Fleming v. EQT Gathering, LLC

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

JUSTICE VENTERS

Property owners Nellie Fleming, Carl Bentley, Herbert Bentley, and Billy Joe Bentley (Appellants) appeal from a decision of the Court of Appeals which vacated a judgment of the Pike Circuit Court awarding compensatory and punitive damages for an.alleged trespass upon their land by Appellee, EQT Gathering, LLC (EQT). The Court of Appeals concluded that the trial court erred by directing a verdict in Appellants’ favor on the issue of liability for the trespass and submitting only the issue of damages for the jury’s determination. The Court of Appeals also…