Mealey's (November 8, 2017, 2:27 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge in Louisiana on Nov. 6 approved and certified a confidential settlement between a group of plaintiffs and hydraulic fracturing companies in a contaminated drinking water case in which the parties agree the case will be dismissed for an undisclosed amount of money (Catherine P. Alford, et al. v. Chevron USA Inc., et al., No. 13-5457 [consolidated], E.D. La.)....