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Top Verdicts & Settlements 2025: Plaintiff wins
Staff Report//February 12, 2026//
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V = verdict; S = settlement; J = judgment; A = arbitration. Cases with values of $1 million or more are listed.
| Rank | Type | Value | Date | Type of Action | Venue | Caption | Plaintiffs’ Attorneys |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | V | $109,242,936 | 5/15/2025 | Business/Commercial | St. Louis County | Gleeson Asphalt v. Lafarge North America, Inc. | Kevin M. Carnie Jr. and Patrick R. McPhail, Simon Law, St. Louis |
| 2 | V | $82,300,000 | 11/19/2025 | Motor Vehicle, Negligence | Callaway County | Beth Mayhew v. Nova First, LLC | Tim Dollar and Lauren Dollar, Dollar Burns Becker & Hershewe, Kansas City; Robert Buckley, Schreimann, Rackers & Francka, Jefferson City |
| 3 | S | $50,000,000 | 3/14/2025 | Wrongful Death | St. Louis City | Confidential | Johnny Simon and Jared Waldhoff; Simon Law, St. Louis; Kenny Powell, Powell Law Firm, St Louis |
| 4 | V | $48,100,000 | 3/25/2025 | Medical Malpractice | St. Louis County | R.A., a minor v. Mercy Hospital East Communities | Amy C. Gunn and Erica Slater, Gunn | Slater, St. Louis; Elizabeth S. Lenivy, Simon Law, St. Louis |
| 5 | S | $45,000,000 | 7/2/2025 | Breach of Contract | Jackson County | Van Zanten, et al. v. Kansas City Life Insurance Co | John J. Schirger and Joseph M. Feierabend, Schirger I Feierabend; Patrick J. Stueve, Bradley T. Wilders, Lindsay Todd Perkins, Ethan M. Lange, Stueve Seigel Hanson, Kansas City |
| 6 | S | $34,850,000 | 2/2/2025 | Wrongful Death | Confidential | Confidential v. Confidential | Ben Fadler, Ketchmark & McCreight, Leawood, KS |
| 7 | V | $34,075,000 | 9/30/2025 | Construction/Breach of Contract | Boone County | MO Murrayfield v. Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services, Inc. | Heidi Doerhoff Vollet; Cook, Vetter, Doerhoff & Landwehr, Jefferson City (for TwinRock Partners); Brian Malkmus, Malkmus Law Firm, Springfield (for MO Murrayfield); Randy Scheer and Jacob Sappington, Baty, Otto, & Scheer, Springfield |
| 8 | S | $31,900,000 | 3/27/2025 | Products Liability | U.S., Western District of Missouri | In re: Smitty’s/Cam2 303 Tractor Hydraulic Fluid Litigation | Thomas Bender and Dirk Hubbard; Horn Aylward & Bandy, Kansas City; Bryan White, William Carr and Gene Graham; White Graham Buckley & Carr; Independence; Clayton Jones; Clayton Jones Law Firm, Raymore; Don Downing and Gretchen Garrison; Gray Ritter Graham. |
| 9 | V | $30,000,000 | 1/31/2025 | Motor Vehicle Collision | Henry County | Tylor Smading v. Mikinzie Ward, Frank Sterns | Chad C. Lucas and Timothy C. Gaarder, Lucas Law Firm, Kansas City; Matthew McCoy, Presley & Presley, Kansas City |
| 10 | V | $30,000,000 | 10/24/2025 | Other | Taney County | Cushman Properties, LLC v City of Branson, Missouri | Richard T. Ashe, Ashe Law, Springfield |
| 11 | S | $30,000,000 | 4/2/2025 | Product Liability | Confidential | Confidential | Lauren McClain, Ken McClain, Tim Kingsbury and Andrew Smith, Humphrey, Farrington & McClain, Independence |
| 12 | S | $26,000,000 | 3/4/2025 | Other Personal Injury | Confidential | Confidential | Scott S. Bethune, Wes Shumate and Kevin D. Buchanan, Davis, Bethune & Jones, Kansas City |
| 13 | S | $23,000,000 | 4/28/2025 | Motor Vehicle Collision | Johnson County | Confidential | Todd Johnson and Brett Votava, Votava Nantz & Johnson, Kansas City |
| 14 | S | $21,000,000 | 10/6/2025 | Wrongful Death | Jackson County | Confidential v. Confidential | David Mayer and Reed Martens, Monsees & Mayer, Kansas City |
| 15 | V | $20,000,000 | 10/10/2025 | Wrongful Death | Jasper County | Tyler Davison as Representative for the wrongful death class of Sevie Davison v. Ryan O’Neal | Tim Dollar and Lauren Dollar, Dollar Burns Becker & Hershewe, Kansas City |
