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Top Verdicts & Settlements 2020: Plaintiff wins
Staff Report//February 15, 2021//
Listen to this article| Rank | Type | Value | Date | Type of Action | Venue | Caption | Plaintiffs’ Attorneys | |
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| 01 | S | $400,000,000 | 6/10/2020 | Product Liability | U.S., Eastern District of Missouri | In re: Dicamba Herbicides Litigation | Don Downing, Gray, Ritter & Graham, St. Louis; Bev Randles, Randles & Splittgerber, Kansas City; James Bilsborrow, Weitz & Luxenberg, New York; Paul Byrd, Paul Byrd Law Firm, LIttle Rock, Arkansas; Rene Rocha III, Morgan & Morgan, New Orleans, Louisiana; Hart Rabinovitch, Zimmerman Reed, Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| 02 | V | $265,000,000 | * | 2/15/2020 | Product Liability | U.S., Eastern District of Missouri | Bader Farms Inc. v. Monsanto Company | Bill Randles, Bev Randles and Angie Splittgerber, Randles & Splittgerber, Kansas City; Ben Mook and Tracey George, Davis George Mook, Kansas City |
| 03 | J | $62,494,777 | ** | 9/15/2020 | Contracts | Jackson County | Fuentes v. KM-T.E.H. Realty 8 LLC | Greg Leyh, Andrea M. Knernschield and Nicholas Leyh, Gregory Leyh PC, Gladstone |
| 04 | J | $25,160,486 | 2/4/2020 | Business/Commercial | U.S., Western District of Missouri | McKeage v. Tracker Marine Boat Center LLC | Steve Garner, Chandler Gregg and Nick Smart, Strong-Garner-Bauer, Springfield; David Baylard and Damian Struzzi, Baylard, Billington, Dempsey & Jensen, Union; Chip Robertson, Bartimus Frickleton Robertson Rader, Jefferson City | |
| 05 | V | $21,000,000 | 11/18/2020 | Product Liability | U.S., Eastern District of Missouri | Bayes v. Biomet Inc. | James D. O’Leary and Michael Quillin, O’Leary, Shelton, Corrigan, Peterson, Dalton & Quillin, St. Louis; Darin Schanker, Bachus & Schanker, Denver, Colorado | |
| 06 | S | $18,250,000 | 10/13/2020 | Product Liability | U.S., Western District of Missouri | Hornbeck v. Orscheln Farm and Home LLC | Tom Bender and Dirk Hubbard, Horn Aylward & Bandy, Kansas City; Bryan T. White, White, Graham, Buckley & Carr, Independence; Clayton A. Jones, Raymore | |
| 07 | S | $15,000,000 | 1/20/2020 | Motor Vehicle Collision | Confidential | Confidential | AW Smith, The AW Smith Law Firm, Columbia | |
| 07 | S | $15,000,000 | 2/13/2020 | Motor Vehicle Collision | Confidential | Confidential | Amanda N. Murphy, Goldblatt Singer, Saint Louis; Shaun Falvey, Goldblatt Singer, Saint Louis | |
| 09 | V | $13,000,000 | 11/13/2020 | Wrongful Death | Henry County | Church v. Case New Holland Industrial of America LLC | Chandler Gregg and Nick Smart, Strong-Garner-Bauer, Springfield | |
| 10 | A | $11,437,010 | 4/29/2020 | Employment | St. Louis City | Barnett v. Columbia Maintenance Company | Gretchen Myers, The Law Offices of Gretchen Myers, St. Louis | |
| 11 | S | $9,000,000 | 7/2/2020 | Motor Vehicle Collision | U.S., Eastern District of Missouri | Mason v. C.R. England Inc. | Christopher Dixon, The Dixon Injury Firm, St. Louis | |
| 11 | S | $9,000,000 | 2/27/2020 | Wrongful Death | Boone County | Confidential | Tim Dollar and Josh Becker, Dollar, Burns & Becker, Kansas City; Nick Hinrichs, Hinrichs Law Firm, Kansas City | |
| 13 | A | $8,556,184 | 4/29/2020 | Employment | St. Louis City | Taylor v. Columbia Maintenance Company | Gretchen Myers, The Law Offices, Gretchen Myers, St. Louis | |
