El Paso Natural Gas Pipeline v. Cudd Pressure Control

El Paso Natural Gas Pipeline

After a tragic oil well explosion and fire, El Paso Natural Gas Pipeline hired McKool Smith to enforce an indemnity agreement between El Paso Natural Gas Pipeline and Cudd Pressure Control. The case presented several unique legal issues involving the Texas and Louisiana Oil Field Indemnity Acts, as well as a challenging fact situation and history.

McKool Smith, along with Liskow and Lewis of New Orleans, tried the case to a jury in Marshall, Texas. The result was a jury verdict for El Paso Natural Gas Pipeline that ranked in the Top 100 U.S. verdicts in 2002.