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Ohio County Civil Action No. 14-C-3000

This page collects orders related to Marcellus Shale Litigation pending before the Mass Litigation Panel. Two types of orders are listed. Administrative Orders are those entered by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals. Panel Orders are those entered by a circuit judge sitting as a member of the Mass Litigation Panel. For each order, a description of the subject matter is provided as a reference, along with the date it was signed. This list is provided as a reference guide only and is not intended to be a substitute for the content of the orders themselves. Orders are listed in reverse chronological order.

• Order Reconvening Mediation on December 10, 2021, By Video Conference, entered November 8, 2021.
• Order Regarding Defendant Williams Ohio Valley Midstream, LLC’s Motion to Enforce Protective Order, entered November 4, 2021.
• Order Requiring Middlebourne Trial Group Mediation to be Conducted by Video Conference, entered October 22, 2021.
• Order Setting Agenda for Hearing on November 12, 2021, all Well Pad Cases except Middlebourne Trial Group, entered October 13, 2021.
• Order Continuing Hearing Regarding Petition for Approval of Minor Plaintiff Settlements to November 12, 2021, Well Pad Cases, entered August 16, 2021.
• Dismissal Order, Midstream Cases, Oak Grove Trial Group, entered August 10, 2021.
• Order Scheduling Hearing Regarding Petition for Approval of Minor Plaintiff Settlements on 9-10-2021 in Harrison County, entered August 3, 2021.
• Order Scheduling Early Mediation, Well Pad Cases, Middlebourne Trial Group, entered July 27, 2021.
• Order Staying Deadlines in Well Pad Cases, Except Middlebourne Trial Group, entered July 26, 2021.
• Order Regarding Defendant Williams Ohio Valley Midstream, LLC's Motion For Protective Order, entered July 21, 2021.
• Administrative Order Regarding Juror Excusals, Oak Grove Trial Group, entered July 16, 2021.
• Final Order Granting Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment, Well Pad Cases, Halls Run Road Trial Group, entered July 7, 2021.
• Order Granting Joint Motion to Extend Expert Witness Reports Deadlines, Well Pad Cases, New Milton/Erwin Trial Group, entered July 6, 2021.
• Order Granting Joint Motion to Extend Defendants' Expert Witness Reports Deadline, Well Pad Cases, Canton North Trial Group, entered July 6, 2021.
• Order Amending Case Management Order, Well Pad Cases, Lost Creek Trial Group, entered June 29, 2021.
• Order Approving Juror Questionnaire, Midstream Cases, Oak Grove Trial Group, entered June 29, 2021.
• Order Regarding Discovery Motions, Midstream Cases, Oak Grove Trial Group, entered June 4, 2021.
• Order Changing Location of Hearing and Requiring Filing of Settlement Authorization, Confidential Settlement Agreement and Release of All Claims and Memorandum of Understanding, Well Pad Cases, entered May 26, 2021.
• Order Changing Location of Hearing of Dispositive Motions, Motions in Limine, and Pretrial Conference, Well Pad Cases, Halls Run Road Trial Group, entered May 26, 2021.
• Order Changing Location of the Hearing Regarding Plaintiffs' Counsel's Motions to Withdraw as Counsel for Plaintiffs, Well Pad Cases, entered May 26, 2021.
• Notice of Hearing Regarding Plaintiffs' Counsel's Motions to Withdraw as Counsel for Plaintiffs, Well Pad Cases, entered May 20, 2021.
• Notice of Location of Hearing of Dispositive Motions, Motions in Limine, Pretrial Conference, Well Pad Cases, Halls Run Road Trial Group, entered May 20, 2021.
• Order Denying Defendants' Motion to Preclude Plaintiffs from Presenting Fact Witness Testimony, Well Pad Cases, Halls Run Road, Lost Creek, Canton North, New Milton/Erwin, Central Station, and Miletus Trial Groups, entered May 13, 2021.
• Order Granting Plaintiffs' Motion to Extend Deadline for Plaintiffs' Expert Report, Well Pad Cases, Canton North Trial Group, entered April 28, 2021.
• Order Granting Defendants’ Motion to Extend Defendants’ Expert Witness Reports Deadline for Water and Soil Quality, Well Pad Cases, Lost Creek Trial Group, entered April 26, 2021.
• Order Governing Mediation and Mediation Statements, Lost Creek Trial Group, entered April 5, 2021.
• Order Governing Mediation and Mediation Statements entered, filed and served on all counsel of record today, Halls Run Road Trial Group, entered March 12, 2021.
• Order Regarding Antero Resources Corporation's Motion to Deem Admitted Antero's Request for Admission, Well Pad Cases, Lost Creek Trial Group, entered March 11, 2021.
