Awards Securities Class Actions
Motley Rice ranked 23 of 50 in ISS 2017 Securities Class Action Services report
May 21, 2018 | by: Motley Rice
The Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) ranked Motley Rice in the top half for securities class action settlement recoveries in its 2017 Securities Class Action Services Top 50 report.
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Family of father, son killed in Moncks Corner Cessna – F-16 mid-air plane collision to receive $6.8 million
May 18, 2018 | by: Motley Rice
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.
Awards Anti-Terrorism Lawsuit | Consumer Fraud Protection | Human Rights Lawsuits
Fidelma Fitzpatrick, Jodi Westbrook Flowers featured as 2018 Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Trailblazers
May 16, 2018 | by: Motley Rice
Motley Rice is proud to announce that attorneys Fidelma Fitzpatrick and Jodi Westbrook Flowers have been included in the 2018 issue of The National Law Journal’s Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Trailblazers.
News Toxic Exposure
Historic Settlement Agreement Reached in South African Gold Mine Workers' Class Action
May 3, 2018 | by: Motley Rice
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.
Awards Motley Rice - Firm Wide
Attorneys Recognized as 2018 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
May 2, 2018 | by: Motley Rice
We are honored to announce that multiple Motley Rice attorneys in our District of Columbia, South Carolina and West Virginia offices were honored as 2018 Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars.
Blog Aviation Lawsuit
Southwest Airlines engine explosion – Why it could happen again | Causes, Not Just Cases®
April 18, 2018 | by: Mary F. Schiavo
A Southwest Airlines jet experienced an uncontained engine failure over Pennsylvania, sending shrapnel into the passenger cabin, causing the plane to depressurize and creating what passengers have described as “extreme turbulence.' The most important question is not what occurred – but why.
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1 killed, at least 7 injured after midair explosion on Southwest Airlines jet
April 18, 2018 | by: Motley Rice
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
News Securities Class Actions
PACER fees may have been improperly spent, Court finds
April 10, 2018 | by: Motley Rice
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.
Awards Motley Rice - Firm Wide
Anne McGinness Kearse Named a 2018 Compleat Lawyer by University of South Carolina School of Law
April 4, 2018 | by: Motley Rice
We are proud to announce that the USC School of Law Alumni Council named attorney Anne McGinness Kearse a 2018 Compleat Lawyer.
Awards Securities Class Actions | Personal Injury Lawsuits
Motley Rice member Marlon Kimpson named 2018 Leadership in Law honoree
April 4, 2018 | by: Motley Rice
South Carolina Lawyers Weekly named attorney Marlon Kimpson as a 2018 South Carolina Leadership in Law honoree.