Judge rejects request to toss lawsuit over earthquake damage

BY RACHEL GOODWIN:

CHANDLER, Okla. - An Oklahoma judge has refused a request from two energy companies to throw out a lawsuit by a woman who claims she was injured in an earthquake.

Prague resident Sandra Ladra blames the injection of wastewater and said the 2011 5.6-magnitude earthquake, the largest in state history, caused her injury.

Lincoln County District Judge Cynthia Ferrell Ashwood overruled the motions to dismiss that were filed by Oklahoma-based Spess Oil Co. and New Dominion LLC Friday.

The companies wanted the lawsuit dismissed because they said Ladra waited too long to file the lawsuit.

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