Basic Energy Services, LP v. PPC Energy, LP and Priest Petroleum Corporation

COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS § BASIC ENERGY SERVICES, LP, No. 08-23-00218-CV § Appellant, Appeal from the § v. 143rd Judicial District Court § PPC ENERGY LLP and PRIEST of Reeves County, Texas PETROLEUM CORPORATION, § (TC# 20-01-23355-CVR) Appellees. § DISSENTING MEMORANDUM OPINION Unlike the majority, I disagree that charge error resulted in reversible error. In my view, the statutory prohibition on waste applied to Basic, and the jury was properly instructed that commission of waste constitutes negligence as a matter of law. See

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