{"id":14333,"date":"2015-01-21T19:45:24","date_gmt":"2015-01-21T19:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/independentweekender.com\/?p=14333"},"modified":"2015-01-21T19:45:24","modified_gmt":"2015-01-21T19:45:24","slug":"judge-allows-negligence-claim-against-cabot-oil-to-proceed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/2015\/01\/21\/judge-allows-negligence-claim-against-cabot-oil-to-proceed\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge allows negligence claim against Cabot Oil to proceed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>BY TERRIE MORGAN-BESECKER<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Times-Shamrock Writer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A Dimock Twp. couple who say Cabot Oil &amp; Gas Corp.\u2019s drilling contaminated their well water can proceed with a negligence claim, a federal judge ruled.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III on Monday agreed with a magistrate judge\u2019s recommendation that Scott and Monica Ely had presented sufficient evidence to allow their claims for property damage to proceed to trial. Judge Jones also agreed with the magistrate\u2019s determination that several other counts be dismissed, including breach of contract, fraud and the couple\u2019s request for medical monitoring.<\/p>\n<p>The Elys are among 44 Dimock Twp. residents who sued Cabot in 2009, alleging its drilling operations contaminated their drinking water wells with methane. Cabot settled with 40 of the plaintiffs in 2012, but the Elys rejected the deal. Attorneys for Cabot filed a motion last seek seeking to dismiss the suit.<\/p>\n<p>In his ruling, Judge Jones agreed the Elys, who presented a report from a hydrologist and engineer who concluded Cabot\u2019s drilling had contaminated their water, had enough evidence to take their claims to a jury. 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