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A Johnson County, Kansas jury awarded more than $41 million to the father of a 4-month-old child who was in the care of a Kansas home daycare when he was left brain damaged and almost completely blind.

A former assistant county counselor in St. Charles County reached a settlement of more than $400,000 in a sexual harassment lawsuit alleging a years-long effort by a now-retired county police chief whose workplace misconduct, she said, was both well-known and ignored by other top county officials.

A motorcyclist who injured his right leg and left arm in a collision with a delivery van reached a $3 million settlement, according to his attorney. 

A woman with lingering back and neck injuries following a seemingly minor crash at a St. Louis County intersection reached a $1 million settlement with the defendant’s insurer, according to her attorney. 

Though a federal judge denied requests for a bifurcated trial to determine punitive damages, Major Brands won $11.75 million in litigation against Mast-Jagermeister on claims that it violated the Missouri Franchise Act.

A man injured in a motor vehicle collision in Independence reached a $100,000 settlement with the at-fault driver, according to his attorney. 

What is almost certainly the largest plaintiffs’ win of 2021 is also one of the most secretive.

A lawsuit by a company which hoped to dot a tract in a Kansas City suburb with petroleum wells ended in a verdict for municipal officials opposed to the plan. 

The family of a now 4-year-old girl who suffered a brain injury at birth reached a $7 million settlement, according to the family’s attorney.

The Missouri Supreme Court on Nov. 23 affirmed one of the largest defense wins in recent years.

Eight veterans who alleged a physician assistant at the Leavenworth VA Medical Center sexually abused them while in his care reached a collective $6.9 million settlement with the federal government.