A Kingfisher County jury deliberated just over an hour and a half Wednesday before awarding $4.485 million in damages from lost production in a county well due to fracking activity in several newer wells owned by Oklahoma Energy Acquisitions.

The plaintiffs included 12 working interest owners in the Caldwell I-14H well – Gulf Exploration; Come Big or Stay Home; Cummings Oil Co.; Endico Inc.; Fig 2013 Drilling & Acquisition; Garrett and Company Resources; William P Garrett; Pegasus Production LLC; Santa Rosa Resources; Thoroughbred Ventures; Wainwright Holdings and Yale Oil Association.

After hearing a day and a half of testimony in the trial presided over by Associate District Judge Lance Schneiter, the jurors found for the plaintiffs on a claim of nuisance, awarding $2 million in damages.

On a claim of negligence, jurors awarded $2.485 million, but found that the plaintiffs shared 20% of the liability for the damage sustained to the well, while OEA was 80% responsible.

According to the verdict form, Schneiter will adjust the $2.485 million damage award accordingly.

On a third claim of trespass, jurors found for the defendants.

The case is one of dozens of so-called “frack-bashing” cases percolating in Kingfisher County District Court and elsewhere in the state, all with similar allegations of existing wells losing production during fracking activities in new wells drilled in the same or nearby formations.