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The St. Louis attorney John Simon JD鈥�15 has been on a notable winning streak. In 2023, Simon secured a $745 million verdict in a wrongful death suit against a distributor and a retailer of Whip-It! nitrous oxide cartridges. The case followed the death of a young woman who was struck by a motorist who鈥檇 passed out after inhaling nitrous oxide from a Whip-It! cartridge. Simon argued during the trial that the distributor was knowingly selling the cartridges, which are supposed to be used for whipped cream, to smoke shops for sale as an inhalant. Then, with his father as cocounsel, Simon last year won a $462 million jury award in a case against a manufacturer of truck trailers. Simon brought the suit on behalf of the families of two men who died in an accident involving one of the company鈥檚 trailers. He argued that the trailer鈥檚 rear impact guard failed during the crash, and that the company had lobbied against regulations that would have mandated more effective guards. Simon, founder and managing partner of the Simon Law Firm in St. Louis, said the two cases weren鈥檛 about money but about helping people in a time of need. 鈥淭hese aren鈥檛 file numbers,鈥� he said. 鈥淭his is a mom, dad, sibling, or friend going through the worst thing they鈥檝e ever been through in their life.鈥澛犫椊