Top Verdicts & Settlements 2025: Plaintiff wins
Listing of top plaintiffs' wins by Missouri lawyers during 2025.
Top Verdicts & Settlements 2025: Defense wins
The top reported defense wins by Missouri lawyers in 2025.
From baby formula to helicopter crashes: Missouri’s biggest legal victories of 2024
The two largest plaintiff’s verdicts in Missouri for 2024 were cited by the American Tort Reform Association’s annual “Judicial Hellholes” report as the reason Missouri moved from No. 8 to No. 7 on its annual list, released last December.
Top Verdicts & Settlements 2024: Plaintiff wins
Listing of top plaintiffs' wins by Missouri lawyers during 2024.
Top Verdicts & Settlements 2024: Defense wins
The top reported defense wins by Missouri lawyers in 2024.
Jury verdicts go big in 2023
There have been only a handful of billion-dollar verdicts in Missouri history, and it’s not clear if there have ever been two in the same year — until 2023.
Big wins from beyond Missouri courts
Here are some of the significant cases we tracked from outside the state in 2023.
Top Verdicts & Settlements 2023: Plaintiff wins
Listing of top plaintiffs' wins by Missouri lawyers during 2023.
Top Verdicts & Settlements 2023: Defense wins
The top reported defense wins by Missouri lawyers in 2023.
Top Verdicts & Settlements 2022: Defense wins
The top reported defense wins by Missouri lawyers in 2022.
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The digital edition of the Top Verdicts and Settlements of 2022 section.
Top Verdicts & Settlements 2022: Plaintiff wins
Listing of top plaintiffs' wins by Missouri lawyers during 2022.
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