Wrongful Death Case Values in Missouri (2026)

Missouri wrongful death cases in this dataset reflect an exceptionally wide valuation range, spanning from $50.0M to $462.0M, suggesting that case-specific facts — such as defendant identity, degree of negligence, and victim profile — drive outcomes more than jurisdictional norms alone. The $462.0M verdict in Williams v. Wabash National Corp. represents a landmark result that heavily skews the median and mean upward, indicating that corporate defendants in transportation or manufacturing sectors may face outsized jury exposure in Missouri. Despite Missouri's $400,000 non-economic damages cap, the scale of these outcomes suggests significant economic damage components, including lost income, loss of consortium, and potentially punitive damages, are playing a dominant role in total award calculations.