| 16 | V | $18,600,000 | 4/2/2025 | Business/Commercial | Jackson County | 900 Broadway KC Development Company LLC v. Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard, P.C. | John M. Edgar, Ryan J. Loehr and Matthew R. Watkins, Edgar Law Firm, Kansas City |
| 17 | V | $15,000,000 | 3/1/2025 | Sexual Assault | Confidential | Confidential v. Confidential | Jill A. Kanatzar and Lauren Dollar, Dollar Burns Becker & Hershewe, Kansas City |
| 18 | S | $10,750,000 | 9/17/2025 | Medical Malpractice | Confidential | Confidential | Mike Meyer and Austin Green, Bartimus Frickleton Robertson Rader, Leawood, KS |
| 19 | V | $7,216,719 | 6/25/2025 | Torts | Jackson County | Opia Muntagim v. Haney’s Trucking 1 LLC and Valley Realty Company | Brianne Thomas and Josh Sanders, Boyd Kenter Thomas & Parrish, Independence; Philip Danaher, Danaher Law Firm, Lee’s Summit |
| 20 | S | $6,000,000 | 7/15/2025 | Motor Vehicle Collision | Missouri (not filed) | Mark Thomas v. John R. Sturgeon, et al | Nick Templin, Schmitt Templin, Kansas City |
| 21 | J | $6,000,000 | 7/7/2025 | Wrongful Death | Barton County | Charles Brower, individually and as next friend vs. Dakota Greenlee | Randy J. Reichard, Lowther Johnson Attorneys at Law, Springfield |
| 22 | V | $5,000,000 | 11/7/2025 | Other Personal Injury | St. Louis County | Rosemarie Stephens v. Sodexo Operations LLC | Ryan J. Krupp and James P. Krupp, Krupp & Raboin, St. Louis |
| 23 | S | $5,000,000 | 7/9/2025 | Wrongful Death | U.S., Southern District of Illinois | Joe Roth v. NFL National Freight, Ltd and Gursimran Singh | Nathan Steimel, SK Law, St. Charles; Kevin Etzkorn, Kevin Etzkorn Law, Clayton. |
| 24 | S | $5,000,000 | 8/1/2025 | Personal Injury | Taney County | Katie Scarlett Van De Carr and Jayden L. Harris v. Reza Borchardt | Samuel Wendt and Nick Hillyard, Wendt Law Firm, Kansas City |
| 25 | V | $4,000,000 | 5/15/2025 | Motor Vehicle Collision | St. Louis County | Donald Welker V. Charles Enger | Christopher J. Finney and Alexander L. Ledbetter, Finney Injury Law, St. Louis |
| 26 | S | $3,900,000 | 2/19/2025 | Motor Vehicle Collision | Confidential | Confidential v. Confidential | James Montee and Amanda Blackwood, Montee Law Firm, St. Joseph |
| 27 | V | $3,879,475 | 7/3/2025 | Business liability | Jackson County | RM Mechanical, Inc. v. U.S. Engineering Innovations, LLC | Jeffrey Kennard and Alex McKenna, Scharnhorst Ast Kennard Griffin, Kansas City |
| 28 | S | $3,700,000 | 5/23/2025 | Motor Vehicle Collision | St. Louis City | Confidential v. Confidential | Tarun Rana, Rana Law Group, St. Louis; Gage Fletcher, Fletcher Law Office, Kansas City |
| 29 | S | $3,400,000 | 10/15/2025 | Wrongful Death | U.S., Southern District of Illinois | Confidential v. Confidential | Scott Kehlenbrink and Rusty Reinoehl, Reinoehl Kehlenbrink, Arnold |
| 30 | S | $3,250,000 | 8/18/2025 | Wrongful Death | Court of Claims – Missouri | Estate of Paul M. Emaus, Deceased v. The Ohio State University Airport | Kirk Presley, Presley & Presley, Kansas City; Jordan Lebovitz, Nurenberg, Paris, Heller & McCarthy, Cleveland, Ohio. |
| 31 | V | $3,010,000 | 10/16/2025 | Personal Injury | St. Louis County | Jason Wheeler v. MDB Construction Services | Kevin Carnie Jr. and Patrick McPhail, Simon Law Firm, St. Louis. |
| 32 | A | $3,000,000 | 4/22/2025 | Wrongful Death | St. Louis City | Malaika Gaston v. Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission | Daniel Ryan and Alyson Martinez, Holland Injury Law, St. Louis |
| 33 | V | $3,000,000 | 5/21/2025 | Personal Injury | St. Louis County | Michael and Marilyn Sabo v. Tim Reeves | John Moffitt III and Bill Holland, Holland Injury Law, Clayton; Todd Hamby, Carmody MacDonald, Clayton |