| 14 | J | $8,000,000 | 2/25/2020 | Motor Vehicle Collision | Clay County | Rasmussen v. SRJS Inc. | Larry D. Wright, Criterion Law, Kansas City; Annette Griggs, Griggs Injury Law, Kansas City; Andrew LeRoy, Bautista LeRoy, Kansas City | |
| 15 | S | $7,935,000 | 8/10/2020 | Wrongful Death | Jackson County | Henderson v. Confidential | Tim Dollar and Josh Becker, Dollar, Burns & Becker, Kansas City; Nick Hinrichs, Hinrichs Law Firm, Kansas City; Luke Whitworth, Stigall Whitworth, Kansas City | |
| 16 | S | $7,750,000 | 10/16/2020 | Medical Malpractice | Camden County | J.S. v. Lake Regional Health System | Brett Votava and Todd Johnson, Votava Nantz & Johnson, Kansas City | |
| 17 | S | $6,800,000 | 6/26/2020 | Product Liability | U.S., Western District of Missouri | Smith v. Atkins Nutritionals Inc. | Matt Dameron, Williams Dirks Dameron, Kansas City; Jay Barnes, Simmons Hanly Conroy, Alton, Illinois | |
| 18 | V | $6,503,016 | ** | 10/2/2020 | Business/Commercial | U.S., Western District of Missouri | S&H Farm Supply Inc. v. Bad Boy Inc. | Greg Whiston, Shannon Johnson and Curry Sexton, Seigfreid Bingham, Kansas City |
| 19 | S | $6,500,000 | 3/3/2020 | Inverse Condemnation | Callaway County | Harmon v. Central Electric Power Cooperative | Heidi Doerhoff Vollet, Dale Doerhoff and Shelly Kintzel, Cook Vetter Doerhoff & Landwehr, Jefferson City; Ronald Waicukauski and Brad Catlin, Price Waicukauski Joven & Catlin, Indianapolis | |
| 20 | S | $6,450,000 | 12/28/2020 | Intellectual Property | U.S., Western District of Missouri | Curators of the University of Missouri v. Mitra | Adam P. Seitz, Jason R. Mudd, Michelle L. Marriott and Hunter A. Horton, Erise IP, Overland Park, Kansas | |
| 21 | S | $6,000,000 | 6/8/2020 | Medical Malpractice | Confidential | Confidential | Stephen M. Gorny, The Gorny Law Firm, Kansas City | |
| 21 | S | $6,000,000 | 7/22/2020 | Motor Vehicle Collision | Jackson County | Wilkinson v. Independence School District | Nicholas Hinrichs, Hinrichs Law Firm, Kansas City; Josh Becker, Dollar Burns Becker, Kansas City | |
| 21 | S | $6,000,000 | 6/25/2020 | Premises Liability | St. Louis City | Confidential | James D. O’Leary Jr., O’Leary, Shelton, Corrigan, Peterson, Dalton & Quillin, St. Louis; Brent Sumner, Sumner Law Group, St. Louis | |
| 24 | S | $5,000,000 | 1/17/2020 | Wrongful Death | Boone County | Eisenhauer v. Audrain County Jail | Jill Harper and Ron Netemeyer, Harper, Evans, Wade & Netemeyer, Columbia | |
| 25 | V | $4,939,470 | 10/9/2020 | Employment | U.S., Western District of Missouri | Salerno v. MPI Management LLC | Rik Siro, Athena Dickson, Raymond Dake, Ryan P. McEnaney and Eric W. Smith, Siro Smith Dickson, Kansas City | |
| 26 | S | $3,700,000 | 8/3/2020 | Motor Vehicle Collision | Washington County | Star Insurance v. Boyet | Kevin J. Roach, Law Offices of Kevin J. Roach, St. Louis | |
| 26 | S | $3,700,000 | 12/23/2020 | Civil Rights | U.S., Western District of Missouri | Johnson v. CoreCivic et al. | Lance D. Sandage, Sandage Law, Kansas City; Michael A. Hodgson, Lee’s Summit; Joseph K. Eischens, Law Office of Joseph K. Eischens, Parkville | |
| 28 | J | $3,386,558 | ** | 4/3/2020 | Civil Rights | U.S., Western District of Missouri | M.B. v. Tidball | John J. Ammann, Saint Louis University Legal Clinic, St. Louis; Elizabeth Pitman Gretter, Samantha M. Bartosz, Stephen Dixon, Aaron Finch, Erin McGuinness, Danielle Rosenthal, Daniele Gerard and Jonathan King, Children’s Rights Inc., New York; Leecia Welch, Poonam Juneja and Freya Pitts, National Center for Youth Law, Oakland, California; Scott T. Schutte, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Chicago |
