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Other verdicts 2020
NOTE: Typically our annual Verdicts & Settlements focuses on cases valued at $1 million or more. But 2020 wasn’t a typical year. Given the small number of jury trials that occurred during the pandemic, we have opted to list all reported jury cases here that aren’t already featured elsewhere in our section.
| Type | Value | Date | Type of Action | Venue | Caption | Plaintiffs’ Attorneys |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | $750,000 | 11/4/2020 | Product Liability | U.S., Western District of Missouri | Williams v. Implus Footcare | David L. Marcus, Bartle & Marcus, Kansas City; Aaron W. Moore, Carrollton, Texas |
| V | $641,547* | 2/26/2020 | Civil Rights | U.S., Eastern District of Missouri | Robinson v. Hawkins | Nicholas J. Dudley, Hollingshead & Dudley, St. Louis |
| V | $450,000 | 3/11/2020 | Invasion of Privacy | Boone County | Coffman v. Concannon | Brody Kempton and Mark Kempton, Kempton & Russell, Sedalia |
| V | $450,000 | 8/13/2020 | Premises Liability | U.S., Western District of Missouri | Stillman v. Walmart Stores East I, LP | Amanda Blackwood and Jeffrey Blackwood, Montee Law Firm, St. Joseph |
| V | $181,495* | 9/23/2020 | Employment | Greene County | Simmons v. Country Fresh Inc. | Rob Curran, Curran Law Firm, Springfield; Joe Backer, Backer Law Firm, Independence |
* Includes post-trial award of attorneys’ fees and costs
Out of state
Missouri Lawyers Media welcomes submissions from Missouri-licensed attorneys who won cases in other states’ courts. Such cases are included in our Verdicts & Settlements database but are not listed in our annual rankings. Here are some of the largest cases we tracked from outside Missouri in 2020.
| Type | Value | Date | Type of Action | Venue | Caption | Plaintiffs’ Attorneys |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | $7,064,500 | 2/13/2020 | Business/Commercial | U.S., Kansas | Pipeline Productions Inc. et al. v. The Madison Companies LLC et al. | Jack McInnes, McInnes Law, Prairie Village, Kansas; William Skepnek, Skepnek Law, Lawrence, Kansas; Anthony Bonuchi, Bonuchi Law, Kansas City |
| S | $7,000,000 | 7/6/2020 | Motor Vehicle Collision | Ohio State Court | Confidential | Craig A. Schlapprizzi, Schlapprizzi Attorneys at Law, St. Louis; Charlie M. Rittgers, Rittgers & Rittgers, Cincinnati, Ohio |
| S | $6,000,000 | 11/24/2020 | Motor Vehicle Collision | Leavenworth County, Kansas | May v. Confidential | Thomas R. Davis, Brown & Crouppen, Kansas City |
| S | $3,500,000 | 7/31/2020 | Motor Vehicle Collision | U.S., South Carolina | Confidential | Chris Finney, Finney Injury Law, Brentwood; Kenneth E. Berger, Law Office of Kenneth E. Berger, Columbia, South Carolina; Mark Bringardner, Joye Law Firm, Charleston, South Carolina |
| J | $3,353,778 | 3/30/2020 | Wrongful Death | Wyandotte County, Kansas | Granados v. Wilson | Jared Rose, The Law Office of Jared A. Rose, Kansas City |
| J | $1,527,064 | 11/2/2020 | Medical Malpractice | U.S., Kansas | Doe P.M. v. United States | Danny Thomas, Michael Kilgore, Scott Britton-Mehlesch, Margaret Goodman and Nichelle Oxley, Humphrey, Farrington & McClain, Independence |
| S | $1,300,000 | 1/16/2020 | Wrongful Death | Johnson County, Kansas | Veach v. Fromholtz | Michael C. Rader, Bartimus Frickleton Robertson Rader, Leawood, Kansas |
| S | $1,000,000 | 10/27/2020 | Premises Liability | Ohio State Court | Confidential | Craig A. Schlapprizzi, Schlapprizzi Attorneys at Law, St. Louis; Matthew Nakajima and Charles M. Rittgers, Rittgers & Rittgers, Cincinnati, Ohio |
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