A Winfield Township couple is suing an affiliated group of natural gas and pipeline construction companies claiming they built a pipeline on their property without their permission in 2020.

Joseph and Michelle Zandarski, of Cabot, filed the original suit against the companies in January 2022 and filed an amended suit in November 2022 in Common Pleas Court in Allegheny County.

In their amended complaint, the Zandarskis said they built a home for themselves and their two children on 36.7 acres of property they own on Clearfield Road in 2012.

Penn Energy and Pine Run Midstream began building oil and gas drilling well pads in 2017 on property close to the Zandarskis’, and in 2019 staked areas of the Zandarskis’ property for construction of a pipeline, according to the suit.

The Zandarskis notified Penn Energy that the work it was preparing to do appeared to encroach and trespass on their property, according to the suit.

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