Texas High Court: Lower Court Should Decide If ExxonMobil Should Clean Up Site

Mealey's (February 27, 2017, 11:17 AM EST) -- AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court held Feb. 24 that a lower court judge should determine if a landowner can seek an order requiring ExxonMobil Corp. to remediate two sites where it conducted oil drilling and production operations, finding that the issue was not properly raised on appeal (ExxonMobil Corporation v. Lazy R. Ranch, LP, et al., No. 15-0270, Texas Sup., 2017 Tex. LEXIS 210)....