Faulkner Drilling Co., Inc. v. Gross

OPINION

SCHRODER, Judge:

This is an appeal and cross-appeal from a judgment entered pursuant to a bench trial regarding an oral contract to drill a water well. Upon considering the various arguments proffered by the parties, the record herein and the applicable law, we affirm on appeal and reverse and remand on cross-appeal for a determination as to punitive damages.

Since the mid-1980s, appellee/cross-appel-lant, Robert Miller (“Miller”), has been involved in a residential development called the Andover Subdivision in Lexington. Andover includes a golf course with ponds, and is at the outer…