Texas Court of Appeals Affirms Expert Exclusion and No-Evidence Summary Judgment in $4.8 Million Texas Panhandle Working Interest Dispute

Following remand from the Texas Supreme Court, the Eastland Court of Appeals was tasked with determining whether the trial court abused its discretion in excluding Apollo's damages expert Peter Huddleston and whether the no-evidence summary judgment was proper in a dispute over 75% of working interests in 109 Texas Panhandle leases covering 120,000 acres. The case arose from March 2011 purchase and sale agreements between Apollo, Gunn Oil Company, and Apache Corporation, ultimately resulting in a final judgment awarding Apache $4,800,000 in attorneys' fees.