BP AMERICA PRODUCTION CO. v. PATTERSON

No. 10SC214.

263 P.3d 103 (2011)

BP AMERICA PRODUCTION COMPANY, f/k/a Amoco Production Company, Petitioner v. David PATTERSON, Philip McCoy, William Schaefer, and Beverly Schaefer, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

October 31, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP, Scott S. Barker , Denver, Colorado, Holland & Hart LLP, Rachel A. Yates , Greenwood Village, Colorado, Attorneys for Petitioner.

Law Offices of George A. Barton, P.C., George A. Barton , Kansas City, MO, Charles Carpenter , Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Respondents.


Justice MARTINEZ delivered the Opinion of the Court.

In December 2003, Plaintiffs filed a class action, alleging that BP America Production Company ("BP"), formerly known as Amoco Production Company ("Amoco"), improperly deducted postproduction costs from royalty payments due between January 1, 1986 and December 1, 1997 (the "Class Time Period"). To toll the applicable six-year statute of limitations, Plaintiffs claimed that BP fraudulently concealed the material...

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