Texas' New (And Old) Take On Exculpatory Clauses

Law360, New York ( April 28, 2014, 4:13 PM EDT) -- The scope of an oil and gas operator's liability to nonoperating working interest owners has been the source of a significant portion of the litigation over the terms of joint operating agreements. After over two decades, at least one federal court in Texas has followed the view of Texas appellate courts on the limitation of the application of the exculpatory clauses found in both the AAPL 1977 and 1982 model form operating agreements to claims for breach of the operating agreement. . . .

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