Missouri Lawyers Media Missouri legal news and public notices
| Rank | Type | Value | Date | Venue | Type of Action | Caption | Plaintiffs’ Attorneys |
| 1 | V | $4,690,000,000 | 7/12/18 | St. Louis City | Personal Injury | Ingham v. Johnson & Johnson | Eric Holland, Patrick Dowd and Seth Crompton of the Holland Law Firm and Thomas Neill of Gray, Ritter & Graham were part of the team that won one of the largest awards in state history. A St. Louis jury sided with a group of women who alleged they contracted ovarian cancer from talcum powder. |
| 2 | S | $1,510,000,000 | 12/7/18 | U.S., District of Kansas* | Business/Commercial | In Re: Syngenta AG MIR162 Corn Litigation | Patrick Stueve of Stueve Siegel Hanson in Kansas City and Don Downing of Gray, Ritter & Graham in St. Louis led a team that negotiated a global settlement for farmers, including a class in Missouri, who alleged they were harmed economically by Syngenta’s use of genetically modified corn. |
| 3 | V | $113,714,632 | 8/15/18 | Cole County | Employment | Hootselle v. Missouri Department of Corrections | Gary Burger of Burger Law and Michael J. Flannery of Cuneo, Gilbert & LaDuca’s St. Louis office persuaded a Cole County jury to award Missouri prison employees for unpaid activities spent before and after their shifts. |
| 4 | V | $7,6000,000* | 2/23/18 | Clay County | Wrongful Death | Ford v. Ford Motor Company | Michael S. Ketchmark, Ben H. Fadler and Scott A. McCreight of Ketchmark & McCreight in Leawood, Kansas won this award for the family of a man fatally crushed by machinery at an automotive plant in Clay County. |
| 5 | V | $34,333,495 | 6/6/18 | U.S., Western District of Missouri | Insurance | Vogt v. State Farm Life Insurance Co. | Norman E. Siegel, Ethan M. Lange, Lindsay T. Perkins and David A. Hickey of Stueve Siegel Hanson, and John J. Schirger, Matthew W. Lytle and Joseph M. Feierabend of Miller Schirger in Kansas City won this federal class-action suit on claims that plaintiffs were systematically overcharged for universal life insurance policies. |
| 6 | S | $30,500,000 | 8/28/18 | U.S., Western District of Missouri | Motor Vehicle Collision | Holdeman v. Allstate Fire and Casualty Insurance Co. | Tim Dollar of Dollar Burns & Becker in Kansas City won this settlement from an insurer shortly after an appeals court affirmed an underlying jury verdict in Jackson County for a man severely injured in a car crash. |
| 7 | V | $28,871,045 | 9/26/18 | Jackson County | Employment | Brovont v. KS-1 Medical Services PA | Michael S. Ketchmark, Ben H. Fadler and Scott A. McCreight of Ketchmark & McCreight represented a doctor who brought a whistleblower suit in Jackson County against an emergency-room staffing company alleging its policies undermined patient safety. |
| 8 | S | $24,720,000 | 11/15/18 | U.S., Western District of Missouri | Business/Commercial | Biffle v. Sho-Me Power Electric Cooperative | Heidi Doerhoff Vollet of Cook, Vetter, Doerhoff & Landwehr in Jefferson City and Fred O’Neill of Thayer helped to resolve a case by southern Missouri landowners involving alleged misuse of utility easements. |
