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5:16-cv-10444

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Court:

Michigan Eastern

Nature of Suit:

Civil Rights: Other

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Judith E. Levy

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  1. July 13, 2023

    Mich. Blasts $5M Fee Ask In Flint Water Case As 'Overreach'

    The state of Michigan is urging the judge presiding over Flint water crisis litigation to deny residents' request for $5 million in settlement funds to be set aside for the future litigation expenses, with the state saying the settlement "was never intended to be a litigation fund for plaintiffs' counsel."

  2. July 07, 2023

    Engineering Co. Reaches Tentative Deal On Flint Water Claims

    An engineering firm that assisted Flint, Michigan, in its catastrophic attempt to change its drinking water supply has reached a confidential settlement in principle with a class of city residents and individual plaintiffs to resolve all federal and state negligence claims.

  3. July 05, 2023

    Flint Class Says Engineers Owed Duty To Them, Not Just City

    A class of Flint, Michigan, residents says engineering firms the city consulted to evaluate water quality and treatment should not be able to get out of professional negligence claims, arguing that the firms' relationship with the city extended to its residents and created a duty to warn them that the water was unsafe. 

  4. April 19, 2023

    Expert Challenges Aren't 'Helpful,' Flint Judge Tells VNA Attys

    A Michigan federal judge on Wednesday cautioned attorneys for Veolia North America against challenging every expert a class of Flint residents intends to call in its upcoming trial about the city's water crisis, urging the engineering company's counsel not to repeat tactics that she said took up too much time last year. 

  5. March 21, 2023

    $626M Flint Deal Gets Final OK From Michigan State Judge

    A Michigan state judge has signed off on the historic $626 million settlement between Flint residents and government officials, marking the latest step in resolving sprawling litigation over lead contamination in the city's drinking water.

  6. March 08, 2023

    Mich. Judge Says Flint Expert Didn't Ruin Water Pipe Evidence

    A Michigan federal judge on Wednesday declined to sanction attorneys and an expert for a class of Flint residents for allegedly spoiling evidence from pipes connected to the Flint water crisis, ruling the pipes were not destroyed by the expert's examination.

  7. March 01, 2023

    Michigan Cases To Watch In 2023

    The Michigan Supreme Court this year could determine the fate of voter-approved minimum wage and paid sick leave laws, affecting every single employer in the state, along with the future of slip-and-fall litigation in one of the snowiest parts of the country.

  8. December 13, 2022

    Veolia Doc Delay Is 'Insult To The Court,' Flint Residents Say

    Engineering company Veolia North America has failed to produce documents about an alleged digital ad campaign targeting potential jurors in the bellwether Flint water crisis trial, Flint resident plaintiffs have claimed, calling Veolia's evasiveness "an insult to the court."

  9. October 27, 2022

    Sanctions Bid In Flint Water Suit Denied As 'Nonsensical'

    A Michigan federal judge has declined to sanction an attorney representing children at trial over the Flint, Michigan, water crisis, saying Veolia North America's claim that the attorney violated professional conduct rules when he made certain statements to the media was "creative but nonsensical."

  10. October 26, 2022

    Veolia Exec To Be Deposed Over Alleged Flint Juror Targeting

    A Veolia North America LLC communications executive must be deposed in the wake of allegations that the company geotargeted the jury pool for last summer's Flint water bellwether trial with ads for its VeoliaFlintFacts website, a judge ordered Wednesday.

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