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Motley Rice filed a wrongful death suit against the U.S. government in the wake of the mid-air collision that tragically claimed the lives of 68-year-old Michael Johnson and his 30-year-old son Joseph Johnson minutes after the pair departed Berkeley County Airport.

A wrongful death suit has been filed on behalf of the widow of 63-year-old Alton Ray Zeigler, a Richland County husband, father and grandfather tragically killed during a violent explosion Dec. 6, 2016 at a South Carolina branch of Eastman Chemical Company.

The husband of Nida Fatin Binti Mat Asis filed a wrongful death suit, one year after metal shrapnel from a defective Takata airbag allegedly struck her during a one car accident. The accident tragically claimed her life in what otherwise should have been a minor collision with minimal injuries.

We are honored to announce that multiple Motley Rice attorneys in our South Carolina and West Virginia offices were honored as 2017 Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars.

Shareholder activism is one important way in which shareholders can influence a corporation’s behavior by exercising their rights as owners. Shareholder activism refers to shareholders who are engaged in holding companies accountable through securities litigation.

Andrew Patterson advocates for people suffering from mesothelioma and other life-threatening lung diseases caused by asbestos exposure. Having lost a loved one to mesothelioma at a young age, he understands the harm that asbestos exposure causes to individuals and their families. Andrew is also part of the firm’s…

The Institutional Shareholder Services has released its 2016 Securities Class Action Services Top 50 Report for 2016. For being lead or co-lead in securities class action settlements, Motley Rice ranked 13 out of 50 related to “settlement total.”

Erin Casey Williams protects the interests of institutional investors and consumers through complex securities litigation. She also represents whistleblowers in qui tam cases under the False Claims Act.

A class of U.S. tax return preparers, represented by Motley Rice LLC and co-counsel, received a favorable and precedent-setting decision on June 1, 2017, when U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth struck down a Preparer Tax Identification Numbers (PTIN) fee that the Treasury Department and IRS had for years required…

Breast cancer patients and people who want to feel more confident often undergo surgery believing that the implants are safe and won’t cause undue harm to their bodies.

When laws are broken by companies and scandals are revealed, shareholders and institutional investors often find themselves losing money from an investment they likely wouldn’t have made had they been provided all the facts. Motley Rice represented the lead plaintiffs and was appointed sole lead counsel in the…

Firefighters are some of the bravest among us and uphold a vow to protect the public. They don’t think twice about stepping into harm’s way to save a life, whether by extinguishing a fire or intervening in other instances of distress. They are the first responders and our heroes.

Judge Edward M. Chen has appointed Joe Rice to the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee for multidistrict litigation filed for consumers impacted by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ alleged use of defeat software to bypass emissions standards in certain diesel vehicles.

Twenty years ago today, June 20, 1997, the announcement of the historic Master Settlement Agreement reached between more than two dozen State Attorneys General and the nation’s largest tobacco producers was announced. Death and disease by tobacco was running out of control in our country in the 1990s. It was…

Allegations have been made that auto manufacturer Fiat Chrysler Automobiles installed emissions cheating software in certain diesel vehicles for model years 2014 to 2016. Investigations conducted by the EPA and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) determined that the vehicles produced increased emissions of…

Known for his ability to “navigate both the courtroom and the negotiating table,” Don Migliori gave Law360 his perspective on skills, strategy and his stance related to the most rewarding parts of being a plaintiff attorney in the legal news outlet’s “Plaintiffs Bar Perspective” series.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a somber report, based on death certificate data from 1999-2015, on the survival rates for people diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma. Read the highlights.

The U.S. Trustee for the District of Delaware announced today that a Creditors’ Committee comprised of five personal injury claimants and two economic loss claimants has been formed in addition to a Trade and Service Creditors’ Committee to represent groups affected by the Takata bankruptcy.

Sixteen service members on board a KC-130 aircraft tragically lost their lives July 10, 2017 when their U.S. Marine Corps transport plane crashed into a field in Mississippi. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

Brendan Austin works to combat consumer fraud and protects public resources and interests through litigation filed for clients in the public sector.