Berish v. Southwester Energy Production Co.

ELR Citation: 42 ELR 20109
No(s). 3:10-1981 (M.D. Pa. May 3, 2012) (Caputo, J.)

A district court held that residents may add four new defendants in their lawsuit against energy companies for alleged water contamination due to hydraulic fracturing operations near their homes. During the course of discovery, the residents learned that the proposed defendants participated in t...