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If BP can appeal some payments made through its Economic and Property Damages Settlement Agreement, then it only makes sense that claimants who are denied recovery would also have the right to appeal their decision.

Motley Rice transportation attorneys are reviewing the circumstances surrounding the fatal derailment of an Amtrak train on May 12, 2015, that killed eight passengers and seriously injured 140 more, with many others feared missing.

Katie Menard is committed to helping people harmed by allegedly defective medical devices, including women suffering from painful and serious injuries caused transvaginal mesh and pelvic mesh devices.

In light of all the recent recalls, including those for Takata airbags and GM ignition switches, there are a number of good reasons to take cars that are less than a decade old to the dealer once a year, even if it is just for a simple oil change.

A trial lawyer, Dennis Costigan litigates for patients who are suffering from the painful, life-altering injuries associated with allegedly faulty medical devices, working to hold accountable those responsible for inadequate product testing, research and warning.

During a press conference on Tuesday, May 19, 2015, National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) Administrator Mark Rosekind and U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced that Japan-based Takata Corp. has declared an estimated 33.8 million vehicles defective due to airbags that may explode…

CBS Evening News interviewed attorney Kevin Dean, the firm’s automotive forensic technical advisor Bill Williams and our client Angelina Sujata. The interviews tell the story of how Kevin and Bill came to be the only known people, other than Takata, testing recalled airbags.

With such immediate and resounding consequences, you’d think that medical devices would be scrutinized more than just about any manufactured product; subjected to test after test before being released for use in and on the public. But that’s just not the case.

Victim awarded $100 million in damages. A Delaware jury today awarded $25 million in compensatory and $75 million in punitive damages to Deborah Barba, finding Boston Scientific liable for several permanent and serious injuries caused by its Advantage Fit and Pinnacle transvaginal mesh (TVM) products.

Motley Rice client and survivor of an accident involving an allegedly defective Takata airbag, Angelina Sujata, spoke before a large crowd of vehicle safety advocates, legislators and reporters gathered outside of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. to show her support for the Vehicle Safety information Act (H.R…

By now you may have already seen a press release by Garlock Sealing Technologies LLC and The Anchor Packing Company about a “settlement” of their bankruptcy involving asbestos claims, or TV advertisements about their plan of reorganization for resolving the bankruptcy.

Despite the anticipatory lull in case filings just prior to the 2014 Supreme Court decision on Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, securities fraud class action litigation continues to play an active and growing role in protecting the integrity of the capital markets. This trend is likely to continue.

A sightseeing floatplane carrying eight Holland America Line MS Westerdam passengers and a pilot fatally crashed about 25 miles northeast of Ketchikan, Alaska.

Location: Soldotna Airport in Soldotna, Alaska Date: July 7, 2013 Aircraft: Single-engine DeHavilland Canada DHC-3 Otter

Today, BP disclosed to its investors that it recommends a $18.7 billion settlement to resolve the claims by the United States, the five Gulf Coast states, and local governments that filed suits against the oil company as a result of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon tragedy. Could BP finally be realizing that 2015 may be the…

Motley Rice attorney Kevin Dean was interviewed by WSB-TV Atlanta reporter Jim Strickland about potentially deadly Tataka airbags in a segment that aired on July 2, 2015.

An Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon jet collided with a civilian Cessna 150C at approximately 11 am EST on Tuesday, July 7, 2015, near Lewisfield Plantation in Moncks Corner, about 25 miles north of Charleston, South Carolina.

Blame that otherwise should have been shouldered by GM for not admitting and recalling this defect early on—or at the very least, informing the public of the defect—was instead refocused on an already overburdened and understaffed regulatory agency.

Ashley Hornstein represents people and families suffering from mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases caused by occupational, environmental and household asbestos exposure, as well as victims of lead poisoning and other toxic environmental exposures.

When you chose to undergo a permanent birth control procedure, you likely do so in full faith that it will result in a safe and effective means of preventing pregnancy. What you might not have known is that procedures involving permanent fallopian tube implants such as Essure® have reportedly caused a host of…