| 29 | S | $3,125,000 | 7/21/2020 | Wrongful Death | Clay County | Douglas v. Transcorr LLC et al. | Mark Parrish, Josh Sanders and Erica Fumagalli, Boyd, Kenter, Thomas & Parrish, Independence | |
| 30 | J | $3,000,000 | 7/17/2020 | Wrongful Death | St. Charles County | Burch v. Hupp | Gary Burger, Burger Law, St. Louis | |
| 31 | S | $2,506,500 | 9/15/2020 | Motor Vehicle Collision | Jackson County | Confidential | Shawn G. Foster and T.J. Preuss, Preuss Foster, Leawood, Kansas | |
| 32 | S | $2,500,000 | 10/19/2020 | Motor Vehicle Collision | U.S., Eastern District of Missouri | Howland v. Smith | Amanda N. Murphy and Shaun M. Falvey, Goldblatt + Singer, Clayton | |
| 32 | S | $2,500,000 | 11/4/2020 | Wrongful Death | Confidential | Confidential | JC Pleban, Pleban & Petruska Law, St. Louis | |
| 34 | S | $2,300,000 | 9/23/2020 | Motor Vehicle Collision | St. Louis County | Confidential | James D. O’Leary Jr., O’Leary, Shelton, Corrigan, Peterson, Dalton & Quillin, St. Louis | |
| 35 | S | $2,250,000 | 11/6/2020 | Real Estate & Construction | Jackson County | Confidential | Burke D. Robinson, Scott C. Long and Taylor Jensen, Long & Robinson, Kansas City | |
| 36 | S | $2,050,000 | 4/6/2020 | Civil Rights | U.S., Eastern District of Missouri | Faria v. McCarrick et al. | W. Bevis Schock, St. Louis; Hugh Eastwood, St. Louis; Joel J. Schwartz and Nathan T. Swanson, Rosenblum Schwartz & Fry, Clayton | |
| 37 | S | $2,000,000 | 2/26/2020 | Civil Rights | Cass County | Doe v. Dahman | Jessica Agnelly, Wendt Law Firm, Kansas City | |
| 37 | S | $2,000,000 | 9/25/2020 | Civil Rights | U.S., Eastern District of Missouri | Hall v. City of Ladue | William K. Holland, Holland Injury Law, Clayton | |
| 37 | S | $2,000,000 | 3/17/2020 | Personal Injury | Morgan County | Confidential | Kip Robertson and Kelly Frickleton, Bartimus Frickleton Robertson Rader, Leawood, Kansas; John Wilbers, Wilbers Law Firm, St. Louis | |
| 37 | S | $2,000,000 | 5/15/2020 | Wrongful Death | Caldwell County | Diemel v. Feil et al. | Brett Emison and Brennan Delaney, Langdon & Emison, Lexington | |
| 41 | S | $1,975,000 | 2/11/2020 | Medical Malpractice | St. Louis County | Reeder v. Community Fire Protection District et al. | Erica B. Slater, The Simon Law Firm, St. Louis | |
| 42 | S | $1,950,000 | 7/28/2020 | Personal Injury | Buchanan County | C.C.H. v. St. Joseph School District et al. | John Turner, Turner & Sweeny, Kansas City | |
| 43 | S | $1,828,920 | 7/1/2020 | Wrongful Death | Boone County | Siddens v. Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company et al. | Jill Harper and Ron Netemeyer, Harper, Evans, Wade & Netemeyer, Columbia | |
| 44 | S | $1,700,000 | 3/27/2020 | Product Liability | U.S., Western District of Missouri | Hornbeck v. Tractor Supply Company | Gene P. Graham Jr. and Bryan T. White, White, Graham, Buckley & Carr, Independence; Tom Bender and Dirk Hubbard, Horn Aylward & Bandy, Kansas City; Clayton A. Jones, Raymore | |
| 45 | S | $1,699,406 | 5/6/2020 | Civil Rights | St. Louis County | Carter v. City of Ferguson | Michael-John Voss, ArchCity Defenders, St. Louis; Alicia Campbell, Campbell Law, St. Louis; Brendan Roediger, SLU LAW Legal Clinics | |
