Texas family plagued with ailments gets $3M in 1st-of-its-kind fracking judgment

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A Dallas jury awarded a family $2.9 million for personal injury and property damages in a first-of-its-kind judgment against a fracking operation.

Dave Cottrell’s insight:

The reality of fracking in our oil and gas dependent society may be a forgone conclusion, but this kind of court decision may go a long way toward forcing the oil companies to be more responsible.  If we poison our air, our water and our soil, we have nothing left.

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