SHELL OIL CO. v. MEYER

No. 79A04-9512-CV-470.

684 N.E.2d 504 (1997)

SHELL OIL COMPANY, Union Oil Company, Robert Van Meter, Van's Wholesale Auto Body Shop, and Margaret G. Smith, Appellants/Cross-Appellees-Defendants, v. Richard and Kim MEYER, Gary and Bridget McDaniel, Jim and Terri McDonald, Dan and Vivian McDaniel, Alvin and Verna Mae Casad, and Helena Byers, Appellees/Cross-Appellants-Plaintiffs.

Court of Appeals of Indiana.

August 19, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karl L. Mulvaney, Nana Quay-Smith, Larry J. Kane, Phil L. Isenbarger, Bingham Summers Welsh & Spilman, Indianapolis, James A. Knauer, Gregory P. Cafouros, and Marcia E. Roan, Kroger, Gardis & Regas, Indianapolis, for Appellants.

G. William Frick, M. Elizabeth Cox, Washington, DC, Frank C. Capozza, Katz & Korin, Indianapolis, Thomas Sayre Llewellyn, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae American Petroleum Institute.

Lewis E. Willis, Jr., Stark, Doniger & Smith, Indianapolis, Alphonse M. Alfano, Bassman, Mitchell & Alfano, Chtd., Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Indiana Oil Marketers Association.

Robert M. Baker, III, Thomas A. Barnard, Johnson, Smith, Pence, Densborn Wright & Heath, Indianapolis, Peter M. Racher, Jeffrey D. Featherstun, Plews, Shadley, Racher & Braun, Indianapolis, for Appellees.

Peter Lehner, Erik Olson, New York City, for Amicus Curiae Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.

Dimitri G. Daskal, Annapolis, MD, Mark R. Waterfill, Leagre & Barnes, Indianapolis, for Amicus Curiae National Coalition of Petroleum Retailers.

Eric L. Mayer, Indianapolis, for Amicus Curiae Hoosier Environmental Council.

Sue A. Beesley, Sheila M. O'Bryan, Indianapolis, for Amicus Curiae City of Indianapolis.


OPINION

CHEZEM, Judge.

Case Summary

Defendants-Appellants, Shell Oil Company ("Shell") and Union Oil Company ("Union"), (collectively, the "Oil Companies"), appeal from a judgment entered by the trial court in favor of Plaintiffs-Appellees, Richard and Kim Meyer, Gary and Bridget McDaniel, Jim and Terri McDonald, Dan and Vivian McDaniel, Alvin and Verna Mae Casad, and Helena Byers (collectively, the "Landowners"). Citing an allegedly improper...

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