Lawsuit claims Encino underpaid landowners at least $5M for royalties

Lawsuit claims Encino underpaid landowners at least $5M for royalties

Monday, October 28, 2019 by Sara Welch

A recently-filed class action lawsuit claims Encino Energy and its affiliates underpaid landowners in Columbiana and Carroll counties in Ohio at least $5 million for oil and natural gas royalties, according to Farm and Dairy.

The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio on Oct. 18 by the attorneys representing the 140 landowners attached to the case.

The defendants include Encino Energy, Encino Acquisition Partner Holdings, EAP Operating and EAP Ohio. The case was assigned to Judge Benita Y. Pearson in Youngstown.

Learn more: Farm and Dairy > Columbiana, Carroll Co. landowners sue Encino Energy over royalty checks

One Comment

February 13, 2020 at 12:36 pm

Anthony kushner says:

Encinitas’s is also ripping me off I have 4 acres and might get a check for 15 dollars a month. Please inform me if I can get in a lawsuit against Encinitas’s in Jefferson county Ohio. Thanx

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