Fracking Company, Residents Reach Confidential Deal In Tainted Groundwater Case

(October 2, 2017, 7:27 AM EDT) -- HARRISBURG, Pa. — A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Sept. 21 issued an order dismissing a lawsuit between residents and a hydraulic fracturing company, stating that the parties have resolved a groundwater contamination lawsuit “amicably” and that a settlement should be consummated within 60 days.  The details of the pending agreement were not released (Nolen Scott Ely v. Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation, No. 09-2284, M.D. Pa.)....