DOME CORP. v. KENNARD

No. 98-5001.

172 F.3d 1278 (1999)

DOME CORPORATION, an Oklahoma Corporation; Neodyne Drilling Corporation, an Oklahoma Corporation; Thomas G. Watson, as an individual and as a Director and Officer of Dome Oil Corporation and Neodyne Drilling Corporation—Dome Oil Corporation; Thomas C. Johns, an individual, Plaintiffs, v. Compton K. KENNARD, as an individual and as an Officer and as Director of South Florida Pump Service, Inc., a Florida Corporation—South Florida Pump Service, Inc., Defendant, and Gary Hermann, an individual, Defendant-Appellant, v. The Cincinnati Insurance Company, an Ohio Insurance Company; Auto-Owners Insurance Company, Third-Party-Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

April 14, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Steven Stidham (Brian S. Gaskill and Brian T. Inbody with him on the briefs) of Sneed Lang, P.C., Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Defendant-Appellant.

Stephen C. Wilkerson (Harry A. Parrish on the brief) of Knight, Wilkerson, Parrish, Wassall & Warman, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Third-Party-Defendant-Appellee The Cincinnati Insurance Company.

William S. Leach of Rhodes, Hieronymus, Jones, Tucker & Gable, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Third-Party-Defendant-Appellee Auto-Owners Insurance Company.

Before BALDOCK, McKAY, and BRORBY, Circuit Judges.


BALDOCK, Circuit Judge.

This case is the product of an oil and gas deal gone bad. In 1993, Gary Hermann,1 the owner and operator of a Florida hardware store, purchased a working interest in several oil and gas wells operated by Plaintiffs Dome Corporation and Neodyne Drilling. In 1995, Hermann became unhappy with Plaintiffs' handling of the venture. As a result, Hermann contacted a number of Plaintiffs' other investors and discussed the...

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