Panel: Fracking Companies Not Liable For Injuries From Lithium Battery Explosion

(November 7, 2018, 1:57 PM EST) -- DENVER — A panel of the 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Nov. 6 ruled that two hydraulic fracturing companies did not owe a duty of care to two men who were injured when a lithium battery exploded when they were cleaning a drilling device used in fracking operations. The men were employees of a contractor company that provided the battery to the fracking companies (Jacob McGehee, et al. v. Forest Oil Corp., et al., No. 17-6238, 10th Cir.)....

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