| 34 | V | $3,000,000 | 10/3/2025 | Employment Discrimination | Cole County | Joseph Eddy v. Department of Corrections | Julianne Germinder and Brooke Davids, TGH Litigation, Columbia; Roger Brown, Roger G. Brown & Associates, Jefferson City |
| 35 | S | $3,000,000 | 3/28/2025 | Premises Liability | Confidential | Confidential | Michael S. Hamlin, Nichols Lang & Hamlin, Chesterfield |
| 36 | S | $3,000,000 | 4/22/2025 | Motor Vehicle Collision | Jefferson County | Jerry Earl v. Capital Railroad Contracting | Zane Cagle and Andrew Mundwiller, The Cagle Law Firm, St. Louis |
| 37 | S | $3,000,000 | 7/25/2025 | Motor Vehicle Collision | U.S., Western District of Missouri | Robert Schroer v. The United States of America | Paul Anderson, Popham Law Firm, Kansas City; William Session; Session Law Firm, Kansas City |
| 38 | S | $2,750,000 | 9/8/2025 | Consumer Protection | Jackson County | Ana Fuentes, et al. v. K.M.-T.E.H Realty 8, LLC, et al | Gregory Leyh, Nicholas Leyh and Andrea Knernschield, Gregory Leyh, PC, Kansas City |
| 39 | S | $2,640,000 | 7/16/2025 | Motor Vehicle Collision | Platte County | Chad and Lauren Tillman v. Todd Graves | Kathleen Meier and Russell Dameron, Dameron & Meier, Kansas City |
| 40 | V | $2,550,000 | 11/20/2025 | Premises Liability | St. Louis City | Mark and Lisa Avent v. Blue Arrow of Missouri LLC | William Meehan, Meehan Law Firm, St. Louis |
| 41 | V | $2,500,000 | 8/29/2025 | Motor Vehicle Collision | Cedar County | Jose Cabrales et al v. Julie Hagen, Estate of Jamie Kirch | Zane T. Cagle and Andrew G. Mundwiller, The Cagle Law Firm, St. Louis |
| 42 | S | $2,500,000 | 7/31/2025 | Premises Liability | Confidential | Confidential | Amanda N. Murphy and Shaun M. Falvey, Goldblatt + Singer, Clayton |
| 43 | J | $2,500,000 | 4/2/2025 | Personal Injury | Jackson County | A.W.F., A Minor v. Ricky Dunn, Brian Dunn, and USREEBPM, LLC | Reginald Stockman and Monica Tanzey, Stockman Law Firm, Kansas City |
| 44 | J | $2,477,702 | 7/8/2025 | Medical Malpractice | Clay County | Joyce I. Sharp v. United Resource Holdings et al | Douglass Noland and Kate Noland, Noland Law Firm, Liberty |
| 45 | A | $2,333,340 | 6/23/2025 | Wrongful Death | Johnson County | Deborah Jone v. Missouri Highways &Transportation Commission | Andrew LeRoy and Jose Bautista, Bautista LeRoy, Kansas City |
| 46 | S | $2,250,000 | 7/8/2025 | Other Personal Injury | Missouri (not filed) | Austin Fann v. Richard Barr | Patrick Hinrichs,The Bruning Law Firm, St. Louis |
| 47 | V | $2,025,000 | 10/1/2025 | Motor Vehicle Collision | Buchanan County | Jessie Lewis and Terry Leach v. William Gann | James Montee and Amanda Blackwood, Montee Law Firm, St. Joseph |
| 48 | S | $2,000,000 | 9/9/2025 | Medical Malpractice | Confidential | Confidential | Christopher Dandurand, Gorny Dandurand, Kansas City |
| 49 | J | $2,000,000 | 6/17/2025 | Motor Vehicle Collision | Texas County | Gary Fuwell vs. Ashleigh Boswell | Randy Reichard and McKinley Groves, Lowther Johnson Attorneys at Law, Springfield |
| 50 | A | $1,900,000 | 7/15/2025 | Wrongful Death | Johnson County | Haili Smith v. Missouri Highways &Transportation Commission | Andrew LeRoy and Jose Bautista, Bautista LeRoy, Kansas City |
| 51 | S | $1,850,000 | 11/7/2025 | Motor Vehicle Collision | Confidential | Confidential | Tarun Rana, The Rana Law Group, St. Louis |
| 52 | S | $1,750,000 | 5/22/2025 | Personal Injury | Confidential | Confidential | Tim Kingsbury and Ken McClain, Humphrey Farrington & McClain, Independence |
| 53 | S | $1,750,000 | 1/29/2025 | Motor Vehicle Collision | Confidential | Confidential v. Confidential | Ryan R. Cox, Ryan R. Cox & Associates, St. Charles |
