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Texas Family Wins $2.9 Million Fracking Lawsuit: Family Was Sickened by Pollution From Fracking Site — Stage Set for More Lawsuits
By Tom Boggioni
A north Texas family won a $2.9 million lawsuit against a Plano-based oil company after convincing a jury that emissions from the company’s fracking operations were making them sick.
According to Inside Climate News, the Parr family of Wise County, Texas, filed 13 complaints with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), between February 2010 and July 2011, claiming that air pollution from gas and oil operations near their ranch were responsible for breathing difficulties, nausea, nosebleeds, ringing ears, and rashes.
The Parrs’ were not the only ones filing complaints, with the TCEQ receiving 77 complaints from Wise County, in the heart of the Barnett Shale drilling area.
Despite being warned by their attorney that lawsuits against oil and gas industry rarely succeed, the Parrs’ sued Aruba Petroleum and last month a Dallas County jury awarded them $2.9 million in damages after finding the company “intentionally created a private nuisance” affecting the family’s health.
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