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Motley Rice co-founder Joe Rice was appointed to the Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee (PEC) for the In re General Motors LLC Ignition Switch Litigation, MDL # 2543 in the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York before Judge Jesse M. Furman.

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.

Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit put to rest the “private hopes and dreams” of insurer Travelers Cos. Inc., in its attempt to avoid its obligation to thousands of asbestos victims.

On July 17, 2014 at approximately 14:15 GMT, (9:15 a.m. EST) Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 lost contact with Ukrainian air traffic control as it was traveling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. According to Malaysian Airlines, the flight carried 283 passengers and 15 crew.

On June 20, 2014, a federal court jury in Massachusetts found T&N Ltd., the manufacturer of an asbestos-containing spray fireproofing liable. The jury returned a $9.3 million verdict against T&N Ltd., including $6.2 million in punitive damages.

On July 16, 2014, Motley Rice filed a class action complaint against General Motors LLC and its predecessor, General Motors Corporation, as well as Delphi Automotive PLC, regarding the manufacturers’ ignition switch defects, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

The U.S. Supreme Court is seeking the opinion of the solicitor general in the burn pit litigation, KBR Inc. et al. v. Alan Metzgar et al, pending with the Supreme Court.

On May 2, 2014, a proposed $57 million settlement for the benefit of investors in Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) received preliminary court approval.

On May 28, Louisiana Governor Jindal signed into law SB 538 which is known as the Staff Sergeant William Austin Daniel Military Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry Act of 2014.

On the night of Saturday, May 31, 2014, a Gulfstream IV private jet departing from Hanscom Air Force Base approximately 20 miles northwest of Boston and carrying seven passengers reportedly crashed and caught fire, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.