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Lawdragon™ included Ron Motley in the The Lawdragon™ 500 Leading Lawyers in America for 2008, his fourth consecutive year on the list.

Motley Rice attorney Bob McConnell has been elected as Vice Chairman for The Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence.

Motley Rice founders Ron Motley and Joe Rice have been named to the 2009 South Carolina Super Lawyers list.

Six Motley Rice attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2010 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.

The Legal 500 United States 2009 edition has recommended plaintiffs' law firm Motley Rice for Litigation: Mass Tort and Class Action, Plaintiff Representation: Toxic Tort.

Attorneys Don Migliori and Bob McConnell have been selected for inclusion in the 2009 <em>New England Super Lawyers List<em>.

A U.S. District Court in Utah has denied defendant NPS Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s motion to dismiss in a securities fraud class action lawsuit brought against the drug development company.

A jury in Baltimore Circuit Court has found General Electric Company liable related to asbestos exposure and lung cancer in the death of three former Bethlehem Steel plant workers.

Motley Rice and Gergel, Nickles & Solomon, P.A., have filed a wrongful death and survival action that alleges that 13 defendants' negligent and grossly negligent acts and omissions contributed to the death of Charleston City firefighter Melvin Champaign during the June 18, 2007, Sofa Super Store fire.

Motley Rice has filed the first lawsuit in the United States on behalf of Brazilian citizens against Brazilian-based TAM Linhas Aéreas and four other defendants, claiming negligence, recklessness and wrongful death.

Donald A. Migliori has been appointed co-lead counsel and liaison counsel by a federal judge in the District of Rhode Island in the Composix® Kugel® Mesh hernia repair patch litigation.

Dealing with a sudden onset of arrhythmia, or an irregular heartbeat, can be a frightening experience, especially when the condition can lead to a potentially fatal cardiac arrest. Implantable defibrillators are often used to monitor these fast, abnormal heartbeats by sending an electric shock to the heart when it…

According to an NPR investigation into Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch coal mine disaster, a mine electrician was ordered on February 13, 2010, to disable a methane gas monitor on a continuous mining machine, allowing the machine to continue cutting rock without a functional methane monitor.

Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter stated on Wednesday, July 14, 2010, that he will advocate for legislation, S. 2930, that clarifies the right of U.S. citizens to hold Saudi Arabia and others accountable for their alleged role as financial supporters of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

On Tuesday, July 13, 2010, U.S. District Court Judge Nina Gershon issued a court order in the Arab Bank lawsuit stating that the jury "will be instructed that, based on the defendant's failure to produce documents, it may, but is not required to, infer that the defendant provided financial services to…

Aviation lawyer and former Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Transportation Mary Schiavo appeared on MSNBC on Saturday, July 10, 2010 to address critical safety problems and discuss the recent, steady rise of near collisions in the sky at U.S. airports.

Motley Rice environmental lawyers have filed additional nuclear contamination lawsuits in federal court in Pittsburgh, PA alleging that emissions from two former nuclear fuel processing plants in Armstrong County, PA have caused personal injury, property damage and wrongful death. The defendants in the case are…

According to an article featured in Politics Daily by reporter David Sessions, BP initially presented volunteers, fishermen and other workers with waivers, hoping they would sign away some of their rights to sue. Given the increasing number of lawsuits, however, the oil giant has now begun to gather a team of advisors…

In a report soon to be published in July 2010's Allergy and Asthma Proceedings, nearly seven percent of returning soldiers who worked at Balad Air Base in Iraq show signs of serious lung injuries, a number far above the percentage of troops serving stateside, that may be linked to burn pit exposure during service…

CBS News investigates open-air burn pits on U.S. military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan, focusing on the many former soldiers and personnel who are reporting chronic and even fatal illnesses that they attribute to exposure to burn pit smoke during their service abroad.