Federal Court in Pennsylvania Denies the Defendants' Request for a "Lone Pine!''' Order in Hydraulic Fracturing-Related Case On October 15,2012, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania denied the defendants' request for a "Lone Pine" order to require the plaintiffs in this hydraulic fracturing-related litigation to make a prima facie evidentiary showing of exposure, injury, and causation to support their claims before moving into the discovery phase of the litigation. The court determined that a Lone Pine order was not well-suited for this discrete litigation, which involves fewer parties and less complex issues than those cases where a Lone Pine order is typically utilized.
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