State ex rel. Boyer v. Perigo

GARRISON, Chief Judge.

This original proceeding in mandamus arises from an underlying action in which Daniel Boyer and Linda K. Boyer (“Rela-tors”) filed suit against John Flowers, d/b/a Metro Express (“Defendant Metro Express”), Jack Lawton Webb_ (“Defendant Webb”), and Henson Oil Company, Inc. (“Defendant Henson Oil”), seeking damages for the alleged pollution of their water well. The case was tried to a jury which returned a verdict on December 11, 1997, awarding Re-lators $100,000 in damages against Defendants Webb and Henson Oil, and finding in favor of Defendant Metro Express.

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