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$325 Million Global Settlement Reached with State Farm Life Insurance Company
(June 2023) – Schirger Feierabend LLC (f/k/a Miller Schirger LLC) has secured a $325 million cash settlement on behalf of owners of more than 760,000 universal life insurance policies nationwide. The settlement represents a culmination of significant effort on the part of Schirger Feierabend and co-counsel at Stueve Siegel Hanson in litigating eleven class action...Continue reading→
Missouri’s Top 5 Verdicts and Settlements of 2022
(January 18, 2023) Missouri Lawyers Media annually recognizes lawyers for achieving the top verdicts and settlements in the state. For 2022, Missouri Lawyers Media announced that attorneys at Schirger Feierabend LLC (f/k/a Miller Schirger LLC) had earned recognition in two categories of its annual awards. Schirger Feierabend attorneys John Schirger and Joseph Feierabend were honored at...Continue reading→
Jury Awards $28.4 Million to Kansas City Life Policyholders
A unanimous jury in Jackson County, Missouri awarded $28.4 million to a class of Missouri owners of universal life insurance products. This is one of five similar state-wide class actions being prosecuted by Schirger Feierabend LLC. The class action was brought on behalf of more than 8,000 current and former policy owners for overcharges to the cash values of their universal life insurance policies.Continue reading→
2022 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Honors
(November 18, 2022) - Thomson Reuters has honored Schirger Feierabend LLC (f/k/a Miller Schirger LLC) attorney and founding partner John Schirger in its Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers 2022 edition. The 2022 edition of Missouri and Kansas Rising Stars has also honored partner Joseph Feierabend. Super Lawyers has recognized John Schirger in the area of...Continue reading→
John J. Schirger Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America
(August 18, 2022) - Founding partner John J. Schirger of Schirger Feierabend LLC (f/k/a Miller Schirger LLC) has been named to The Best Lawyers in America© 2023 rankings for Commercial Litigation. Only the top 5% of attorneys in America are named to The Best Lawyers in America. Top-rated attorneys review nominees within their geographic and...Continue reading→
$56 Million Settlement Reached in Trinity Guardrail Litigation
Attorneys at Schirger Feierabend reached a class action settlement valued at $56 million with a manufacturer of highway guardrail safety components. Representing Jackson County, Missouri and other government entities, the settlement was a successful resolution of liability claims for cost reimbursement to remove and replace a widely used highway guardrail part linked to catastrophic and fatal wrecks.Continue reading→
USAA Life Insurance Class Action Settles for $90 Million
(October 2021) – Schirger Feierabend LLC (f/k/a Miller Schirger LLC) and co-counsel Stueve Siegel Hanson LLP have settled a nationwide class action lawsuit against USAA Life Insurance Company (USAA) over alleged life insurance policy overcharges. The settlement was approved by the court on August 26, 2021 and provides that USAA will pay $90 million (less...Continue reading→
Life Insurance Class Action Settles for $59.75 Million
(August 2018) – The attorneys at Schirger Feierabend LLC (f/k/a Miller Schirger LLC) and co-counsel Stueve Siegel Hanson LLP have settled a nationwide class action lawsuit against John Hancock Life Insurance Company (U.S.A.) over alleged life insurance policy overcharges. The settlement was approved by the court on May 8, 2018 and provides that John Hancock...Continue reading→
Jury Awards $34.3 Million to State Farm Life Insurance Policyholders
(June 2018) – After two hours of deliberations, a federal jury in Missouri awarded $34.3 million to State Farm policyholders in a class action trial. The class action was brought on behalf of approximately 24,000 current and former owners of universal life insurance policies issued in Missouri. Universal life insurance is a type of life...Continue reading→