Plaintiffs Aver Defendant Misrepresents Record In Appeal Of Gas Well Waste Judgment

RICHMOND, Va. - A Wetzel County, W.Va., couple who allege that the permanent disposal of drilling waste on their land by the lessee of the mineral estate constitutes trespass argue in a reply brief filed March 4 in the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that defendant Chesapeake Appalachia proposes in the appellee brief filed Feb. 15 "an unprecedented standard" for summary judgment of a mineral extraction trespass claim and misrepresents the record in the trial court (Dewey Teel, et uxor...(read more)