Top 50 Verdicts in Missouri in 2016
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $72,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James G. Onder, W. Wylie Blair, Michael J. Quillin, Stephanie L. Rados of OnderLaw, LLC; Allen Smith of The Smith Law Firm, PLLC; Timothy W. Porter, Patrick Malouf, John T. Givens of Porter & Malouf, P.A.; Ted G. Meadows, Jere L. Beasley of Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C. |
| Case: | Fox v. Johnson & Johnson |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Talc Exposure; Product Liability |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $70,075,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James G. Onder, William W. Blair, Stephanie L. Rados, Michael J. Quillin of OnderLaw, LLC; R. Allen Smith, Jr. of The Smith Law Firm, PLLC; Timothy W. Porter, Patrick C. Malouf, John T. Givens of Porter & Malouf, P.A.; Ted G. Meadows of Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C. |
| Case: | Giannecchini v. Johnson & Johnson |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Product Liability |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $55,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James G. Onder, W. Wylie Blair, Michael J. Quillin, Stephanie L. Rados of OnderLaw, LLC; R. Allen Smith, Jr. of The Smith Law Firm, PLLC; Timothy W. Porter; Patrick C. Malouf; John T. Givens of Porter & Malouf, P.A.; Ted G. Meadows of Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C. |
| Case: | Ristesund v. Johnson & Johnson, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Product Liability |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $46,475,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven J. Kherkher of Williams Kherkher Hart Boundas, LLP; Allen M. Stewart of Allen Stewart, P.C. |
| Case: | Walker v. Monsanto Chemical Co. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Product Liability |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $37,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Timothy E. Dollar; Thomas J. Hershewe of Dollar, Burns & Becker, L.C. |
| Case: | Holdeman v. Stratman., et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Truck Accident |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $20,600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kenneth B. McClain, Lauren E. McClain of Humphrey, Farrington & McClain |
| Case: | Kirk v. Schaeffler Group USA Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Product Liability |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $20,450,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Dennis E. Egan of Popham Law Firm, P.C.; Kevin Baldwin of Baldwin & Vernon, LLC |
| Case: | Miller v. American Family Mutual Insurance |
| Type: | Wrongful Termination; Pregnancy Discrimination |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $17,600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John G. Simon, Timothy M. Cronin, Johnny M. Simon of The Simon Law Firm, P.C. |
| Case: | Koon v. Walden, M.D., et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Improper Dosage of Medication; Medical Malpractice |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $13,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brett T. Votava, Todd M. Johnson, Andrew J. Nantz of Votava Nantz & Johnson, LLC |
| Case: | Coleman v. Comcast of Missouri., et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $11,508,022.00 |
| Attorneys: | Theodore H. Hoffman, Steven M. Gelfman of Hoffman & Gelfman Attorneys P.C. |
| Case: | R.H., Pro ami v. Saint Louis University |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Hospital Malpractice |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $10,125,892.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kenneth D. Kinney, Kirk D. Holman of Holman Schiavone, LLC |
| Case: | Gentry v. Orkin L.L.C., et al. |
| Type: | Wrongful Termination; Retaliation |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $6,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Louis C. Accurso, Burt S. Haigh, Clayton E. Gillette of The Accurso Law Firm |
| Case: | Ross v. Jeschke AG Service L.L.C. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Truck Accident |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $5,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Todd I.Muchnick, Aaron D. Haber, of Muchnick & Haber, LC |
| Case: | Martinez v. Kilroy's Family Cafe, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury/ Wrongful Death; Dangerous Condition; Premises Liability |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $4,165,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jay E. Stuemke, Hutton W. Sentell, Darren P. McDowell, Rachel C. Moussa of Simon Greenstone Panatier Bartlett, PC; Randy L. Gori, Barry Julian of Gori Julian & Associates, P.C. |
| Case: | Estate of Urbach v. The Okonite Company Inc. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Asbestos Exposure; Product Liability |
| 15 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jennifer L. Suttmoeller, Leonard P. Cervantes of Cervantes & Associates, P.C. |
| Case: | Callaway v. Tenet Health System SL |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice |
