Legal Opinion
Hunt Oil Co. v. LIVE OAK ENERGY, INC.
Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)
Decided June 18, 2010No. 05-07-01553-CVPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion By Justice BRIDGES.
Live Oak Energy, Inc. sued Hunt Oil Company for negligence and breach of contract arising out of Hunt Oil’s drilling in a Louisiana oilfield. A jury found Hunt Oil was negligent, and awarded Live Oak over $5 million in damages. Hunt Oil’s seven issues on appeal complain the statute of limitations ran on Live Oak’s claims; Live Oak had no standing to recover for an injury that occurred before it purchased the oil field in question; Hunt Oil’s conduct was not a proximate cause of injury to Live Oak as a matter of law; Live Oak could not recover for its economic…
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