Judge Grants Fracking Operator Judgment On All Claims Brought By Landowners

( April 2, 2025, 8:43 AM EDT) -- HARRISBURG, Pa. — A federal judge in Pennsylvania has granted a hydraulic fracturing company’s motion for summary judgment on all claims brought by plaintiffs who had alleged that it was liable for trespass and conversion related to its drilling activities, ruling that there was no evidence that the operator physically invaded the plaintiffs’ property by the injection of proppants and fracking fluids beneath it to facilitate the extraction of natural gas....

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