| 15 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alex R. Lumaghi, William T. Dowd of Dowd & Dowd, P.C.; Mark L. Floyd of The Floyd Law Firm; Michael D. Cerulo, , Todd M. Johnson of Baty, Holm, Numrich & Otto, P.C. |
| Case: | Estate of Moore v. Police Officer Kaminski., et al. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Excessive Force; Negligent Supervision |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $2,875,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gregory A. Rich, Jerome J. Dobson, Nicole A. Matlock of Dobson, Goldberg, Berns & Rich, LLP |
| Case: | Kerr v. Missouri Veterans Commission., et al. |
| Type: | Wrongful Termination; Gender Discrimination/ Age Discrimination; Retaliation |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $2,788,381.00 |
| Attorneys: | Roger A. Johnson, Brian Johnston of Johnson, Vorhees & Martucci |
| Case: | King v. Litton & Giddings Radiological Associates P.C., et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Delayed Diagnosis; Medical Malpractice |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David B. Owens, Jonathan I. Loevy, Roshna Bala Keen of Loevy & Loevy; Richard K. Dowd, Alex R. Lumaghi of Dowd & Dowd, P.C. |
| Case: | Holmes v. Police Officer Garrett, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation; Malicious Prosecution; Law Enforcement |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $2,443,210.00 |
| Attorneys: | John S. Steward of Steward Law Firm L.L.C; Cyrus Dashtaki of Dashtaki Law Firm, LLC |
| Case: | Secic v. Board of Police Commissioners of The City of St. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $2,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gregory L. Shevlin of Cook, Ysursa, Bartholomew, Brauer & Shevlin, Ltd. |
| Case: | Goodman Deceased v. Kilroy Was Here LLC |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Dangerous Condition; Premises Liability |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $2,310,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John W. Roe, Mark H. Epstein of Roe & Epstein, LLP |
| Case: | City of Lee's Summit v. South Pelle Assets., et al. |
| Type: | Property Rights; Eminent Domain |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $2,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | W. Bevis Schock of Schock Law; Hugh A. Eastwood of Hugh A. Eastwood, Attorney at Law; Michael J. Fagras of The Lampin Law Firm |
| Case: | S.M. v. Lincoln County, Missouri |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation; Sexual Assault; Negligent Supervision |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $1,650,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jason L. Bush, Eric E. Packel, Phillip Zeeck, Brian J. Zickefoose of Polsinelli PC |
| Case: | Travois Inc. v. VitalSpirit., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Fiduciary Duty/ Tortious Interference |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $1,591,287.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nicholas F. Sullivan, Richard J. Gilloon of Erickson & Sederstrom; Kevin D. Weakley of Wallace Saunders |
| Case: | Aly v. Hanzada for Imp. & Exp. Co. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $1,520,821.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mark A. Buchanan of Law Office of Mark A. Buchanan; Steven B. Garner, Jeffrey M. Bauer, Nick Smart of Strong-Garner-Bauer P.C. |
| Case: | Kim v. Mercy Clinic Springfield Cmtys. |
| Type: | Wrongful Termination; Breach of Contract |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Debbie J. Blakely, Gene P. Graham of White, Graham, Buckley & Carr, LLC; David A. Lunceford of The Lunceford Law Firm; Martin M. Meyers of The Meyers Law Firm, LC |
| Case: | Hesse v. Missouri Department of Corrections |
| Type: | Retaliation/Gender Discrimination |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $1,479,499.00 |
| Attorneys: | Todd H. Bartels, Robert V. Spake, Jr.,, Joshua M. Emberton of Polsinelli PC |
| Case: | Info-Data Servs. v. National Research Ctr. for Coll. & Univ. Admissions |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $1,203,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Timothy J. Gallagher, Matthew R. Davis of Gallagher Davis, LLP |
| Case: | Wei v. Warrick., et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lyle M. Gregory of Gregory & Associates, PLLC; John W. Stapleton Jr., of Stapleton Law Firm |
| Case: | Moody v. Kansas City, Missouri Board of Police Commissioners |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $965,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert W. Schmieder II, Bradley M. Lakin of SL Chapman LLC; Thomas J. Lech of Law Offices of H. Carl Runge Jr., |
| Case: | Kuegler v. Chapman., et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brianne Thomas, Mark Parrish, Jason Iezzi of Boyd, Kenter, Thomas & Parrish, LLC |
| Case: | Salter v. Northeast Distribution Center Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Trip and Fall; Premises Liability |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $806,075.00 |
| Attorneys: | Anne W. Schiavone, Kathleen M. Dunnegan of Holman Schiavone, LLC; Amy P. Maloney of Maloney O’Laughlin, LLC |
| Case: | Baldridge v. Kansas City Public Schools |
| Type: | Disability Discrimination/Hostile Work Environment |
