Top Defense Verdicts 2017

Staff Report//February 7, 2018//

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Rank	Case Number	V/S Type	Total Value	V/S Date	Type of Action	Court	Caption	Prevailing Attorneys
1	1522-CC00550	DJ	$34,600,000	10/10/2017	Motor vehicle collision	St. Louis	Howard Sanborn and Jonathan Lopez v. Nathan W. Worstell and United Fire & Casualty Co.	Howard Sanborn and Jonathan Lopez v. Nathan W. Worstell and United Fire & Casualty Co.
2	15AE-CV02090	DV	$10,000,000	7/14/2017	Personal Injury; Wrongful Death	Platte County	Christy Shively v. Mark J. Smith	Michael E. McCausland and Clinton S. Turley of McCausland Barrett & Bartalos, Kansas City
3	10SL-CC02584	DV	$7,200,000	3/27/2017	Wrongful Death	St. Louis County	Timothy Hill v. SSM Health Care	Tim Gearin, Dave Ott and Nick Cejas of Armstrong Teasdale, St. Louis
4	13BE-CC00024	DV	$4,000,000	7/21/2017	Product Liability	Benton County	Matthew Golden v. James McNaron, D/B/A Pro-Com	Hamp Ford of Ford, Parshall & Baker , Columbia
5	1216-CV14564	DV	$3,716,575	5/16/2017	Product Liability	Jackson County	Donald Laningham, Ruth Laningham v. Hobart Brothers Co., Lincoln Electric Co.	Kurt L. Rasmussen of Rasmussen Dickey Moore , Kansas City
6	10JE-CC00992	DV	$3,000,000	9/6/2017	Medical Malpractice	Jefferson County	Carter Nobles, a Minor, by and through his Next Friend, Latisha Dow v. Mercy Hospital Jefferson, f/k/a Jefferson Memorial Hospital, Luis Mertins, M.D., Excel Care OB-GYN, Inc.	Mandy J. Kamykowski, Ryan J. Gavin of Kamykowski, Gavin & Smith, St. Louis ; Kenneth C. Brostron, Mark Feldhaus of Lashly & Baer, St. Louis
6	10SD-CC00097	DV	$3,000,000	4/6/2017	Wrongful Death	Stoddard County	Margie Gordon on behalf of the Estate of Dennis Keith Gordon v. Raymond Ketting, M.D.	Kim R. Luther and Andrew M. Luther Mr. of Luther & Associates, St. Louis
8	4:16-cv-01403	DJ*	$2,700,000	10/6/2017	Insurance	U.S. District Court, EDMO	Amica Mutual Insurance Company v. Estate of MR	Robert W. Cockerham and Ryan T. Knopf of Cockerham & Associates, St. Louis
9	1516-CV24614	DV	$2,500,000	4/10/2017	Employment	Jackson County	Matthew Taylor, Matthew Young, Scott Simons, Jarrett Lanpher v. The Board of Police Commissioners of Kansas City, MIssouri, Chief of Police Darryl Forte	Brent N. Coverdale and Lisa M. Bolliger of Scharnhorst Ast Kennard Griffin, Kansas City
10	14PO-CC00061	DV	$2,000,000	5/22/2017	Medical Malpractice	Polk County	Christie Beckley, Brandon Beckley v. Kevin C. Burlison, MD	Bruce E. Hunt of Brown & James, St. Louis
11	13SL-CC03129	DV	$1,800,000	1/19/2017	Wrongful Death	St. Louis County	Antonia Sangster, Erika Sangster, Amanda Sangster v. Supervalu, Inc., Koman Properties, Inc., Mayfair Acquisitions, LLC	David P. Bub and Tyler J. Finnegan of Brown & James
12	15AR-CV00541-01	DV	$1,250,000	6/15/2017	Medical Malpractice	Lewis County	Burnie Schneiderheinze, Mindy Schneiderheinze v. John Bailey, D.O., Mid-America Orthopaedic & Spine Institute	Ryan J. Gavin and Jenifer C. Snow of Kamykowski, Gavin & Smith, St. Louis
13	4:16-CV-0082	DV	$1,075,000	10/19/2017	Motor Vehicle Collision	U.S. District Court, EDMO	Deborah Jennings v. TMC Corporation	Ted L. Perryman and Korissa Zickrick of Roberts Perryman, St. Louis
14	13SL-CC02524	DV	$1,000,000	3/22/2017	Medical Malpractice	St. Louis County	Sue Biermann, William Biermann, Matt Biermann v. West CountyMedical Specialists, Inc., Matthew J. Orland, M.D.	James P. Reinert and Timothy F. McCurdy of Gonnerman Reinert, Clayton