Head & brain settlements
in Missouri.
Missouri applies pure comparative negligence with one of the longer US PI limitation windows (five years generally) and an inflation-indexed cap on medical-malpractice non-economic damages. For head & brain claims specifically, the band is built from the state-by-state tort law · jury verdict reporters · statutory caps framework and then adjusted for Missouri's pure comparative negligence and any applicable statutory cap.
Missouri applies pure comparative negligence, which means a head & brain claimant who is partly responsible for their own injury still recovers — the award is reduced by the percentage of fault attributed to them, but never barred. This is materially more claimant-friendly than the modified or contributory rules in neighbouring jurisdictions, and it shows up in head & brain settlements where comparative fault is contested (the claimant who failed to mitigate, the unbelted occupant, the worker who departed from a safety protocol).
Head injury and traumatic brain injury claims sit at the upper end of the US band and are most affected by statutory caps. Missouri's caps (non-economic damages cap (med-mal)) can compress catastrophic head & brain verdicts even where the underlying damages — future care, lost earning capacity, life-care plan costs — clearly justify the higher figure.
The US band is the starting point. Missouri's fault rule and any applicable cap then adjust the figure.