• Order Granting Defendants' Motion to Compel Plaintiffs to Comply with Defendants Notice of Rule 34 Property Inspections, Well Pad Cases, Lost Creek Trial Group, entered March 11, 2021.
• Order Granting Defendants’ Motion To Extend Defendants’ Expert Witness Reports Deadline For Air Quality, Well Pad Cases, Halls Run Road Trial Group, entered February 26, 2021.
• Order Denying Plaintiffs’ Motion for Voluntary Dismissal Without Prejudice and Motion for Protective Order, Lost Creek Trial Group, Well Pad Cases, Lost Creek Trial Group, entered February 18, 2021.
• Order Governing Mediation and Mediation Statements, scheduling April 22-23, 2021, mediation of the Oak Grove Trial Group, Midstream Cases, entered February 5, 2021.
• Case Management Order, Middlebourne Trial Group, Marcellus Shale Litigation, entered January 29, 2021.
• So Ordered, Stipulation Completion Reports, Halls Run Trial Group, entered January 21, 2021.
• Order Denying Plaintiffs' Motion in Opposition to Defendants' Joint Notice of Expert Property Inspections, Hall Run Road Trial Group, entered January 20, 2021.
• Order Granting Joint Motion to Withdraw Plaintiffs' Motion in Opposition to Defendants' Joint Notice of Expert Property Inspections, Halls Run Road Trial Group, entered January 20, 2021.
• Order Regarding Motion to Refer Claims to Existing Mass Litigation to Compel Responses to Fact Sheets and for Costs, entered January 14, 2021.
• Order Regarding Defendant Williams Ohio Valley Midstream, LLC's Motion to Dismiss Claims of Andy T. Blakemore, David E. Blakemore, Donna Blakemore, and Minne Henry for Failure to Serve Plaintiff Fact Sheet, entered January 13, 2021.
• Notice of Status Conference and Order Correcting Parties' Agreed Amended Case Management Order, Oak Grove, entered December 8, 2020.
• Order Approving Juror Questionnaire, Fort Beeler Trial Group, entered November 20, 2020.
• Order Granting Motion to Join in Existing Mass Litigation, 5 Tyler County Civil Actions, Well Pad Cases, entered November 20, 2020.
• Second Amended Case Management Order, Fort Beeler Trial Group, entered October 30, 2020.
• Agreed Dismissal Order Lumberport Booster Station Trial Group, entered October 26, 2020.
• Order Granting Defendants' Motion to Exclude Plaintiffs' Expert Witnesses, Fort Beeler Trial Group, entered October 6, 2020.
• Order Governing Mediation and Mediation Statements, Fort Beeler Trial Group, entered August 27, 2020.
• Order Regarding Plaintiff's Request to Call Williams Ohio Valley Midstream, LLC's Expert Witness in Their Case-In Chief, Connor-Berger Trial Group, entered August 25, 2020.
• Order From Pretrial Conference, Connor-Berger Trial Group, entered August 24, 2020.
• Order Granting Antero Resources Corporation's Motion for Partial Summary Judgement, entered June 16, 2020.
• Order Changing Date and Location of Mediation, North Canton Compression Station Trial Group, Midstream Cases, entered June 12, 2020.
• Order Reconvening Mediation on July 24, 2020, Well Pad Cases, entered June 12, 2020.
• Case Management Order, Halls Run Road Trial Group, entered June 10, 2020.
• Case Management Order, Lost Creek Trial Group, entered June 10, 2020.
• Case Management Order, Canton North Trial Group, entered June 10, 2020.
• Case Management Order, New Milton/Erwin Trial Group, entered June 10, 2020.
• Case Management Order, Central Station Trial Group, entered June 10, 2020.
• Case Management Order, Miletus Trial Group, entered June 10, 2020.
• Parties' Agreed Second Amended Case Management Order, Lumberport Booster Station Trial Group, entered June 1, 2020.
• Parties' Agreed Third Amended Case Management Order, Corley Trial Group, entered May 26, 2020.
• Parties' Agreed Second Amended Case Management Order, Connor-Berger Trial Group, entered May 26, 2020.
• Parties' Agreed Amended Case Management Order, Fort Beeler Trial Group, entered May 26, 2020.
• Parties' Agreed Amended Case Management Order, Oak Grove Trial Group, entered May 26, 2020.
• Order Governing Mediation and Mediation Statements, Midstream Cases, , entered May 21, 2020.
• Case Management Order, Oak Grove Trial Group, entered May 6, 2020.
• Case Management Order, Fort Beeler Trial Group, entered May 6, 2020.
• Second Amended Case Management Order, Corley Trial Group, entered January 29, 2020.
• Amended Case Management Order, Connor-Berger Trial Group, entered January 29, 2020,
• Amended Case Management Order, North Canton Compressor Station Trial Group, entered January 29, 2020.
