Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Smith

GILLESPIE, Presiding Justice:

The question in this case is whether there was any proof of causal connection between the alleged wrongful act of the defendant and the damage to plaintiffs’ water wells. Consistent with recent decisions directly in point, we hold that the plaintiffs failed to establish causal connection.

The plaintiffs own land on which there are two residences and two water wells. They filed suit against defendant charging that it negligently conducted seismographic operations, including underground detonations of explosives, on property near that of the plaintiffs, and as a…