Mealey's (September 22, 2017, 2:52 PM EDT) -- DENVER — A federal judge in Colorado on Sept. 20 ruled that disputed expert opinions, with one exception, were admissible in a hydraulic fracturing land dispute because the parties failed to directly rebut each expert’s opinion. The judge also said that in her instructions to the jury, she will omit references to damage awards for diminution of value or cost of restoration based on federal precedent (A-W Land Co. LLC, et al. v. Anadarko E&P Company, et al., No. 09-2293, D. Colo.; 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 152980)....