A state judge will continue presiding over the Flint water contamination case against former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder after pausing proceedings last week to sort out jurisdiction issues.
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Former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has been charged in the Flint water crisis, but his attorneys argued in a motion to dismiss the misdemeanor counts against him that “neglecting a city is not a crime.”
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A federal judge granted preliminary approval Thursday to a massive settlement for Flint residents who were poisoned by contaminated water.
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Attorneys for former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder argued Tuesday for the dismissal of willful neglect charges brought against him over the Flint water crisis, arguing they were filed in the wrong county.
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In a federal complaint, California sports fishermen accuse Pacific Bell of abandoning two sets of communications cables in Lake Tahoe which contain over 3 pounds of lead per foot and are now dissolving in the water.
Read moreCalifornia sued five seafood companies Tuesday on claims they are selling products containing lead and cadmium without a warning label as required by the state’s Proposition 65.
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The Flint City Council voted early Tuesday to approve the city’s $20 million share of a massive $641 million settlement for injury claims stemming from the contaminated water crisis that poisoned citizens in 2014.
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Attorneys urged a federal judge Monday to grant preliminary approval of a massive settlement benefitting Flint residents poisoned by contaminated water, as local government officials wrestle with accepting their part of the deal.
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The city of Flint, ravaged by a contaminated water crisis since 2014, has agreed to join a massive $641 million settlement with residents announced by Michigan officials over the summer.
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Cleaning up the abandoned Exide battery recycling plant in Los Angeles County will cost California taxpayers nearly $400 million dollars in addition to other costs the state has already paid and the regulatory agency in charge is woefully behind schedule, the state auditor found.
Read moreA class of Chicago residents cannot sue the city over its replacement of water mains and water meters which creates an increased risk that lead will be dislodged or leach from the residents’ individual service lines, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled, because they have not suffered any actual harm.
Read moreA Sixth Circuit panel on Friday upheld a federal judge’s denial of immunity to the city of Flint, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, and numerous other local and state officials in a class-action lawsuit brought by residents affected by the Flint water crisis.
Read moreThe New York attorney general sued Chestnut Holdings of New York, manager of 6,000 apartments in 134 buildings in New York City, claiming it did not conduct annual investigations and remediation of apartments containing children under 6, putting them at risk of lead poisoning, in Bronx County Supreme Court.
Read moreNew Jersey sued The Sherwin-Williams Co. in Camden County Court, claiming it dumped lead and arsenic into waterways and soil.
Read moreThe Minnesota Department of Health sued the Water Gremlin Co., of White Bear Township, to prohibit it from processing and handling lead until it helps identify people who suffered high levels of lead in their blood, clean up their residences and institute preventive measures, in Ramsey County Court.
Read moreFor over a decade, the Environmental Protection Agency has mostly failed to enforce a series of health regulations meant to keep people from being exposed to lead-based paint, according to a report issued Monday by an internal watchdog.
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After weeks of reports of Newark’s failure to cope with growing lead contamination in its drinking water, the city announced Monday a $120 million initiative to speed up efforts to replace old lead pipes.
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Paris officials on Tuesday downplayed the risk of lead poisoning from the massive fire that tore through Notre Dame cathedral in April, as tests continue to show worrying levels of the toxic metal at nearby schools.
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The city of Paris has ordered a deep cleaning for schools nearest to Notre Dame, whose lead roof melted away in the cathedral’s devastating fire in April.
Read moreTwo decades of litigation between California municipalities and paint manufacturers culminated in a $305 million settlement Wednesday to help remove the health blight of lead paint from houses across the state.
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