diff --git a/ApplicationCode/Commands/OperationsUsingObjReferences/RicPasteEclipseCasesFeature.cpp b/ApplicationCode/Commands/OperationsUsingObjReferences/RicPasteEclipseCasesFeature.cpp
index a073a383d8..b3ba6e2baa 100644
--- a/ApplicationCode/Commands/OperationsUsingObjReferences/RicPasteEclipseCasesFeature.cpp
+++ b/ApplicationCode/Commands/OperationsUsingObjReferences/RicPasteEclipseCasesFeature.cpp
@@ -107,10 +107,19 @@ void RicPasteEclipseCasesFeature::addCasesToGridCaseGroup(PdmObjectGroup& object
     RimProject* proj = RiaApplication::instance()->project();
     CVF_ASSERT(proj);
 
-    std::vector<caf::PdmPointer<RimEclipseResultCase> > typedObjects;
-    objectGroup.createCopyByType(&typedObjects, PdmDefaultObjectFactory::instance());
+    std::vector<RimEclipseResultCase*> resultCases;
 
-    if (typedObjects.size() == 0)
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < objectGroup.objects.size(); i++)
+    {
+        RimEclipseResultCase* eclCase = dynamic_cast<RimEclipseResultCase*>(objectGroup.objects[i]);
+        if (eclCase)
+        {
+            RimEclipseResultCase* eclCaseCopy = dynamic_cast<RimEclipseResultCase*>(eclCase->copyByXmlSerialization(PdmDefaultObjectFactory::instance()));
+            resultCases.push_back(eclCaseCopy);
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (resultCases.size() == 0)
     {
         return;
     }
@@ -130,9 +139,9 @@ void RicPasteEclipseCasesFeature::addCasesToGridCaseGroup(PdmObjectGroup& object
     std::vector<RimEclipseResultCase*> insertedCases;
 
     // Add cases to case group
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < typedObjects.size(); i++)
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < resultCases.size(); i++)
     {
-        RimEclipseResultCase* rimResultReservoir = typedObjects[i];
+        RimEclipseResultCase* rimResultReservoir = resultCases[i];
 
         proj->assignCaseIdToCase(rimResultReservoir);
 
@@ -144,19 +153,11 @@ void RicPasteEclipseCasesFeature::addCasesToGridCaseGroup(PdmObjectGroup& object
         insertedCases.push_back(rimResultReservoir);
     }
 
-    // Initialize the new objects
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < insertedCases.size(); i++)
-    {
-        RimEclipseResultCase* rimResultReservoir = insertedCases[i];
-        rimResultReservoir->initAfterReadRecursively();
-    }
-
     // Load stuff 
     for (size_t i = 0; i < insertedCases.size(); i++)
     {
         RimEclipseResultCase* rimResultReservoir = insertedCases[i];
 
-
         if (!mainResultCase)
         {
             rimResultReservoir->openEclipseGridFile();
diff --git a/Fwk/AppFwk/cafProjectDataModel/cafPdmXml/cafPdmXmlObjectHandle.cpp b/Fwk/AppFwk/cafProjectDataModel/cafPdmXml/cafPdmXmlObjectHandle.cpp
index 7a9fb59c64..4dda13ced0 100644
--- a/Fwk/AppFwk/cafProjectDataModel/cafPdmXml/cafPdmXmlObjectHandle.cpp
+++ b/Fwk/AppFwk/cafProjectDataModel/cafPdmXml/cafPdmXmlObjectHandle.cpp
@@ -170,6 +170,21 @@ PdmObjectHandle* PdmXmlObjectHandle::readUnknownObjectFromXmlString(const QStrin
     return newObject;
 }
 
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+/// 
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+PdmObjectHandle* PdmXmlObjectHandle::copyByXmlSerialization(PdmObjectFactory* objectFactory)
+{
+    this->setupBeforeSaveRecursively();
+
+    QString xmlString = this->writeObjectToXmlString();
+
+    PdmObjectHandle* objectCopy = PdmXmlObjectHandle::readUnknownObjectFromXmlString(xmlString, objectFactory);
+    objectCopy->xmlCapability()->initAfterReadRecursively();
+
+    return objectCopy;
+}
+
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 /// 
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/Fwk/AppFwk/cafProjectDataModel/cafPdmXml/cafPdmXmlObjectHandle.h b/Fwk/AppFwk/cafProjectDataModel/cafPdmXml/cafPdmXmlObjectHandle.h
index 4bf992e5d6..0759889f52 100644
--- a/Fwk/AppFwk/cafProjectDataModel/cafPdmXml/cafPdmXmlObjectHandle.h
+++ b/Fwk/AppFwk/cafProjectDataModel/cafPdmXml/cafPdmXmlObjectHandle.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ public:
     void                    readObjectFromXmlString(const QString& xmlString, PdmObjectFactory* objectFactory);
     QString                 writeObjectToXmlString();
     static PdmObjectHandle* readUnknownObjectFromXmlString(const QString& xmlString, PdmObjectFactory* objectFactory);
+    PdmObjectHandle*        copyByXmlSerialization(PdmObjectFactory* objectFactory);
 
     // Main XML serialization methods that is used internally by the document serialization system
     // Not supposed to be used directly.