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- Title: Burke V. Union Pacific Resources Co.
- Author : In the Court of Appeals Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana
- Release Date : January 16, 2004
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 82 KB
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In the fall of 1997, Union Pacific Resources Company (UPRC) conducted a seismic survey consisting of most of Rusk County. After the survey had been conducted, Russell and Lori Burke noticed their recently drilled water well was producing an excessive amount of sand. The sand caused decreased weight gain on their feedlot cattle and caused over 1,000 of the cattle to die. After they were forced into bankruptcy, Russell and Lori Burke and Bob Anderson, the bankruptcy trustee (herein collectively "the Burkes"), sued UPRC and Palestine Water Well Service, Inc. (PWW). After a jury trial, the trial court rendered judgment against UPRC, awarding the Burkes $1.5 million and awarding PWW $200,000.00. The Burkes appeal the judgment of the trial court, and UPRC cross-appeals. We render a take-nothing judgment concerning PWW's tortious interference claim and suggest a remittitur concerning the Burkes' breach of contract claim.