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On January 25, 2019, Missouri Lawyers Weekly honored CVDL’s Heidi Doerhoff Vollet and co-counsel Fred O’Neill for the third largest settlement in Missouri in 2018. In November 2018, a federal judge in Jefferson City gave final approval to a $25 million settlement in Biffle v. Sho-Me Power Electric Cooperative, et al., a suit in which   …read more

A Missouri federal court has approved a $25 million class action settlement that compensates thousands of Missouri landowners for the unauthorized use of their property for commercial telecommunications.  This settlement concludes seven years of hard-fought litigation between the class and Sho-Me Power Electric Cooperative and Sho-Me Technologies LLC.  CVDL served as co-counsel for the plaintiffs.   …read more

On November 20, the Missouri Supreme Court issued its decision in State ex rel. PPG Industries, Inc. v. McShane, SC97006, finding that a publicly-available website is insufficient to give Missouri courts jurisdiction over an out-of-state corporation. The plaintiff was a general contractor whose contract required application of a product made by PPG, a Pennsylvania-based manufacturer.   …read more

Unifund obtained a judgment against Mr. Abright, and began collecting the judgment through garnishment of Mr. Abright’s wages.  In July 2017, after no payments had been received for almost 10 years, Unifund filed a motion to revive the judgment. The circuit court denied that motion on the grounds that it was untimely. Unifund appealed to   …read more

Sherlock Hibbs’ will left $5 million to the University to be held in trust by the Curators and used only for certain designated purposes.  Hillsdale College sued the Curators in St Louis County, alleging that the Curators were not complying with the trust’s terms.  The only basis for bringing suit in St. Louis County is   …read more

On September 18, 2018, just hours after oral argument, the Court of Appeals affirmed the circuit court’s dismissal of a lawsuit seeking to prevent voters from making a decision in November on Amendment 2, relating to medical marijuana. CVDL represented the campaign committee, New Approach, in the circuit court and on appeal. If adopted by   …read more