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The attorneys representing a class of consumers who alleged State Farm Life Insurance Company systematically overcharged universal life insurance policyholders will receive $11.4 million in attorneys’ fees for their work on the case.

A St. Louis County judge on Jan. 27 issued a $39 million judgment in favor of a large group of Missouri municipalities, resolving litigation that had gone on for more than a decade and has been in the process of ending for more than a year.

A federal judge in Kansas has awarded $1.04 million in damages to a veteran who alleged a physician assistant sexually abused him while he was under the assistant’s care at the Leavenworth VA Medical Center.

A southern Missouri jury sided with a 40-year-old Cabool man sued by a Neosho woman and her business partner whose vehicle was struck in the rear after they pulled over for a passing ambulance.

A 34-year-old mother who was injured in a bus collision reached a settlement with the Bi-State Development Agency for about $435,000, according to her attorney.

A man who suffered extensive hand injuries in a mishap with a firework known as “The Fastball” reached a $1.25 million settlement with its sellers.

A Clay County judge approved partial settlements totaling $3.125 million following a car wreck near an industrial park that killed a woman and injured her son.

A southwest Missouri adolescent settled for more than $1.3 million after his hand was injured in a fireworks accident.

A Jackson County judge’s award of attorneys’ fees in the case of a former Kansas City maintenance worker who sued the city for retaliation and a hostile work environment boosted his total recovery to $1.26 million.

Each year, Missouri Lawyers Media searches its Verdicts & Settlements to honor the state-licensed attorneys who achieved the largest verdicts, settlements, judgments and defense wins of the past 12 months.

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A Greene County jury decided that a spinal surgery patient is not entitled to compensation after the use of a product during the procedure led to complications.