ACCEPTED 13-14-00402-CV THIRTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS 12/24/2014 11:57:28 AM DORIAN RAMIREZ CLERK

CAUSE NO. 13-14-00402-CV ____________________________________________ FILED IN 13th COURT OF APPEALS CORPUS CHRISTI/EDINBURG, TEXAS IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR 12/29/2014 8:00:00 AM THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICTDORIAN OF TEXAS, E. RAMIREZ CORPUS CHRISTI Clerk ____________________________________________ RALPH WADE KOOPMANN, ET AL., Cross-Appellants/Plaintiffs, v. CONOCOPHILLIPS, ET AL., Cross-Appellees/Defendants, ____________________________________________ On Appeal from the 24th Judicial District Court of Dewitt County, Texas Trial Cause No. 12-07-22, 354, Hon. Kemper Stephen Williams Presiding ____________________________________________ CROSS-APPELLANTS’ JOINT AMENDED BRIEF PART 3 ____________________________________________ Mike Johanson,#10670400 Ronald B. Walker, #20728300 Todd Taylor, #00785087 WALKER KEELING, L.L.P. Chris M. Volf, #24033299 120 S. Main, Suite 500 JOHANSON & FAIRLESS, L.L.P. P.O. Box 108 1456 First Colony Boulevard Victoria, Texas 77902 Sugar Land, Texas 77479 (361) 576-6800/(361) 576-6196 Fax (281) 313-5000/(281) 340-5100 Fax Counsel for Cross-Appellants Ralph Wade Koopmann, Karen Marie Koenig, and Lorene H. Koopmann