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Settlements reached in federal court cases made a surprising showing in the top settlements list this year, capturing the top spot and two other positions on the top 10. Last year only two federal cases made the list of top ...

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1.     $3.5 million Wrongful death Case: Brandt v. Missouri Highways & Transportation Commission Court: Lafayette County Circuit Court Plaintiff’s Attorney: R. Denise Henning, The Henning Law Firm, Kansas City Defendant’s Attorneys: Zach Cartwright and Gary Holtmeyer, Missouri Highways & Transportation ...

1. $7.5 million Personal injury Case: Hill, et al. v. Wisdom, et al. Court: Jackson County Circuit Court Plaintiffs’ Attorney: Paul L. Redfearn, The Redfearn Law Firm, Kansas City Defendants’ Attorneys: William Clayton Crawford, Foland, Wickens, Eisfelder, Roper & Hofer, ...

Four verdicts and settlements topping $100 million head up the lists as Missouri Lawyers Weekly’s presents its third annual look at the state’s biggest business-related cases. That compares to only one case – a $187.5 million settlement in the state’s ...

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1.     $267 million settlement Consumer class action: uninsured patients Case: Dwight L. Quinn, et al., v. BJC Health System d/b/a/ BJC Healthcare, et al. Court: St. Louis City Circuit Court Plaintiffs’ attorneys: Don Downing, Gray Ritter & Graham, St. Louis; ...

St. Louis-based Brown & James wielded considerable weight in the ranking of top defense verdicts. The defense firm reeled in the most defense verdicts this year at 11 defense wins, and Brown & James principal Russell F. Watters topped the ...

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A Buchanan County jury awarded $97,000 in damages to a landlord accusing a tenant of breaching a commercial real estate lease. Colonial 353 Redevelopment Corp. redeveloped a bakery building at 2300 Frederick St. in St. Joseph. Mary R. Scott, a ...

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An Independence jury returned a $371,000 verdict for a developer and a real estate company in a breach of contract and fraudulent misrepresentation lawsuit. In February 2004, Eugene and Charlene Ruiz purchased a residential lot from Saddleridge Estates Inc. It ...

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A panel of three arbitrators in Greene County awarded $1.2 million to a motorcyclist injured in a collision. But the panel allocated 40 percent fault to the motorcyclist, for a net award of $720,000. Tammy Jolley, 35, was driving her ...

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Unlike previous years, verdicts from St. Louis County and outstate Missouri dominated the list of top plaintiffs’ verdicts from 2008. Only three cases tried in St. Louis City Circuit Court appear on this year’s top 20; six verdicts from that ...

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Juries in St. Louis County and St. Louis City used 2008 to kill any lingering stereotypes about their ideological leanings. Long considered a venue that’s home to more conservative juries, a St. Louis County jury last May handed out a ...

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