( January 29, 2025, 8:47 AM EST) -- HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania appellate panel has ruled that a trial court judge erred in not recusing himself from a mineral rights dispute due to his personal and pecuniary interest in the case, which “presents the appearance of impropriety,” and which the panel said has been a pattern for this particular judge in other litigation involving hydraulic fracturing company EQT Production Co....