| 9 | S | $21,000,000 | 3/30/18 | Cole County | Blind Pension Fund | Gerken v. Sherman | Attorneys John Greider and Deborah S. Greider of St. Louis and members of Saint Louis University School of Law’s civil litigation clinic including John Ammann, Barbara Gilchrist and Amy Sanders settled with the state of Missouri to correct underpayments to beneficiaries of the state’s Blind Pension Fund. |
| 10 | S | $20,600,000 | 1/25/18 | St. Louis County | Municipal Taxes | City of Winchester, City of Creve Coeur v. Union Electric Company d/b/a/ Ameren Missouri | John Hoffman and Doug Sprong of Korein Tillery; Lee Curtis and Carl Lumley of Curtis, Heinz, Garrett & O’Keefe and attorneys Howard Paperner and John F. Mulligan Jr. resolved claims from 254 Missouri municipalities that a utility company underpaid business license taxes. |
| 11 | J | $20,000,000 | 2/7/18 | Christian County | Personal Injury | John Doe IX v. Kanakuk Heritage Inc. | Craig R. Heidemann, Nathan A. Duncan and Nick W. Allen of Douglas, Haun & Heidemann won this $20 million judgment in Christian County against the former director of a religious summer camp who sexually abused dozens of minors. |
| 12 | S | $13,825,000 | 2/5/18 | U.S., Eastern District of Missouri | Civil Rights | Allen and Taylor v. City of St. Louis | Charles A. Weiss and Ameer Gado, Bryan Cave, St. Louis; Barry Scheck, Nick Brustin and Anna Benvenutti Hoffmann, Neufeld Scheck & Brustin, New York |
| 13 | V | $12,450,000 | 6/12/18 | St. Louis City | Premises Liability | Reginald Bush v. St. Louis Rams | John Simon, Tim Cronin and Kevin Carnie, The Simon Law Firm, St. Louis |
| 14 | V | $11,138,082 | 8/27/18 | Jackson County | Business/Commercial | Universal Engraving Inc. v. Polsinelli PC | Juliet Cox, Kutak Rock, Kansas City, Kansas |
| 15 | C | $11,000,000 | 11/8/18 | Clay County | Insurance | American Family Mutual Insurance Co. v. Skow | Kirk Presley, Presley & Presley, Kansas City |
| 16 | S | $9,500,000 | 12/14/18 | U.S., Western District of Missouri | False Claims Act | U.S. ex rel. Barnes versus Stark Pharmacy | Nathan Garrett and Katherine Fisher, Graves Garrett, Kansas City; Timothy A. Garrison and Matthew N. Sparks, U.S. Attorney’s Office Kansas City |
| 17 | V | $8,500,000 | 9/6/18 | St. Louis City | Employment | McGaughy v. Laclede Gas Company | Sonal Bhatia, E.E. Keenan and Rachel Rutter, Keenan & Bhatia, Kansas City; Joan Swartz, Law Offices of Joan M. Swartz, St. Louis |
| 18 | V | $7,350,000 | 6/6/18 | St. Louis City | Employment | Mayes v. United Parcel Service Inc. | Douglas Ponder and Jaclyn Zimmermann, Ponder Zimmermann, St. Louis |
| 19 | S | $7,270,284 | 12/11/18 | St. Louis County | Motor Vehicle Collision | Gettys v. Bryant | Jim Cantalin, Brown & Crouppen, St. Louis; Ben Sansone, Sansone & Lauber, St. Louis |
| 20 | V | $6,550,000 | 12/14/18 | U.S., Western District of Missouri | Civil Rights | Masters v. Runnels | Kirk Presley, Jill Presley, Matthew McCoy, Presley & Presley, Kansas City; John C. Burton, Pasadena, California; Daniel J. Haus, The Haus Law Firm, Belton |
| 21 | V | $6,432,001 | 11/16/18 | Jackson County | Employment | Hartmann v. Astellas Pharma US Inc. | E.E. Keenan and Sonal Bhatia, Keenan & Bhatia, Kansas City |
| 22 | S | $5,700,000 | 4/4/18 | Lawrence County | Wrongful Death | Brooks v. Ortman | Philip Ross Quinn and Randall Ray Cowherd, Haden, Cowherd & Bullock, Springfield; John Alan Cowherd, Mount Vernon |
