EQT, Diversified Ask WV Fed Court to Toss Abandoned Well Lawsuit

Last summer, MDN brought you the news about a lawsuit against Diversified Energy and EQT over the issue of old and “abandoned” wells in West Virginia (see Big Green Uses WV Landowners to Sue EQT, Diversified re Old Wells). In April, a West Virginia federal judge allowed that lawsuit to continue as a class action (see Fed Court Rules EQT, Diversified Must Face WV Class Action). However, it appears to us (untrained in the ways of the law) that perhaps the lawsuit is in trouble. The plaintiffs keep amending their complaint, dropping bits and pieces, hoping to keep it alive. The fourth complaint (the third time amending it) was filed in June. Diversified and EQT have just filed a strong motion to dismiss the latest complaint (i.e. dismiss the lawsuit).

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