| 46 | S | $1,635,000 | 1/29/2020 | Wrongful Death | Jackson County | Coop v. P&T Auto Inc. et al. | Laurie L. Del Percio, The Horn Law Firm, Independence | |
| 47 | S | $1,500,000 | 3/4/2020 | Business/Commercial | Jackson County | Confidential | Brett Votava and Todd Johnson, Votava Nantz & Johnson, Kansas City | |
| 47 | S | $1,500,000 | 1/5/2020 | Personal Injury | St. Louis County | Walker v. Confidential | Brad Cundiff and Candice Burke, Coyne, Cundiff & Hillemann, Lake St. Louis | |
| 49 | J | $1,441,487 | 8/18/2020 | Insurance | St. Louis County | Cockerham v. American Family Mutual Insurance Company | Anthony DeWitt, Bartimus Frickleton Robertson Rader, Jefferson City | |
| 50 | S | $1,308,000 | 7/7/2020 | Premises Liability | Christian County | Banks v. Cramer et al. | Ashleigh MacPherson, MacPherson Law, Nixa | |
| 51 | S | $1,275,000 | 1/2/2020 | Motor Vehicle Collision | Jefferson County | Katzenberger v. Chebanenko | Jacob Murov, Bader & Murov, Clayton | |
| 52 | V | $1,269,175 | ** | 2/6/2020 | Employment | Jackson County | Williams v. City of Kansas City | David Lunceford and Peter Gardner, Lunceford Law Firm, Lee’s Summit and Rachel Rutter, Rutter Law Firm, Lee’s Summit |
| 53 | S | $1,250,000 | 8/14/2020 | Motor Vehicle Collision | Osage County | Daniels v. Eisterhold | Kevin J. Roach, Law Offices of Kevin J. Roach, Chesterfield | |
| 53 | S | $1,250,000 | 4/23/2020 | Wrongful Death | St. Louis County | Confidential | Richard D. Klein, Ochs & Klein, Attorneys, Clayton; Peter A. Roth, The Law Office, Peter A. Roth, Creve Coeur | |
| 53 | S | $1,250,000 | 6/18/2020 | Product Liability | Cole County | Barker v. Jaco Fireworks LLC et al. | Jill Harper and Ron Netemeyer, Harper, Evans, Wade & Netemeyer, Columbia | |
| 56 | S | $1,100,000 | 8/4/2020 | Motor Vehicle Collision | St. Charles County | Confidential | Jennifer Finley, Brown & Crouppen, St. Louis | |
| 56 | S | $1,100,000 | 2/3/2020 | Motor Vehicle Collision | St. Francois County | Bolhafner v. LaBundy et al. | Stephen Schultz, Schultz & Myers, St. Louis | |
| 58 | S | $1,100,000 | 11/20/2020 | Motor Vehicle Collision | Jackson County | Jimenez v. The Hayes Company | Beatriz Ibarra, Contigo Centro Legal, North Kansas City | |
| 59 | J | $1,091,531 | ** | 9/3/2020 | Civil Rights | U.S., Western District of Missouri | S.C. et al. v. Riverview Gardens School District | Joel Ferber, Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, St. Louis; Mark D. Rosenbaum, Public Counsel, Los Angeles; John C. Ulin, Arnold & Porter, Los Angeles |
| 60 | S | $1,025,000 | 1/10/2020 | Motor Vehicle Collision | Adair County | Perry v. Shahan | Jill Harper and Ron Netemeyer, Harper, Evans, Wade & Netemeyer, Columbia | |
| 60 | S | $1,025,000 | 9/30/2020 | Wrongful Death | Jackson County | Sanders v. Jenkins et al. | Christopher Lawler and Erika Lawler, The Lawler Firm, Kansas City | |
| 62 | S | $1,000,000 | 6/2/2020 | Motor Vehicle Collision | Franklin County | Confidential | Mark A. Cantor and Kevin M. Glynn, Cantor Injury Law, St. Louis | |
| 62 | S | $1,000,000 | 2/3/2020 | Personal Injury | St. Louis City | Stewart v. Tina’s Nails LLC | Andy Drazen, Page Law, St. Louis | |
| 62 | S | $1,000,000 | 2/19/2020 | Wrongful Death | Shannon County | Phillips v. Nye et al. | John M. Simon, The Simon Law Firm, St. Louis |
* Judgment reduced to $75,000,000 post-trial
** Includes post-trial award of attorneys’ fees and costs
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