| 23 | J | $5,601,162 | 11/30/18 | St. Louis City | Antitrust | Westmoreland v. Midwest St. Louis LLC | Jeremy A. Gogel, The Gogel Law Firm, St. Louis |
| 24 | J | $5,354,000 | 8/3/18 | Boone County | Civil Rights | Ferguson v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company | Michael Berry, Berry Wilson, Jefferson City |
| 25 | V | $5,250,000 | 6/14/18 | Dallas County | Motor Vehicle Collision | Knight v. Zey | Mark Emison and Lindsey Scarcello, Langdon & Emison, Lexington |
| 26 | V | $5,080,000 | 4/27/18 | Greene County | FELA | Mitchell v. BNSF Railway Co. | Andrew J. Scavotto and Nelson G. Wolff, Schlichter Bogard & Denton, St. Louis |
| 27 | S | $4,500,000 | 6/11/18 | U.S., Western District of Missouri | Employment | Speer and McGuirk v. Cerner Corp. | Brett A. Davis and Tracey George, Davis George Mook, Kansas City; Patrick Reavey and Kevin C. Koc, Reavey Law, Kansas City |
| 27 | V | $4,500,000 | 9/21/18 | St. Louis City | Personal Injury | Johnson v. Osage Marine Services, Inc. | Patrick Bader, Bader & Murov, Clayton |
| 29 | S | $4,100,000 | 9/3/18 | Confidential | Wrongful Death | Confidential | Michael Rader and Michelle Marvel, Bartimus Frickleton Robertson Rader, Leawood, Kansas |
| 30 | S | $3,600,000 | 4/25/18 | Confidential | Motor Vehicle Collision | Confidential | Amanda Murphy and Shaun Falvey, Goldblatt Singer, St. Louis |
| 31 | V | $3,500,000 | 8/3/18 | Cass County | FELA | Wynn v. BNSF Railway Co. | Wes Shumate, Davis, Bethune & Jones, Kansas City; Christopher H. Leach, Hubbell Law Firm, Kansas City |
| 31 | S | $3,500,000 | 10/12/18 | Jackson County | Motor Vehicle Collision | Brummel v. Flint Rock Products LLP | Kirk Presley, Presley & Presley, Kansas City |
| 33 | S | $2,700,000 | 5/24/18 | U.S., Western District of Missouri | Contracts | Padberg v. DISH Network LLC | Matthew A. Clement, Timothy W. Van Ronzelen and Kari A. Schulte, Cook, Vetter, Doerhoff & Landwehr, Jefferson City; Robert A. Horn and Joseph A. Kronawitter, Horn Aylward & Bandy, Kansas City; Mark C. Goldenberg and Thomas P. Rosenfeld, Goldenberg Heller & Antognoli, Edwardsville, Illinois; Edward D. Robertson Jr. and Mary D. Winter, Bartimus Frickleton Robertson Rader, Jefferson City |
| 34 | V | $2,513,000 | 3/26/18 | Chariton County | FELA | Voss v. BNSF Railway Company | Steven L. Groves, Linda C. Powers and Emery A. Reusch, Groves Powers, St. Louis |
| 35 | S | $2,500,000 | 3/1/18 | Confidential | Motor Vehicle Collision | Confidential | Joshua P. Myers and Stephen R. Schultz, Schultz Myers, St. Louis |
| 35 | V | $2,500,000 | 11/8/18 | St. Louis County | Motor Vehicle Collision | Brown v. Clifford | Christopher J. Finney, Finney Injury Law, Clayton; Craig Schlapprizzi, Law Offices of Donald L. Schlapprizzi, St. Louis |
| 37 | S | $2,400,895 | 2/16/18 | St. Louis County | FELA | Jordan v. Union Pacific Railroad Company | Jerome J. Schlichter, Nelson G. Wolff and Andrew D. Schlichter, Schlichter Bogard & Denton, St. Louis |
| 38 | S | $2,200,000 | 12/4/18 | St. Louis County | Motor Vehicle Collision | Moore v. Confidential | Mark A. Cantor and Brian M. Winebright, Cantor Injury Law, St. Louis |
