Ray v. Ashland Oil, Inc.

OPINION

LAMBERT, Judge:

These appeals by numerous property owners (“the plaintiffs” or “the appellants”) and a protective cross-appeal from Ashland Oil, Inc., and Ashland Exploration Holdings, Inc. (“Ashland Oil”), arise from several toxic tort cases filed as a result of Ashland Oil’s drilling operations in the Martha Oil Field. The appellants contend that the circuit court erred in dismissing their claims. Finding no error in the circuit court’s rulings, we affirm.

The appellants were among several plaintiffs who filed suit in 1997 and 1998 against Ashland Oil in Johnson and Lawrence Circuit…