( November 8, 2024, 8:28 AM EST) -- WOODSFIELD, Ohio — An appellate panel in Ohio has affirmed a jury verdict in favor of a hydraulic fracturing company for harm to its mineral rights interests caused by a salt brine well operator, ruling that the evidence showed that the well operator knew that its activity could cause the injury in question. The panel also upheld the trial court’s decision not to award punitive damages or issue a permanent injunction, finding that the instruction on malice was properly given to the jury....