Pa. Landowners Oppose Drilling Firm's Motion to Depose Their Attorney

PITTSBURGH - A group of Pennsylvania landowners suing the Energy Corporation of America for additional natural gas royalties are opposing the defendant's motion to compel the plaintiff's co-counsel to testify to his pre-trial investigation of the defendant's leasing practices. Pollock, et al. v. Energy Corporation of America, No. 10-1553 (W.D. Pa.).

David F. Pollock and his 10 co-plaintiffs filed an Emergency Motion for A Protective Order March 13, asking the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania to prevent ECA from questioning their counsel about pre-litigation information he gathered about the defendant.

The Pollock plaintiffs filed this class …