| 39 | V | $2,105,449 | 11/27/18 | Jackson County | Employment | Pitcher v. Centene Corp. | Kirk Holman, Holman Schiavone, Kansas City; Grant W. Geary,, Kansas City |
| 40 | S | $2,050,000 | 10/8/18 | Cape Girardeau County | Wrongful Death | Faucett v. Causbie’s Sports Bar LLC | Benjamin Sansone, Sansone & Lauber, Clayton; Brent A. Sumner, Sumner Law Group, Clayton |
| 41 | S | $2,000,000 | 1/12/18 | Boone County | Wrongful Death | Evans v. Flowers Baking Company of Lenexa LLC | Thad Mulholland and Matthew B. Woods, Eng & Woods, Columbia |
| 41 | S | $2,000,000 | 3/2/18 | Jackson County | Wrongful Death | McDonald v. Confidential | Brent A. Sumner and Andrew S. Martin, Sumner Law Group, St. Louis |
| 41 | S | $2,000,000 | 7/2/18 | Taney County | Product Liability | Murry v. Ross Manufacturing | Chandler Gregg and Nick Smart, Strong-Garner-Bauer, Springfield |
| 41 | S | $2,000,000 | 11/22/18 | St. Louis County | Employment | Confidential | J.C. Pleban, Pleban & Petruska, St. Louis |
| 41 | S | $2,000,000 | 12/5/18 | U.S., Western District of Missouri | Wrongful Death | Summers v. Callaway County Public Administrator’s Office | Rudy L. Veit, Carson & Coil, Jefferson City |
| 46 | S | $1,900,000 | 9/5/18 | Jackson County | Wrongful Death | Confidential | Andrew Nantz and Todd Johnson, Votava Nantz & Johnson, Kansas City |
| 47 | V | $1,878,000 | 5/9/18 | St. Louis City | Personal Injury | Moore v. Bi-State Development Agency | Todd R. Nissenholtz, Cofman Townsley, St. Louis |
| 48 | S | $1,875,000 | 1/25/18 | Confidential | Medical Malpractice | Confidential v. Confidential | Ashley Ricket, Ricket Law Firm, Kansas City |
| 49 | V | $1,705,000 | 8/22/18 | Jefferson County | Personal Injury | Lowery v. Bent | Todd Nissenholtz, Cofman Townsley, St. Louis |
| 50 | S | $1,525,000 | 3/15/18 | Confidential | Product Liability, Wrongful Death | Confidential v. Confidential | James T. Corrigan, O’Leary, Shelton, Corrigan, Peterson, Dalton & Quillin, St Louis |
| 51 | V | $1,500,000 | 3/7/18 | Platte County | Wrongful Death | Rippy v. Battaglia | Tim Dollar, Dollar, Burns & Becker, Kansas City; Nicholas Hinrichs, Hinrichs Law Firm, Kansas City |
| 51 | S | $1,500,000 | 7/24/18 | Boone County | Motor Vehicle Collision | Confidential v. Marion County Ambulance District | AW Smith, The AW Smith Law Firm, Columbia |
| 51 | S | $1,500,000 | 11/28/18 | Confidential | Motor Vehicle Collision | Confidential v. Confidential | Mark Cantor, Cantor Injury Law, St. Louis |
| 54 | V | $1,500,000** | 6/27/18 | St. Louis City | Motor Vehicle Collision | Collier v. Steinbach | Chris Finney, Mutrux Finney, Clayton; Craig Schlapprizzi, Law Offices of Donald L. Schlapprizzi, St. Louis |
| 55 | S | $1,475,000 | 10/3/18 | Cape Girardeau County | Motor Vehicle Collision | Langston v. O’Reilly Automotive Stores Inc. | Brent Sumner and Andrew Martin, Sumner Law Group, St. Louis; Daniel Grimm, Layton & Southard, Cape Girardeau |
| 56 | S | $1,375,000 | 4/26/18 | Confidential | Medical Malpractice | Confidential v. Confidential | James Bartimus and Mike Meyer, Bartimus Frickleton Robertson Rader, Leawood, Kansas |
| 57 | V | $1,340,000 | 7/13/18 | St. Louis County | Medical Malpractice | Setzer v. SSM Healthcare | Gregory G. Fenlon and David W. Horan, St. Louis Lawyers Group, St. Louis |
