Article: BERRY PETROLEUM SUED BY THREE INVESTORS

Berry Petroleum Corp. of Oklahoma City has been sued for $5.5 million in U.S. District Court by three investors of partnership s sponsored by the company.

Also named in the lawsuit Friday are Berry Affiliates Inc., HKD Securities Inc., David Berry of Edmond, Charlotte Day-Berry; Betty Budowsky-Hill; Don P. Millican, Michael E. Cochran and David B. Christofferson, who were officers of Berry Petroleum.

The plaintiffs are Robert I. Hays, Tom E. Hays and Bob C. Murrell of Norman.

Berry Petroleum is currently involved in Chapter 11 proceedings in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Oklahoma City.

The lawsuit alleges violations of federal and state securities acts, common law fraud, conversion, breach of ...

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