| 33 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel J. Bruntrager of Bruntrager & Billings, P.C.; Timothy W. Monsees, Phillip R. Martens of Monsees & Mayer, P.C.; Brent Lance of Lance Law Firm |
| Case: | Pitman v. Ameristep Corp.., et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Product Liability |
| 33 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bradley W. Cundiff of Coyne, Cundiff & Hillemann, PC |
| Case: | Wood v. Vandeven |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $751,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Benjamin A. Stringer, Timothy A. Ricker of Hall Ansley, P.C. |
| Case: | Yerra, M.D. v. Mercy Clinic Springfield Communities |
| Type: | Wrongful Termination; Retaliation |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $747,582.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eric W. Smith, Rik N. Siro, Athena M. Dickson, Raymond A. Dake of Siro Smith Dickson PC |
| Case: | Scully Iii v. Hickman Mills C-1 School District |
| Type: | Retaliation/ Age Discrimination |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $680,734.00 |
| Attorneys: | Andrew C. Schendel of Castle Law Office |
| Case: | Estate of Friday v. Police Officer Mcclure., et al. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Gun Shot; Government Negligence |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $602,945.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher M. Hohn, Matthew S. Bober, Todd A. Rowden, Patrick Morales-Doyle of Thompson Coburn LLP |
| Case: | Missouri Soybean Merch. Council v. AgBorn Genetics |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Phillip A. Tatlow, Jeffrey A. Herman of Bollwerk Tatlow LLC; Mark H. Zoole of Mark H. Zoole, P.C. |
| Case: | Fletcher v. Police Officer Tomlinson., et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Excessive Force |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $507,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Douglas B. Rudman, Derek M. Rudman of Rudman & Smith LLC |
| Case: | Ball v. Allied Physicians Group L.L.C. ., et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $449,677.00 |
| Attorneys: | Curtis E. Woods, Jason R. Scheiderer, Robert J. Morrison of Denton US L.L.P; Troy L. Dietrich of Griffin, Dietrich & Elliott |
| Case: | Transource Missouri v. Crabtree Family Holdings., et al. |
| Type: | Eminent Domain Abuse |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert C. Sullivan, Bianca T. Sullivan, Edmund T. Shine of Sullivan Law LLC |
| Case: | Barrish v. Sky's Limit Fitness L.L.C.., et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Professional Negligence |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $367,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jonathan C. Berns, Meredith S. Berwick of Dobson, Goldberg, Berns & Rich, LLP |
| Case: | Horn v. Saint Louis University |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Discrimination/ Retaliation/Hostile Work Environment |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $360,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Timothy C. Gaarder, Wes Shumate of Davis Bethune & Jones |
| Case: | Dubinsky v. Local Tv Holdings L.L.C. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $343,197.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel L. Doyle, Jordon T. Stanley, Sean M. Sturdivan of Sanders Warren Russell & Scheer LLP |
| Case: | O'geay v. Blue Ridge Imports Inc. |
| Type: | Wrongful Termination; Retaliation |
| 45 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kevin D. Case, David V. Cascio, Ryan J. Loehr of Case Linden P.C. |
| Case: | Medical Plaza One v. Davis., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 45 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey W. Garrett of Garrett Law KC |
| Case: | Aguilera v. East Attucks Community Housing Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Trip and Fall; Premises Liability |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $297,650.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian S. Love, Jerome J. Dobson, Gregory A. Rich of Dobson, Goldberg, Berns & Rich, LLP |
| Case: | Zerr v. St. Charles County, Missouri |
| Type: | Wrongful Termination; Hostile Work Environment/Disability Discrimination |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $270,364.00 |
| Attorneys: | Martin M. Meyers, Kevin A. Jones, Leonard A. Stephens of The Meyers Law Firm, LC |
| Case: | Hafiz v. Kansas City, Missouri School District |
| Type: | Religious Discrimination/Retaliation |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $249,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Dennis E. Egan of Popham Law Firm, P.C.; Mark A. Buchanan of Law Office of Mark A. Buchanan; Anthony L. DeWitt of Bartimus Frickleton Robertson & Rader |
| Case: | Ray v. School District of Jefferson City, Missouri |
| Type: | Wrongful Termination; Gender Discrimination |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $227,956.00 |
| Attorneys: | John C. Whitfield of Whitfield, Bryson & Mason |
| Case: | McAfee v. Lopatin |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Motorcycle Accident |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $164,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas E. Schwartz of Holloran Schwartz & Gaertner LLP |
| Case: | Hoffstetter v. Hoffman |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |