Witt v. Jay Petroleum, Inc.

DICKSON, Justice.

John Witt, HydroTeeh Corp., and attorney Mark Shere were held in contempt of court for violating the terms of a temporary restraining order. We granted transfer and affirm the trial court.

This contempt holding arises from protracted litigation in a lawsuit over the costs of an environmental cleanup.1 John Witt purchased a property that had for many years been the site of a gasoline filling station. Witt never used the property as a gas station, but the underground storage tanks (“USTs”) that had supplied the former gas pumps remained in the ground on the property. When it was…