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Motley Rice member attorney Marlon Kimpson speaks with ABC News about a putative class action lawsuit that the firm has filed in South Carolina against Airtran Airways, Inc. on behalf of putative class representative Sandie Mallard.

Motley Rice LLC announces today that it has filed a putative class action lawsuit in South Carolina against Airtran Airways, Inc. (Airtran) on behalf of putative class representative Sandie Mallard alleging that the defendant's negligence and breach of contract resulted in significant financial loss when Airtran failed to operate flights on which it sold tickets.

Motley Rice attorney Vincent Greene announced that the lawsuits of 18 Rhode Island children poisoned by lead paint have been settled against their former landlords.

Motley Rice attorney Kevin Dean comments on a lawsuit recently filed by the family of Mark Kelsey against the Sofa Super Store and other companies in connection with the June 18, 2007 fire that killed nine Charleston, SC firefighters.

Motley Rice attorney and former Department of Transportation Inspector General Mary Schiavo comments on a single-engine Lancair IV-P aircraft that lost its propeller on Monday, March 15, 2010, forcing it to make an emergency landing on Hilton Head Island, SC and resulting in the death of a man who was hit while running on the beach.

Motley Rice attorney and former U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General Mary Schiavo comments on our nation's air traffic control system following several incidents that have caused many to call into question the system's safety.

Motley Rice attorney Jonathan Orent will be speaking at a Rhode Island Bar Association seminar entitled "Environmental Health and Chemical Exposures: Law and Science."

The Institute of Medicine, a branch of the National Academy of Sciences, is working on behalf of the U.S. Veterans Affairs Department to investigate burn pits on military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan and any links that they may have to the illnesses being reported by Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans and contractors.

Tony Roles, an Air Force veteran who served for more than 12 years, was stationed at Balad Air Force Base in Iraq and is now warning his fellow service men and women about the alleged health hazards of burn pits.

Anne Kearse spoke at the Cutting Edge Issues in Asbestos Litigation Conference.