Westport Oil & Gas Company, L.P. N/K/A Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore, L.P. v. Betsy Mecom, Donald R. Mullins, Lannie Louise Mecom, Mark Mullins and Wahatoya, Ltd.

ACCEPTED 6470 04-15-00714-CV Filed 11/10/2015 11:59:17 AM FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS Dora Castanon SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS District Clerk 11/13/2015 County,12:02:55 Texas PM 04-15-00714-CV Zapata KEITH HOTTLE CLERK CAUSE NO. 6,470 BETSY MECOM, DONALD R. § IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF FILED IN MULLINS, JR., LANNIE LOUISE § 4th COURT OF APPEALS MECOM, MARK HARVEY MULLINS § SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS and WAHATOYA, LTD., § 11/13/2015 12:02:55 PM Plaintiffs, § KEITH E. HOTTLE § Clerk vs. § 49TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT § § WESTPORT OIL & GAS COMPANY, § L.P. n/k/a KERR-MCGEE OIL & GAS § ONSHORE, L.P., § Defendant. § ZAPATA COUNTY, TEXAS DEFENDANT’S NOTICE OF APPEAL Defendant Westport Oil & Gas Company, L.P. n/k/a Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore, L.P. (“Defendant”), hereby gives notice that it desires to appeal from the Final Judgment, signed by the Court on August 31, 2015, to the Fourth Court of Appeals of Texas at San Antonio. In addition Defendant appeals (a) all rulings and orders leading up to the Final Judgment that were in any way adverse to Defendant, including without limitation any adverse orders and rulings made by Court prior to trial, during trial, or after the jury’s verdict but before entry of Final Judgment; and (b) the Court’s adverse rulings and orders, made after entry of Final Judgment, including without limitation the Court’s November 9, 2015 order denying Defendant’s motion for new trial, for remittitur, and to modify, correct and/or reform the judgment. 1 MHDocs 6660625_1 15224.1 Respectfully submitted, MUNSCH HARDT KOPF & HARR PC By: /s/ D. Mitchell McFarland D. Mitchell McFarland State Bar No. 13597700 Carrie Schadle State Bar No. 24051618 700 Milam, Suite 2700 Houston, Texas 77002 Telephone: (713) 222-1470 Facsimile: (713) 222-5894 mmfarland@munsch.com cschadle@munsch.com CAMPERO & ASSOCIATES, P.C. ADOLFO CAMPERO, JR. State Bar No. 00793454 315 Calle Del Norte, Suite 207 Laredo, Texas 78041 Telephone: (956) 796-0330 Facsimile: (956) 796-0399 acampero@camperolaw.com SAMORA LAW FIRM Gwen J. Samora State Bar No. 00784899 4210 Oberlin Street Houston, Texas 77005 Telephone: (832) 646-3537 gwen@samorafirm.com ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT WESTPORT OIL & GAS COMPANY, L.P. N/K/A KERR-MCGEE OIL & GAS ONSHORE, L.P. 2 MHDocs 6660625_1 15224.1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing document has been sent via electronic service and via email on this 10th day of November, 2015, to the following counsel of record: Email to mjones@jonesgill.com Email to cwehmeyer@smwenergylaw.com Michael D. Jones Corey Wehmeyer Jones Gill LLP Santoyo Moore Wehmeyer P.C. 6363 Woodway, Suite 1100 1020 N.E. Loop 410 , Suite 320 Houston, Texas 77057 San Antonio, TX 78209 /s/ D. Mitchell McFarland D. Mitchell McFarland 3 MHDocs 6660625_1 15224.1