Weaver v. Disabled American Veterans

McMillian, judge.

This is an appeal by plaintiff Helen M. Weaver from an order of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis sustaining the separate motions of defendants Colonial Penn Life Insurance Company, hereinafter referred to as “Colonial Penn,” and Disabled American Veterans, hereinafter referred to as “DAV,” to dismiss and strike the class action allegations from plaintiff’s petition. The trial court’s order was on the ground that any judgment or decree entered in the proceeding would not be binding on any member of the class except those members who appeared and became parties.

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