| 58 | V | $1,307,544 | 12/13/18 | St. Louis County | Business/Commercial | Baerthe v. Zeitler | Matt Vianello and Joe Jacobson, Jacobson Press, Clayton |
| 59 | S | $1,300,000 | 1/5/18 | Jackson County | Personal Injury | Wilhelm v. Blaha | Louis C. Accurso and Burton S. Haigh, The Accurso Law Firm, Kansas City |
| 60 | S | $1,275,000 | 4/16/18 | St. Louis County | Motor Vehicle Collision | Confidential v. Confidential | Richard D. Klein, Ochs & Klein, St. Louis; Michael Avioli, Avioli Law, St. Louis |
| 61 | S | $1,250,000 | 5/7/18 | St. Louis County | Motor Vehicle Collision | Moore v. Vanronzelen | Christopher Finney, Mutrux Finney, Clayton; Matthew T. Jett, The Law Office of Mathew T. Jett, Clayton |
| 61 | S | $1,250,000 | 8/6/18 | Jackson County | Motor Vehicle Collision | Rimmer v. Schmedding | Michael C. Rader, Bartimus Frickleton Robertson Rader, Leawood, Kansas |
| 61 | S | $1,250,000 | 11/14/18 | Clay County | Motor Vehicle Collision | Confidential v. Confidential | David M. Skeens, Walters Renwick Richards Skeens & Vaughan, Kansas City |
| 64 | V | $1,225,000 | 2/9/18 | Jackson County | Wrongful Death | Newsome v. Anesthesia Associates of Kansas City PC | Roger P. Wright and Lance Baughman, Wright & Baughman, Lee’s Summit |
| 65 | S | $1,200,000 | 7/18/18 | Warren County | Motor Vehicle Collision | Confidential v. Jost | Kevin J. Roach, Law Offices of Kevin J. Roach, Chesterfield |
| 65 | S | $1,200,000 | 12/17/18 | U.S., Western District of Missouri | Wrongful Death | Meikle v. City of Republic | Jermaine Wooten, The Legal Solution Group, St. Louis; Eric K. Banks, Banks Law, St. Louis; Daniel A. Dailey, Kingdom Litigators, Chicago, Illinois |
| 67 | S | $1,189,860 | 7/16/18 | Cole County | Personal Injury | Jones v. All Ready Rentals LLC d/b/a Days Inn | Chip Gentry and Nick Leslie, Call & Gentry, Jefferson City |
| 68 | V | $1,132,654 | 11/16/18 | Clay County | Probate/Will Contests | Netherton v. Netherton | Gary K. Patton, Brock A. Patton and Marshall W. Woody, Patton Wagner & Associates, Liberty |
| 69 | S | $1,100,000 | 7/30/18 | Atchison County | Motor Vehicle Collision | Confidential v. Confidential | Tim Dollar, Dollar, Burns & Becker, Kansas City; Nicholas Hinrichs, Hinrichs Law Firm, Kansas City |
| 70 | S | $1,000,000 | 3/7/18 | Greene County | Motor Vehicle Collision | Warden v. Big M Transportation | Josh Margolis, Muchnick Haber Margolis, St. Louis |
| 70 | S | $1,000,000 | 5/24/18 | Jackson County | False Imprisonment | Bergantine v. E.I.E. LLC, d/b/a Whiskey Tango | Tim Dollar, Dollar, Burns & Becker, Kansas City; Nicholas Hinrichs, Hinrichs Law Firm, Kansas City |
| 70 | S | $1,000,000 | 6/25/18 | Boone County | Personal Injury | Miller v. Central Concrete Company | Brian T. Meyers and Laura K. Young, The Law Offices of Brian Timothy Meyers, Kansas City |
| 70 | S | $1,000,000 | 12/13/18 | U.S., Eastern District of Missouri | Motor Vehicle Collision | Reagan v. CRC Transport LLC | Joshua P. Myers and Stephen R. Schultz, Schultz Myers, St. Louis |
| *5 percent fault to plaintiff. Net judgment of $74.1 million | |||||||
| **20 percent fault to plaintiff. Net judgment of $1.2 million | |||||||
