$150,000.00+ SETTLEMENT WITH UTILITY REGARDING EASEMENT. BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS LAW FIRM, ARTICLE REGARDING CASE SETTLEMENT WITH RESPECT TO NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT. WE WERE HIRED TO REPRESENT A FARMER IN REGARD TO A CLAIM THAT A UTILITY HAD NOT SECURED A RECORDED EASEMENT BEFORE IT INSTALLED A PIPELINE DECADES AGO. THE UTILITY CLAIMED THAT IT WAS CONTINUING TO SEARCH ITS RECORDS AND ATTEMPTED TO STALL THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS. EVENTUALLY THE UTILITY DECIDED THAT IT COULD NOT JUSTIFY THE INSTALLATION OF THE PIPELINE BY A RECORDED EASEMENT, OR A LEAST NONE COULD BE FOUND. AFTER A PERIOD OF NEGOTIATIONS, A SETTLEMENT WAS REACHED WHEREBY THE UTILITY AGREED TO PAY $150,000.00 +, TO SETTLE ALL CLAIMS. AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM CUMBERLAND COUNTY, NEOGA, GREENUP AND TOLEDO, SHELBY COUNTY, SHLEBYVILLE, WINDSOR AND MOWEAQUA, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, COFFEEN, HILLSBORO AND LITCHFIELD, AREA.
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