If you are a Class Member, you could have objected to the Settlement if you did not like any part of it. You could have given reasons why you think the Court should not approve it. The Court would have then considered your view. To object, you needed to file or send a written objection to the Court by April 18, 2022, or you will be deemed to have waived all objections and shall be foreclosed from making any objection (whether in opposition to the motion for Preliminary Approval, motion for Final Approval, on appeal, or otherwise) to the Settlement.
The written objection needed to include the case name and number (Strohm, et al. v. Missouri-American Water Company, Case No. 16AE-CV01252), objecting party's name, signature, title, address, telephone number, a statement of each objection asserted, a detailed description of the facts underlying each objection, and a certification that the objecting party is a member of the Settlement Class.
You needed to file any objection with the Clerk of the Court at the address below by April 18, 2022:
Circuit Court of Platte County, Missouri
328 Main Street
Platte City, Missouri 64079
You needed to also send your objection by first class mail, postmarked on or before April 18, 2022, to Class Counsel and MAWC’s Counsel at:
Class Counsel:
Matthew L. Dameron
Williams Dirks Dameron LLC
1100 Main Street, Suite 2600
Kansas City, Missouri 64105
MAWC’s Counsel:
Baty Otto Coronado Scheer PC
Attn: Lee M. Baty and Elizabeth A. Murray
4435 Main Street, Suite 1100
Kansas City, Missouri 64111
Any member of the Settlement Class who does not file and serve an objection in the time and manner described above will not be permitted to raise that objection later. The deadline to submit you objection was April 18, 2022 and has now passed.