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MASSEY v. DECCA DRILLING CO., INC.

No. 25,973-CA.

647 So.2d 1196 (1994)

Bruce T. MASSEY, dba Massey Petroleum, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DECCA DRILLING COMPANY, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 19, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mayer, Smith & Roberts by Walter O. Hunter, Jr., Shreveport, Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles by Howard L. Murphy, Allen F. Campbell and Victor J. Franckiewicz, New Orleans, for appellant.

Weems, Wright, Schimpf, Hayter & Carmouche by Carey T. Schimpf, Mark W. Odom and Kenneth P. Haines, Robert A. Booth, Jr., Johnson & Thornton by James J. Thornton, Shreveport, for appellee.

Before MARVIN, LINDSAY and HIGHTOWER, JJ.

LINDSAY, Judge.

A jury awarded the plaintiff, Massey Petroleum, Inc., $19 million for breach of a drilling contract and tortious damage to an oil well in southwestern Arkansas.1 For the reasons assigned below, we affirm in part, reverse in part, and amend in part, the judgment of the trial court on the merits. Additionally, we affirm the trial court judgment dismissing a petition of intervention filed by Massey's investors.

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