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Case Results

Settlements 

  • $600,000 – sexual harassment and gender discrimination at the workplace   

  • $480,000 – home invasion and threatened assault by grocery delivery service worker 

  • $325,000 – wrongfully terminated manager in reverse discrimination  

  • $225,000 and return to work – wrongfully terminated counselor, disability discrimination 

  • $225,000 – wrongfully terminated public servant, gender discrimination  

  • $175,000 – wrongfully terminated sales member, gender discrimination  

Verdicts 

Karen Backues Keil et al. v. Edward Bearden 

1983 Civil Rights Cases – Offenders Assaulted by Correctional Officer 

Tried to a jury, $20 million verdict 

United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri 

 

Vacca v. Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Division of Workers’ Compensation 

Disability Discrimination 

Tried to a jury disability discrimination case, $7 million verdict 

St. Louis City Circuit Court 

 

McGaughley v. Spire 

Race Discrimination 

Tried to a jury race discrimination case, $9.2 million verdict 

St. Louis City Circuit Court 

  

Vacca v. Department of Labor and Industrial Relations 

Disability Discrimination 

Tried to a jury disability discrimination case in 2022, $1.36 million verdict 

St. Louis City Circuit Court 

 

Adbar, L.C. v. Gateway Metals 

Breach of Contract Defense 

We were successful in getting the former employer of two named managers to indemnify the managers in a pending claim by the former landlord. We also successfully negotiated the settlement of the claim two days into a jury trial. 

St. Louis City Circuit Court 

 

Toth v. Alaris 

Breach of Non-Solicitation Agreement  

We were successful in enforcing non-solicitation agreement. 

St. Louis City Circuit Court 

 

Buchman v. Terminix 

Breach of Personal Contract Claim 

We were successful in obtaining to right to sue Terminix in court despite a mandatory arbitration clause in the termite contract. 

U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri 

 

Naughton v. Washington University 

Breach of Non-Compete Agreement 

We successfully resolved a non-compete on behalf of a former Washington University physician. 

St. Louis City Circuit Court 

 

Weber v. Weber Fire and Safety Equipment, Inc. 

Shareholder Disputes 

We successfully brought suit against a co-owner, gaining control to allow the corporation to continue, preserving the company and the employees' jobs. We then negotiated and enforced in court the settlement of the claims pending before the court. 

St. Louis City Circuit Court