Homeowners in the Hideaway Hills neighborhood near Black Hawk have begun receiving official legal notices providing details about a class action lawsuit that seeks to recover monetary damages caused by unstable subsurface mines operated by the state of South Dakota.
Homeowners in the Hideaway Hills neighborhood near Black Hawk have begun receiving official legal notices providing details about a class action lawsuit that seeks to recover monetary damages caused by unstable subsurface mines operated by the state of South Dakota.
Homeowners in the Hideaway Hills neighborhood near Black Hawk have begun receiving official legal notices providing details about a class action lawsuit that seeks to recover monetary damages caused by unstable subsurface mines operated by the state of South Dakota.
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA) IN CIRCUIT COURT
)SS.
COUNTY OF MEADE, ) FOURTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
ANDREW MORSE and JOHN and
EMILY CLARKE, for themselves
and on behalf of all similarly
situated individuals,
46CIV20-000295,
Plaintiffs,
v
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA
and/or the SOUTH DAKOTA
COMMISSION OF SCHOOL AND
PUBLIC LANDS, as successor of
the SOUTH DAKOTA CEMENT
PLANT COMMISSION and the
SOUTH DAKOTA CEMENT
PLANT TRUST,
ORDER
Defendants.
Pursuant to the opinion of the court entered on September 16, 2022, it is
ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the Notice of Pendency of Class Action, the original of which
has been placed in the file, be sent to all natural persons who own, possess title to, or hold a
beneficial interest in, homes located in the subdivision of Hideaway Hills, Black Hawk, South
Dakota (“Hideaway Hills”), during the period beginning November 21, 2022, through January 16,
2023.
FURTHER ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that such notice be sent by registered mail by counsel
for plaintiff to those persons constituting the class, at their last known address, and by publication
of a notice once a week for six consecutive weeks in a daily or weekly newspaper of statewide
circulation, and by delivery to those counsel known by Plaintiffs to represent individual
members of the class.
FURTHER ORDERED AND ADSUDGED that on or before February 16, 2023, counsel for
plaintiff report in writing to the court the results of the sending of the class action notices, and that
they file with the court as a part of such report all written inquiries received by them from members
of the class, F TILED
NOY 22 2022
SOUTH DAKOTA UNIFIED zunicial SYSTEM
ATHCRCUT CLERK OF COURTDated this
wb
of November 2022.
Attest Kevin LK
Rude, Jennifer Circuit Court Judge
Clerk/Deputy
FILED
2 NOY 22 22.
SOUTH DAKOTA UNFIED suniciAL SYSTEM
“4TH CIRCUIT CLERK O> COURT