Court rules that Flint water class-action lawsuits can move forward
Class-action Flint water contamination lawsuits can move forward after a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court gave the go-ahead for the suit by filed Flit residents pursuing civil rights claims against local and state officials for contaminating the city’s water supply.
According to a March 19, 2018, Reuters’ article, “the justices left in place a July 2017 ruling by the Cincinnati, Ohio-based 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that revived the litigation after the lawsuits were thrown out by a lower court.”
Read more about the lawsuit here.
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