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The New York Times reported that in separate instances over the course of a week two gel firepots exploded, causing serious burn injuries.

Motley Rice today announces court approval of a shareholder derivative settlement with Massey Energy Company (NYSE: MEE), brought by institutional shareholder Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust.

Medical practice group leader Fred Thompson, III, has been appointed as a member of the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee (PSC) in the Medtronic, Inc., Sprint Fidelis® lead multidistrict litigation.

Motley Rice is involved in a putative class action lawsuit against gaming company Sony on behalf of PlayStation users and purchasers.

Motley Rice LLC stresses the continuing importance of research, action and responsibility as related to asbestos exposure and asbestos-related diseases throughout South Carolina.

According to an article featured by Forbes, long-time China investors who seem to be aware of the alleged accounting fraud in corporate China will continue to invest in that market.

Police arrested Fair Havens Manor Director Andrea Magwood yesterday for allegedly neglecting residents. Fair Havens Manor is an assisted living facility for the elderly and disabled that is located on Cosgrove Avenue in North Charleston, S.C.

Motley Rice filed a wrongful death and survival action against the makers, manufacturers, distributors and marketers of the contraceptive NuvaRing®.

Saudi Arabia has been called "the epicenter" of financing for terrorist and extremist activity on foreign soil, a place were funding is provided in exchange for the promise of mayhem only abroad.

On Tuesday, June 14, 2011, West Virginia Circuit Court Judge James C. Stucky ordered that certain former officers and directors of Massey Energy show why they should not be held in civil contempt for violating a June 2008 order.