"Two more lawsuits were filed today against three oil companies drilling in the Barnett Shale, accusing them of contaminating the landowners’ water.

The damage suits filed by Windle Turley of the Turley Law Firm in Dallas, were brought in the Federal District Court in Dallas. In each case, Mitchell Vs. Encana Oil & Gas Inc., Chesapeake Operating Inc, and Chesapeake Exploration LLC; and Harris Vs. Devon Energy Production Company L.P., the Plaintiffs contend their ground water has been poisoned and its use destroyed by the Defendants’ drilling and high pressure fracking operations conducted beneath and near their property.

The lawsuits join another case already pending in the Dallas Federal District Court, Scoma Vs. Chesapeake, which arose out of drilling in Johnson County. ...  "

http://dallasdrilling.wordpress.com/2010/12/15/dallas-law-firm-brin...

Yes, I know the Barnett Shale is in Texas.  But these are federal court cases so it will be interesting to see how it plays out.