Leaseholders: Fracking Royalty Verdict Was ‘Seriously Erroneous,’ New Trial Needed

(April 2, 2024, 2:37 PM EDT) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — Leaseholders who lost their royalty case against hydraulic fracturing companies on April 1 moved in Ohio federal court seeking a new trial “to avoid the injustice resulting from a seriously erroneous jury verdict that went against the clear weight of the evidence as well as prejudicial error caused to Plaintiffs by failing to properly instruct the jury as to contract interpretation.”...