Judge: Statute Of Limitations Has Run On Groundwater Case Against Fracking Company

Mealey's (January 2, 2019, 9:16 AM EST) -- WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Dec. 27 dismissed a private nuisance case brought by residents against a hydraulic fracturing company for contaminating their groundwater, ruling that the statute of limitations had run on the claim (Sheila Russell, et al. v. Chesapeake Appalachia LLC, et al., No. 14-148, M.D. Pa.)....