Drilling for natural gas in the Barnett Shale has been an economic boon to North Texas since production began in 2001, but hundreds of disgruntled property owners are lining up to sue drilling companies over terms of mineral leases.

Dallas plaintiffs lawyer Kip Petroff says his firm and two others represent close to 1,000 clients who own land in parts of Fort Worth and Arlington and who have a beef with the drilling companies. Dallas firms Petroff & Associates, Mathis & Donheiser, and Riddle & Williams formed the North Texas Lease Litigation Group this year to represent the property owners in litigation against the drilling companies and their agents.

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