Media Coverage: Settlement Secured with DeLaval in Robotic Milker Litigation

06.06.2022

On April 14, 2022, Stueve Siegel Hanson secured a $55 million settlement with DeLaval on behalf of dairy farmers who used the company’s VMS robots and experienced serious operational problems. Preliminary approval of the class settlement was reported by media outlets including: 

• Missouri Lawyers Weekly, “Kansas City firm reaches $55 million settlement with milking system maker”

• The Scottish Farmer, “DeLaval ordered to pay $55m compensation to US dairy farmers”
• Farmers Guardian, “Global Ag View: Preliminary approval for settlement on dairy robots in US”
• The Bullvine, “DeLaval ordered to pay $55m compensation to US dairy farmers”
• Farmers Journal, “US farmers gain $55m settlement over DeLaval robot milkers”
• eDairyNews, “DeLaval ordered to pay $55m compensation to US dairy farmers”
• The Milkweed (May 2022, No. 514, p. 11), “$55 Million Class Action Settlement vs. Failed DeLaval Robotic Milkers”