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Asbestos attorney John Herrick will be speaking at PALS 2010, the Plaintiffs' Asbestos Litigation Co-Counsel Seminar held annually by The Hoffman Law Firm.

In recognition of the thousands of Canadian workers who have been killed, injured or suffered illness due to workplace-related hazards, Motley Rice honors Canada's National Day of Mourning, also known as Workers' Memorial Day, and its mission to both commemorate those who have been hurt or lost their lives on the job and advocate for stricter health and safety standards in the workplace.

Motley Rice is pleased to announce that the firm is helping the South Carolina Chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation grant the wish of a five-year-old girl at the 4th Annual Wine Festival being held Saturday, May 1, 2010 at Freshfields Village.

DePuy® Orthopaedics, a unit of Johnson & Johnson, issued a statement on Thursday, August 26, 2010, announcing a voluntary recall of two hip replacement implants because some patients experienced pain and required a second hip replacement surgery.

The Circuit Court of Kanawha County, West Virginia issued a "rule to show cause" as to why the Massey Energy Company (NYSE: MEE) Board of Directors should not be held in civil contempt for violating a June 30, 2008 court order.

Motley Rice has filed a motion on behalf of a client—a plaintiff in a 2007 shareholder derivative suit—to initiate "show cause" proceedings as to why Massey Energy's board of directors should not be held in civil contempt for violating the terms of a court-approved settlement agreement.

Attorney Don Migliori discusses the verdict in the first lawsuit of thousands against Davol, Inc. alleging that it manufactured and marketed faulty hernia repair patches.

Motley Rice aviation attorney Mary Schiavo discusses the recent eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano and the resulting blast that has pushed vast plumes of volcanic ash into Eurpoean skies, shutting down numerous airports and cancelling the flights of thousands of passengers.

Motley Rice has been named to the Securities Class Action Services (SCAS) 2009 SCAS 50, a list of the top 50 plaintiffs' law firms ranked by the total dollar amount of final securities class action settlements occurring in 2009 in which the law firm served as lead or co-lead counsel.

Attorney Fidelma Fitzpatrick will be speaking on Friday, April 23, 2010 at a Symposium on "Lead Poisoning and the Law" at Rutgers University.