| 54 | V | $1,540,000 | 2/26/2025 | Premises Liability | St. Louis City | Phillip Lacy v. City of St. Louis | Christopher Saracino and Alexander Wolff, Goldblatt + Singer, St. Louis |
| 55 | V | $1,500,000 | 11/21/2025 | Medical Malpractice | St. Charles County | Kimberly Kennedy v. Benrus Surgical Associates, Inc. | Christopher A. Wright and Anthony G. Laramore, Page Law, St. Louis |
| 56 | S | $1,500,000 | 8/8/2025 | Motor Vehicle Collision | St. Louis County | Jeanine Zigrang-Morse v. Douglas Concrete and Construction | Shaun Lieser and W. Alex Lamb, Lieser Law Firm, St. Louis |
| 57 | S | $1,450,000 | 10/16/2025 | Consumer Protection | Jackson County | Ana Fuentes, et al. v. KM-TEH Realty 8, LLC, et al. | Greg Leyh, Andrea Knernschield and Nick Leyh, Gregory Leyh, Kansas City |
| 58 | V | $1,383,000 | 6/4/2025 | Motor Vehicle Collision | St. Louis City | Jessica Rahmer v. Shawn E. Huff | Shaun Lieser and W. Alex Lamb, Lieser Law Firm, St. Louis |
| 59 | V | $1,261,000 | 10/24/2025 | Other | Jackson County | Sal Madge v. Children’s Mercy Hospital | Brianne N. Thomas, Boyd Kenter Thomas & Parrish, Independence; Shaun Stallworth, Holman Schiavone, Kansas City |
| 60 | S | $1,250,000 | 6/2/2025 | Motor Vehicle Collision | Greene County | Confidential v. Confidential | Nick Schmiemeier, Shawn Foster and T.J. Preuss, Preuss Foster, Leawood KS |
| 61 | V | $1,200,000 | 10/1/2025 | Product Liability | Vernon County | Cathie Barham v. Sawyer Tire, Inc. | Brett Garner, Steve Garner and Jeff Bauer, Strong Law, Springfield |
| 62 | V | $1,168,829 | 6/25/2025 | Motor Vehicle Collision | St. Louis City | Tara Straussner v. City of St. Louis | Lisa Tsacoumangos and Abbey Walquist, Brown & Crouppen, St. Louis |
| 63 | V | $1,150,000 | 12/18/2025 | Personal Injury | St. Louis City | George Boulukos v. The Board of Commissioners of Tower Grove Park | Nolan Drafahl and Julia Drafahl, Drafahl Law Firm, St. Louis |
| 64 | S | $1,105,000 | 10/17/2025 | Motor Vehicle Collision | Missouri (not filed) | Marie Long v. Leo Reid | Tarun B. Rana, The Rana Law Group, St. Louis |
| 65 | S | $1,100,000 | 5/15/2025 | Motor Vehicle Collision | Crawford County | Confidential v. Confidential | Ryan Krupp and Austin Raboin, Krupp & Raboin Law Firm, St. Louis |
| 66 | V | $1,050,000 | 5/12/2025 | Business/Commercial | St. Louis City | J. Nuckolls, Inc. v. America’s Auto Auction St. Louis | Brandon Klar, Klar, Izsak & Stenger, St. Louis |
| 67 | V | $1,006,000 | 6/27/2025 | Medical Malpractice | Jackson County | Lisa Marshall v. Surgical Care of Independence, Inc. | Christopher Dandurand, Gorny Dandurand, Kansas City |
| 68 | S | $1,000,000 | 5/21/2025 | Wrongful Death | St. Louis County | Amy Daugherty v. Jennifer Jackson | John M. Simon and Jared Waldhoff, Simon Law, St. Louis |
| 69 | S | $1,000,000 | 7/23/2025 | Motor Vehicle Collision | Missouri (not filed) | Justin Meier v. Travelers Casualty Insurance Company of America | Laurie Del Percio, The Horn Law Firm, Independence |
| 70 | S | $1,000,000 | 5/2/2025 | Premises Liability | Jackson County | John Rodabaugh v. CFM Distributors, Inc. | Chelsea Dickerson and Thomas Dickerson, Dickerson Oxton, Kansas City; Douglas Bradley, Bradley and Bradley, Kansas City |
| 71 | S | $1,000,000 | 2/21/2025 | Other Personal Injury | Jackson County | Confidential v. Rainforest Massage and Spa, LLC | Wes Shumate and Kevin Buchanan, Davis, Bethune & Jones, Kansas City |
| 72 | S | $1,000,000 | 6/11/2025 | Other Personal Injury | Jackson County | Confidential v. Rainforest Massage and Spa, LLC | Wes Shumate and Kevin Buchanan, Davis, Bethune & Jones, Kansas City |
| 73 | S | $1,000,000 | 12/9/2025 | Motor Vehicle Collision | Confidential | Confidential v. Confidential | Chris Lang, Nichols Lang & Hamlin, Chesterfield |
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