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Jury finds Philip Morris liable in Engle-progeny cigarette case; awards disabled woman $17.2 million in compensatory and punitive damages

U.S. Supreme Court denies KBR’s request to consider contractual issues regarding liability

Motley Rice files first Takata airbag personal injury federal action in South Carolina involving shrapnel.

Attorneys with Motley Rice LLC have played a central role in the litigation against Travelers. U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit confirms $500 million asbestos judgment against Travelers.

On Dec. 28, 2014, AirAsia flight QZ8501 traveling from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore lost contact with Indonesian air traffic control.

In its premiere issue of Litigation Trailblazers & Pioneers, the National Law Journal recognized both Motley Rice co-founder Joe Rice and member Michael Elsner.

When the risk of severe, potentially deadly skin reactions is found in association with one of the most widely used over-the-counter medications, you would think that warning the public would be a priority. But a year and a half after publishing an initial consumer update on the risk, the FDA is only now asking that a warning be placed on all acetaminophen-containing medications, including over-the-counter drugs.

Upon request by the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Solicitor General submitted a brief on Dec. 18, 2014 providing his opinion that burn pit cases be remanded to the U.S. District Court for further proceedings.

Nine months of negotiations, an agreed-upon set of purchase terms and clinical trials already in progress according to FDA requirements—if a drug manufacturer has completed all of these in anticipation of purchasing the rights to a drug, is that proof enough that it was prepared and intended to enter the pharmaceutical market with it?

GM’s ignition switch defect has now been linked to 38 deaths. The ignition switch problem was so obvious that customers, journalists and even GM employees were reporting the problem a decade before GM finally admitted the issue and recalled the cars.