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Article: Missouri Supreme Court: Class decertified in quarry suit
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- Daily Record and the Kansas City Daily News-Press
- Article date:
- June 12, 2008
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Homeowners who live near the Fred Weber quarry in O'Fallon do not
qualify as a class in a lawsuit against the quarry, the Missouri
Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
In a unanimous ruling, the Missouri Supreme Court reversed and
remanded a decision by the St. Louis City Circuit Court that allowed
for neighboring homeowners to proceed with a class action lawsuit
against Fred Weber.
In October 1999, Peggy Greene, who lived one-third of a mile from
the quarry at the time, first began noticing the blasting activity.
According to Greene, the blasts ranged between five and 10 per week,
and she spoke to homeowners as far as two miles from the quarry who
felt the blasts.
She got her neighbors together ...