Fracking Companies Seek $5M From Attorneys, Resident For ‘Frivolous’ Lawsuit

(August 18, 2017, 4:30 PM EDT) -- MONTROSE, Pa. — A hydraulic fracturing company and a drilling services company on Aug. 4 filed a civil lawsuit in state court against Pennsylvania attorneys and their clients, seeking $5 million in punitive damages for “tortious, malicious, wrongful, and improper use of the legal process” related to what they call “frivolous litigation” (Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation, et al. v. Charles F. Speer, et al., No. 2017-936CP, Pa. Comm. Pls., Susquehanna Co.)....

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