Halliburton Moves to Dismiss Personal Injury, Natural Resources Claims From Pa. Suit

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Halliburton Energy Services is challenging a Pennsylvania plaintiffs’ standing to pursue personal injury and natural resource damage claims for alleged environmental harm caused by fracking. Berish, et al. v. Southwestern Energy Production Co., et al., No. 3:10-cv-1981 (M.D. Pa.).

The drilling services firm filed a motion July 20 to dismiss portions of the complaint filed in 2010 by Suzanne Berish and other residents of Susquehanna County, Pa., who say that a nearby gas drilling well operated by defendants Southwestern Energy Production Co. and Southwestern Energy Co. has contaminated their groundwater and caused other property damage and personal …