Legal Opinion
Cudd Pressure Control, Inc. v. SONAT EXPLORATION COMPANY
Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)
Decided September 26, 2006No. 06-03-00077-CVPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Justice CARTER.
This is a uniquely situated appeal. In this lawsuit, a drilling company (Sonat Exploration Company) sued an oil field contractor (Cudd Pressure Control, Inc.) to obtain indemnity for money paid as a settlement by Sonat to the survivors of employees killed in an oil field accident in Louisiana. 1 At trial, a jury decided that the millions of dollars paid by Sonat was not an unreasonable amount; that particular matter is not on appeal. Judgment was entered against Cudd in the amount of $20,719,166.74. Cudd appeals, contending that the trial court incorrectly…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- DeSantis v. Wackenhut Corp.Texas Supreme Court · 1990
- Valley Baptist Medical Center v. Gonzalez Ex Rel. M.G.Texas Supreme Court · 2000
- Maxus Exploration Co. v. Moran Bros., Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1991
- K.D.F. v. RexTexas Supreme Court · 1994
- In Re Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co.Texas Supreme Court · 2006
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Sonat Exploration Co. v. Cudd Pressure Control, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 2008
- Expro Americas, LLC v. Sanguine Gas Exploration, LLC, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2011
- Western Dermatology Consultants, P.C. v. VitalWorks, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 2016
- American States Insurance v. Allstate InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2007
- Sonat Exploration Co. v. Cudd Pressure Control, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2011
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