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Motley Rice Co-Founding Member Joe Rice Awarded SCAJ Top Honor
March 7, 2018 | by: Motley Rice
We are proud to announce that co-founding member Joseph F. Rice is the 2018 recipient of the South Carolina Association for Justice (SCAJ) “Founders’ Award.”
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Motley Rice files suit for mother, daughter injured in Amtrak train crash in Cayce, S.C.
February 28, 2018 | by: Motley Rice
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.
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Think you know about diabetes? | Causes, Not Just Cases®
February 28, 2018 | by: Kimberly Barone Baden
Despite the increasing prevalence of diabetes, there are many common misconceptions and an overall lack of knowledge surrounding the disease commonly referred to as an invisible disease.
News Personal Injury Lawsuits
Resolutions Reached for Takata Airbag Victims
February 17, 2018 | by: Motley Rice
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.
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California Lead Paint Verdict Upheld: Supreme Court denies review of defendant appeal
February 16, 2018 | by: Motley Rice
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.
News Transportation
Fatal Amtrak South Carolina Crash Renews Call for Positive Train Control
February 4, 2018 | by: Motley Rice
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.
News Transportation
Fatal South Carolina Amtrak Train Disaster
February 4, 2018 | by: Motley Rice
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.
News Securities Class Actions
Motley Rice to lead Twitter securities litigation
January 29, 2018 | by: Motley Rice
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.
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Cybersecurity takes top concern in 2018 | Causes, Not Just Cases®
January 25, 2018 | by: Jodi Westbrook Flowers
We trust companies to protect our most personal information. As such, they should take steps to protect consumers. However, in an announcement last year, Equifax claimed that a security lapse on its part exposed the data of more than half the country. If that wasn’t enough, experts recently discovered two major…
News Securities Class Actions
Second Circuit revives ‘Flash Boys’ litigation, allows investor claims to move forward
January 22, 2018 | by: Motley Rice
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.