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Will Range Resources sue Steve Lipsky?

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Range Resources sue Steve Lipsky

I’ve been watching all the hoopla over the Texas Supreme Court’s ruling in the Range Resources SLAPP suite against the Lipskys and Alisa Rich. I used to be the first to weigh in on this case. Now I’m often the last but I have fun watching everyone else.

Will Range Resources sue Steve Lipsky?

A better question is: Should Range Resources sue Steve Lipsky?

Oh please say yes!  You see, Dear Readers, Range has shot themselves in the foot. If they sue Steve Lipsky, it opens up discovery for both sides.

Joe Sibley of Camara & Sibley LLP, representing the Lipskys, said the court’s decision was unsurprising, and that he looks forward to discovery in the underlying suit, which alleged a Range fracking operation polluted a private water supply with methane gas.

“All the facts are going to come out, and we think it will show the world, not just what Range did to us, but the impact of fracking on communities all around the United States,” Sibley told Law360. Source

So Shakespearean!

Range’s strategy has been full-on revenge and now they have a big old bullet hole in their foot and the blood loss is tremendous.

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  1. Alberta Neighbor says

    “If they sue Steve Lipsky, it opens up discovery for both sides.”

    Oh Sharon, you said the “D” word!

    If we’ve learned anything in Canada about frac’ing and contamination; it’s that the companies don’t much care for that “D” word:

    “Lawyers representing Jessica Ernst in her landmark lawsuit challenging the regulation and practice of hydraulic fracturing in Canada have accused Encana Corporation of failing to meet its legal obligations on full disclosure of documents.

    … In his letter dated March 27, Klippenstein wrote that the company failed to disclose chemicals used in Encana’s wells; baseline testing data on water wells; and reports on hydraulic fracturing.

    Klippenstein added that documents filed before the court are disorganized, lacking in detail, and improperly titled, with many stripped of important electronic information.

    … ‘Failure to disclose records regarding the Encana Wells that are at the centre of the lawsuit:

    Failure to disclose chemicals used in the Encana wells:

    Failure to disclose records regarding baseline testing of water wells in the Rosebud Area:

    Failure to disclose investigations or records regarding investigations conducted on other water wells located near Rosebud:

    Failure to disclose reports regarding CBM and hydraulic fracturing and risks to public health and the environment:

    Failure to disclose records regarding Encana’s ‘Responsible Products Program’

    Copies of records provided by Encana to ARC and AENV as part of their investigation into potential water well contamination near Rosebud: … Encana has not disclosed most of these records.’

    … ‘Perhaps it is simply extremely low work quality standards… or disdain for an ordinary Albertan who dares to challenge the mighty Encana, or the semi-deliberate placement of an impediment to Ms. Ernst’s attempt to bring the matter before the court,’ Klippenstein wrote.

    … ‘To be frank, Encana’s disclosure was embarrassingly pathetic — it was an incomplete, disorganized, error-laden, repetitive and insulting mess that wastes everyone’s time and money, including the court’s,’ wrote Ernst in a press release.

    By law, Ernst can’t divulge what Encana filed, but she can discuss what she claims the company failed to provide for the courts.”

    http://thetyee.ca/News/2015/04/01/Encana-Deficient-Records/

    Keep on ’em Mr. Lipsky! I don’t think they can run and shred at the same time.