Dean v. Paladin Exploration Co., Inc.

OPINION

WECHSLER, Chief Judge.

{1} Plaintiffs filed suit against Defendants, seeking compensation for damages resulting from seismic operations conducted by Defendants on Plaintiffs’ property. Prior to trial, Defendants filed a motion to exclude evidence, seeking to preclude the introduction of any evidence related to “any payments made to Plaintiffs or any other person or entity for seismograph operations conducted upon any of Plaintiffs’ property.” Defendants contemporaneously filed a motion for summary judgment. As grounds for that motion, Defendants asserted that they were not contractually…