Others named to the 2011 list include Vice President Joe Biden, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy and Presidential Chief of Staff William Daley.
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Duffy is an accomplished commercial pilot who owns a collection of vintage wartime planes and who has participated in the show in the past (including a fantastic display that delighted fans in 2010).
The case, Leroy Rice v. Interlake Material Handling Inc. and Interlake Steel Corp., was a $17.3 million judgment in a Philadelphia products liability case handled by Tom Duffy's firm against the manufacturer of a racking system.