Family awarded $3MILLION after court finds chemical exposure from fracking on land next to their home left them sick and suffering horror side effects

The Parr family of Decatur, Texas, first complained of falling ill in 2008 - after Aruba Petroleum began fracking operations near to their ranch

Bob and Lisa Parr and their daughter Emma developed nosebleeds, nausea, rashes and asthma 

Some of their livestock were born with deformities after the Parr's land was contaminated

They launched a lawsuit against the energy firm - which went to trial

The jury sided with the Parr family - a first in fracking lawsuits in the US

A Texas family have won a nearly £3 million judgement against an oil giant after claiming that fracking operations near their 40-acre ranch left them suffering severe health side-effects.

In what is believed to be the first successful legal action against a shale operator, Bob and Lisa Parr sued Aruba Petroleum for damages for a raft of illness they and their daughter Emma have suffered from for almost six years.

They convinced a jury that the company's hydraulic fracturing operations had contaminated their water and land in Decatur leaving them suffering nosebleeds, nausea and rashes.

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