Mealey's (October 4, 2018, 12:45 PM EDT) -- CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A federal judge in West Virginia on Oct. 3 granted a hydraulic fracturing company’s motions to exclude the expert testimony of landowners who contend that the company’s fracking wells are responsible for contaminating their properties, concluding that the expert failed to comply with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (Charles Raymond Adams, et al. v. Chesapeake Energy Corporation., No. 17-4038, S.D. W.Va., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 170670)....