Pa. Plaintiffs Oppose Motion to Compel Arbitration of Environmental Claims

TOWANDA, Pa. - A Pennsylvania couple alleging that nearby shale gas drilling has contaminated their property and water supply argue in a recent brief that an arbitration clause relied on by defendants is unenforceable or, alternatively, is inapplicable to all but one defendant. Burnett v. Chesapeake Appalachia LLC, et al., No. 11-cv-000080 (Pa. Ct. Comm. Pls., Bradford Cty.).

Truman and Burnett raised those arguments and others in their Oct. 28 response to Chesapeake Appalachia's Motion to Compel Arbitration of environmental claims pending in the Court of Common Pleas of Bradford County, Pa.

In a complaint filed in state court in …