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Flint Michigan Lead-Tainted Water Class Action Allowed to Continue
The US Supreme Court has denied review of a July 2017 Sixth Circuit ruling that revived two federal class action lawsuits seeking redress for plaintiffs alleging injury as a result of the…
Legionnaire's Disease News
Low levels of chlorine to blame for Flint outbreak
The 2014-15 Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Flint, MI, was caused by low chlorine levels in the municipal water system, according to a pair of new studies published recently in the Proceedings of the…
Legionnaire's Disease News
Another case in Flint water crisis
Only a month after a new Legionnaires' disease death was reported in the Flint water crisis, another case of the deadly respiratory illness was announced at a nursing home in…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Funeral Home Horrors Put Spotlight on Spotty Regulations
The rotten stench of decomposition and death hung heavy in the air of a quiet Flint, Michigan neighborhood. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Swanson Funeral Home was the source of the stench.…
Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog
Flint Water Crisis Litigation Flows On
While the headlines from the Flint water crisis have all but subsided, two consolidated putative class actions arising from the crisis gained new life over the summer as a result…
CAFA Law Blog
Local Controversy Exception Cannot Be Read To Create A Jurisdictional Loophole To Defeat Federal Jurisdiction
Davenport v Lockwood Andrews & Newman et al., 2017 WL 1457945 (6th Cir. April 25, 2017). In reversing the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan’s (the…
CAFA Law Blog
Supreme Court denies review of remand order surrounding Flint water treatment plant class
The CAFA Law Blog previously analyzed the Sixth Circuit opinion in Mason, et al., v. Lockwood, Andrews & Newman (Nov. 16, 2016) surrounding the Flint, Michigan water treatment plant. See…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Sixth Circuit Allows Most of Flint Water Suit to Move Forward
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolThe Sixth Circuit ruled on Friday that most of two suits against the State of Michigan, state officers, Flint, and Flint officials for creating…
Napoli Shkolnik Blog
Hunter Shkolnik Given Leadership Role in Flint Litigation
Napoli Shkolnik PLLC is proud to announce that Partner Hunter J. Shkolnik was named Co-Liaison Counsel in the Flint Water Crisis Litigation by United Stated District Judge Judith E. Levy of the United States District…
White Collar Briefly
Five Criminally Charged in Flint Water Crisis
By LeAnn Johnson Koch, Pravin Rao, Perkins Coie
In an unprecedented move on June 14, 2017, Michigan’s Attorney General, Bill Schuette, charged five state officials with involuntary manslaughter, alleging that each had failed to address the city of…