Judge Refuses To Certify Class In Fracking Case, Says Individual Inquiries Needed

Mealey's (March 30, 2023, 1:31 PM EDT) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — A federal judge in Ohio denied class certification for landowners in a mineral rights dispute with a hydraulic fracturing company, ruling that the plaintiffs failed to meet the class action criteria regarding the proportionality of the potential damages to the actual harm and that individual inquiries must be conducted for each member of the proposed class....