Litigation
Apr. 2, 2015
Jury reaches defense verdict in oil drilling case
After an eight-week trial in Kern County Superior Court, the jury voted 10-2 to deny the plaintiff, Macpherson Oil Co., any relief. Macpherson had initially claimed $33.5 million in damages.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A three-year long legal battle over dwindling oil reserves in California's Central Valley has finally come to a close after a jury found the defendant, Pace Diversified Corp., not liable for polluting a larger competitor's wells.
After an eight-week trial in Kern County Superior Court that Pace's attorneys said was more science lesson than litigation battle, the jury voted 10-2 to deny the ...
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