Texas appellate court upholds $17 million award for tortious intereference in oil & gas deal
Carlton Energy Group, LLC v. Phillips (Feb. 14, 2012)
Decision: Leagle
Opinion by Justice Terry Jennings
Exemplary damages on top of $31.6 million compensatory damages (remitted from $66.5 million).
Charles Imlay Appler, Mark E. Bennett, Mitchell Madden, Thomas V. Murto III, Evan A. Young, Henry W. Simon Jr., J. Kevin Oncken, Jeffrey H. Uzick, Joseph M. Nixon, Peter M. Kelly, Kelly, for plaintiffs.
Jeffrey L. Oldham, Warren W. Harris, Kendall C. Montgomery, Paula Janecek Mathers, William F. Hagans, Kevin H. Dubose, Roger D. Townsend, David M. Gunn, Vincent L. Marable, III, Thomas R. Phillips, for defendants.