Date: 01-24-2007

Case Style: Bobby Maxwell v. Kerr-McGee Chemical Worldwide, LLC

Case Number: 1:04-cv-01224-PSF-CBS

Judge: Phillip S. Figa

Court: United States District Court for the District of Colorado, Denver County

Plaintiff's Attorney:

Michael Porter, Law Offices of Michael Porter, Wheat Ridge, Colorado and Richard C. LaFond of LaFond & Sweeney, LLC, Denver, Colorado

Defendant's Attorney:

Scott Barker, Danielle Renee Voorhees and Gregory Goldberg of Holland & Hart, LLP, Denver, Colorado

Description:

Bobby Maxwell sued Kerr-McGee Chemical Worldwide, LLC under the False Claims Act (qui tam) on behalf of the United States Department of Interior claiming that defendant underpaid the U.S. Treasury $7.5 million in royalty payments for oil leases in the Gulf of Mexico. Maxwell, a former Interior Department Minerals Management Service auditor quit his job in order to sue Anadarko Petroleum and expose a "cozy relationship between Big Oil and the government."

Defendant denied wrongdoing.

Outcome: Plaintiff's verdict for $7.5 million.

Plaintiff's Experts: Unknown

Defendant's Experts: Unknown

Comments: None