Judge Cuts Fracking Company’s Award To Avoid Bankrupting Local Municipality

Mealey's (April 3, 2019, 8:38 AM EDT) -- PITTSBURGH — A federal judge in Pennsylvania on March 31 awarded the attorneys for a hydraulic fracturing company fees totaling $102,979.18 rather than an amount more than six times as much, in a local fracking ordinance dispute in which the company voluntarily reduced its award request because it said it “did not wish to bankrupt” the local municipality involved in the lawsuit (Pennsylvania General Energy Company LLC v. Grant Township, No. 14-209, W.D. Pa.)....