• Amended Case Management Order, Lumberport Booster Station Trial Group, entered January 29, 2020.
• Amendment to Case Management Order, Corley Trial Group, entered January 29, 2020.
• Case Management Order, Connor-Berger Trial Group, entered January 28, 2020.
• Case Management Order, North Canton Compressor Station Trial Group, entered January 28, 2020,
• Case Management Order, Lumberport Booster Station Trial Group, Marcellus Shale Litigation entered January 28, 2020.
• Order Changing Location of January 16-17, 2020 Mediation, Well Pad Cases, entered December 18, 2019.
• Fifth Order Assigning Judges, Well Pad Cases and Midstream Cases, entered December 2, 2019.
• Order Memorializing Rulings Issued During Status and Scheduling Conference, Midstream Cases, on January 16-17, 2020, Well Pad Cases, entered November 13, 2019.
• Order Reconvening Mediation on Well Pad Cases, entered November 13, 2019.
• Order Memorializing Rulings Issued During October 4, 2019 Pretrial Conference, Pine Cone Trial Group, entered November 7, 2019.
• Order Granting Plaintiffs' Motion for Leave to File Amended Complaints, Oxford Road Trial Group, entered November 5, 2019.
• Order Requiring List of All Remaining Trial Groups,– Well Pad Cases, entered November 4, 2019.
• Order Granting Joint Motion to Join in Existing Mass Litigation, Midstream Cases, entered October 22, 2019.
• Notice of Status and Scheduling Conference on November 8, 2019, Midstream Cases, entered October 16, 2019.
• Order Scheduling Settlement Conference, Pine Cone Trial Group, entered October 7, 2019.
• Admin Order Regarding Juror Excusals, Pine Cone Trial Group, entered September 30, 2019.
• Order Approving Special Juror Questionnaire, Pine Cone Trial Group, entered September 27, 2019.
• Amendment to Case Management Order for the Pine ConeTrial Group , entered August 28, 2019.
• Notice of Pretrial Location, Pine Cone Trial Group, entered August 9, 2019.
• Fourth Order Assigning Judges, entered June 25, 2019.
• Mediation Order, Pine Cone Trial Group, entered June 24, 2019.
• Third Order Assigning Judges, entered June 5, 2019.
• Order Granting Motion For Extension of Defendant's Expert Witness Disclosure Deadline, Pine Cone Trial Group, entered May 17, 2019.
• Amended Agreed Dismissal Order, The Burch Ridge Trial Group, entered April 3, 2019.
• Joint Stipulation and Agreement Regarding Expert Witness Disclosures, Pine Cone Trial Group, entered March 4, 2019.
• Joint Stipulation and Agreement Regarding Expert Witness Disclosures, Pine Cone Trial Group, entered January 7, 2019.
• Case Management Order for the Pine Cone Trial Group, entered October 30, 2018.
• Order Granting Joint Motion to Continue and Modify Scheduling Order, Birch Ridge Trial Group, entered May 24, 2018.
• Order Granting Motion to Join in Existing Mass Litigation, Birch Ridge Trial Group, entered May 23, 2018.
• Order Regarding Motion to Continue and Modify Scheduling Order, Birch Ridge Trial Group, entered May 1, 2018.
• Order Regarding Mediation and Mediation Statements, Birch Ridge Trial Group, entered April 24, 2018.
• Dismissal Order, Mark and Carolyn Tennant, Burch Ridge Trial Group, entered March 20, 2018.
• Order Granting Motion to Join in Existing Mass Litigation, Lumberport Booster Station Trial Group, entered March 7, 2018.
• Order Granting Plaintiffs' Motion to Substitute Expert Witnesses and Modify Scheduling Order, Burch Ridge Trial Group, entered February 6, 2018.
• Second Amended Case Mamagement Order for the Burch Ridge Trial Group, entered November 1, 2017.
• Order Granting Motion to Join in Existing Mass Litigation, entered October 3, 2017.
• First Amended Case Management Order for the Burch Ridge Trial Group, entered August 24, 2017.
• Case Management Order for the Birch Ridge Trial Group, entered August 22, 2017.
• Amendment to Electronic Filing and Service Case Management Order, entered July 11, 2017.
• Amendment to E-Filing and Service Case Management Order to Add Midstream Cases, Master Case Number 14-C-3001 , entered March 22, 2017.
• Order Approving Plaintiff Fact Sheet, Midstream Cases, entered March 21, 2017.
• Order Granting Joint Motion for Extension of Time for Submission of Maps, Midstream Cases, entered March 13, 2017.
• Order Regarding Proposed Plaintiff Fact Sheet and Topographical Map of Facility and Plaintiff Locations, Midstream Cases, entered February 9, 2017.
