC, one of the nation’s largest plaintiffs’ firms, has filed two suits for California women against Bayer, Corp., Bayer Healthcare LLC, Bayer Essure, Inc., (formerly known as Conceptus, Inc.), Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Bayer AG for personal injuries and 10 alleged counts, including fraudulent concealment and negligent misrepresentation of the permanent birth control device Essure®.

Three Motley Rice medical device and drug lawyers have been appointed by federal judges to serve on Plaintiffs’ Steering Committees in national multidistrict litigations (MDL) for Laparoscopic Power Morcellators, IVC Filters and Zofran.

Motley Rice has filed a product liability action on behalf of Randi Johnston of Centerville, Utah. The suit alleges permanent, life-scarring and post-crash injuries as a result of the alleged overly volatile explosion of the Takata PSDI inflator.

A Hawker H25 private business jet crashed into a residential building in Akron, Ohio at approximately 3 pm ET on Tuesday, Nov. 10. Seven passengers and the two pilots were killed.

A Florida state jury found R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and Philip Morris USA., Inc., liable on Oct. 6, 2015 for the death of Margate, Florida resident Salvatore “Sal” Marchese.

ABC news affiliate WCIV spoke with Motley Rice vehicle defect attorney Kevin Dean on Sept. 30, 2015, regarding the firm’s filing of class action suits against Volkswagen (VW).

A cargo ship, El Faro, has gone missing after leaving the port of Jacksonville, Fla., early last week. The ship was headed to Puerto Rico when it lost power and, ultimately, contact with its home base and the U.S. Coast Guard.

Motley Rice LLC, one of the nation’s largest plaintiffs’ firms, has filed class actions in eight states for alleged consumer fraud and breach of contract regarding German automaker Volkswagen’s emissions scandal.

During City Council meetings that took place earlier this week, the cities of Charleston, West Virginia, and Charleston, South Carolina, each officially proclaimed September 26, 2015, as Mesothelioma Awareness Day in their respective municipalities.