D.T. ATHA, INC. v. LAND AND SHORE DRILLING, LTD.

No. 2007-CAE-120072.

2008 Ohio 6217

D.T. Atha, Inc., et al, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Land and Shore Drilling, Ltd. Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Fifth District, Delaware County.

Date of Judgment Entry: November 26, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Civil appeal from the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas, Case No. 05CVH090665.

Affirmed.

John K. Keller, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease, L.L.P., 52 East Gay Street, Box 1008, Columbus, OH 43215, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Brian E. Chorpenning, Chorpenning Good & Pandora, Co., L.P.A., 585 South Front Street, Suite 250, Columbus, OH 43215-3179, for MFC Drilling, Inc.

Craig Denmead, Denmead Law Office, 37 West Broad Street, Ste. 1100-B, Columbus, OH 43215, for Defendant-Appellant.

David J. Wigham, Critchfield, Critchfield & Johnson, Ltd, P.O. Box 599, Wooster, OH 44691-0599, for Land & Shore Drilling, Ltd.

Kevin M. Maloney, 22 East Gay Street, Suite 401, Columbus, OH 43216-1008, for Greenwich Insurance Company.

Before: Hon. William B. Hoffman, P.J., Hon. W. Scott Gwin, J., Hon. John W. Wise, J.


OPINION

GWIN, P.J.

{¶1} Defendant-Appellant Land and Shore Drilling, LTD (hereinafter L&S) appeals a judgment of the Court of Common Please of Delaware, Ohio which found L & S is 100 percent liable for offsite damages and clean up costs, and 65 per cent liable for onsite damages/costs, arising out of a blow out of an oil well. The court found plaintiff-appellee D.T. Atha Inc. was 35 percent liable for the onsite costs and breach...

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