• Agreed Order to Join in Existing Mass Litigation, Midstream Cases, entered February 7, 2017.
• Order Regarding Plaintiffs’ Motion to Amend or Alter Final Order Granting Defendants’ Motions for Summary Judgment, or in the Alternative, to Reargue Defendants’ Motions for Summary Judgment, entered January 11, 2017.
• Notice of Status Conference, Midstream Cases, entered October 27, 2016.
• Second Order Assigning Judges, entered October 26, 2016.
• Final Order Granting Defendants' Motions for Summary Judgment, Cherry Camp Trial Group, entered October 11, 2016.
• Order Regarding Deadlines for Cherry Camp Trial Group, Oxford Road Trial Group and Halls Run Road Trial Group, entered July 11, 2016.
• Order Reconvening Mediation October 6-7, 2016, Well Pad Cases, entered July 11, 2016.
• Order Regarding April 18, 2016 Dispositive Motions Orders, entered April 20, 2016.
• Order Regarding Dispositive Motions , entered April 18, 2016.
• Fourth Order Amending Case Management Order for Harrison County Cherry Camp Trial Group, entered April 11, 2016.
• Order Regarding Joint Proposed Case Management Orders for Oxford Road and Halls Run Road Trial Groups, entered March 23, 2016.
• Order Regarding Updated Mediation Statements for April 7-8, 2016 Mediation, entered March 22, 2016.
• Third Order Amending Case Management Order for Harrison County Cherry Camp Trial Group, entered March 9, 2016.
• Order Reconvening Mediation, April 7-8, 2016, Harrison County, Cherry Camp Trial Group, entered February 29, 2016.
• Order Denying Defendants' Motion to Strike, Harrison County Cherry Camp Trial Group, entered February 19, 2016.
• Order Granting Motion to Join in Existing Mass Litigation, Midstream Cases, entered January 29, 2016.
• Order Designating Oxford Road and Halls Run Road Trial Groups, entered January 11, 2016.
• Second Order Amending Case Management Office for Harrison County Cherry Camp Trial Group, entered January 6, 2016.
• Order Granting Motions to Join in Existing Mass Litigation, Well Pad Cases, entered January 4, 2016.
• Order Affirming the Discovery Commissioner's Recommendation Regarding Plaintiffs' Motion to Compel Discovery and Rule 37(a)(4)(A) Sanctions, entered November 23, 2015.
• Order Granting Motions to Join in Existing Mass Litigation, Well Pad Cases, entered November 5, 2015.
• Order Appointing Discovery Commissioner, entered October 7, 2015.
• Order Granting Motions to Join in Existing Mass Litigation, Well Pad Cases, entered August 18, 2015.
• Order of Voluntary Dismissal of Defendant Noble Energy, Inc., With Prejudice, entered July 23, 2015.
• Amendment to Electronic Filing and Service Case Management Order, entered July 23, 2015.
• Order Memorializing Rulings During June 26, 2015 Status Conference, entered July 9, 2015.
• Amendment to Order Denying Motion for Protective Order, entered June 12, 2015.
• Order Denying Motion for Protective Order, entered June 11, 2015.
• Order Granting Motion to Join Existing Mass Litigation and Scheduling Status Conference, All Cases, entered June 9, 2015.
• Amended Order Governing Mediation and Mediation Statements, entered April 22, 2015.
• Order Governing Mediation and Mediation Statements Harrison County Cherry Camp Trial Group, entered April 21, 2015.
• Order Granting Joint Motion to Join in Existing Mass Litigation, entered March 24, 2015.
• Order Regarding E-Filing and Service Deadlines for Responses to Motions and Replies to Responses, entered March 13, 2015.
• Case Management Order for Harrison County Cherry Camp Trial Group, entered January 16, 2015.
• Order Memorializing Rulings Issued During December 22, 2014 Status Conference, entered January 13, 2015.
• Protective Order, entered January 12, 2015.
• Electronic Filing and Service Case Management Order, entered December 17, 2014.
• Order Consolidating, Transferring and Designating the Marcellus Shale Litigation for Electronic Filing and Service, entered November 25, 2014.
• Order Assigning Judges and Scheduling Status Conference, entered November 14, 2014.
• Administrative Order Referring Marcellus Shale Cases to the Mass Litigation Panel, entered November 12, 2014.
• Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Recommendation of the Mass Litigation Panel, entered November 7, 2014.
• Notice of Hearing on Motions to Refer to the Mass Litigation Panel, entered July 31, 2014.
• Administrative Order Referring Motion to Refer Marcellus Shale Cases to the Mass Litigation Panel ordering the Mass Litigation Panel or a designated member to conduct a hearing and submit findings of fact nd a recommendation to the Chief Justice regarding whether cases should be referred to the Mass Litigation Panel, entered July 30, 2014.