Missouri Top Verdicts & Settlements 2025 Names Schirger Feierabend Law Firm

Schirger Feierabend partners John Schirger and Joseph Feierabend were honored by Missouri Lawyers Weekly Top Verdicts & Settlements for their efforts in securing a Top 5 Settlement in Missouri in 2025. The case is Peter van Zanten v. Kansas City Life Insurance Company and involved claims of breach of contract for alleged cost-of-insurance overcharges on certain universal life insurance policies. Following extensive litigation in related cases from coast to coast, nationwide settlement was reached in the amount of $45 million. The Missouri Lawyers Award ceremony was held February 12, 2026, in St. Louis, Missouri.