Judge: Fracking Injury Case Valid; Plaintiff May Be Able To Establish Jurisdiction

(June 4, 2024, 2:05 PM EDT) -- HARRISBURG, Pa. — A federal judge in Pennsylvania on June 3 denied a motion to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit filed by a widow whose husband died while working on a hydraulic fracturing rig, ruling that there is “more than a possibility that plaintiff can establish the requisite contacts” between the drilling company he worked for and the state of Pennsylvania to establish jurisdiction....