Mark J. Evans

$80,000,000 verdict against General Motors in Jackson County Missouri for sudden acceleration car defect. The case settled for a confidential amount after appeal and before retrial.

$35,250,000 verdict against trucking company $5,250,000 in compensatory damages and punitive damages of $30,000,000. Wally Bley served as local trial counsel.

$12,000,000 settlement – represented three minor children in trust dispute that involved will contest, fraud and constructive trust claims.

$6,500,000 verdict – case involved an industrial accident that resulted in death due to a defective product.

$6,500,000 settlement – medical malpractice action involving birth trauma

$3,900,000 settlement – truck fire due to defective fuel tank

$3,500,000 settlement – defective fuel line placement caused car fire

$3,000,000 verdict in a wrongful death trucking case tried in federal court

$2,150,000 settlement – lack of carbon monoxide detector in RV lead to multiple deaths

$2,100,000 settlement – defective water slide caused spinal cord injury

$2,000,000 settlement – defective muffler caused truck fire

$1,700,000 settlement – semi truck accident

$1,550,000 settlement – driver of motorcycle involved in truck accident

$1,500,000 verdict in a case involving negligent vehicle inspection

$1,500,000 settlement – wrongful death truck accident

$1,350,000 settlement – a defective fuel line in car caused fire

$1,100,000 settlement – child suffered head injury due to lack of proper supervision

$1,050,000 settlement – car accident when driver failed to yield at stop sign