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  1. November 05, 2024

    Mich. Judge Won't Delay Benton Harbor Lead Pollution Suit

    A federal magistrate judge in Michigan rejected a request to push back a scheduling conference in litigation over lead contamination in a Michigan city's drinking water, ordering the parties on Monday to press forward with resolving the significantly narrowed case.

  2. November 15, 2023

    Judge Halts Lead Water Suit For Mich. City's Immunity Appeal

    A federal judge on Wednesday paused a proposed class action over lead contamination in the water supply of Benton Harbor, Michigan, to allow city officials to make their case for qualified immunity to the Sixth Circuit.

  3. September 28, 2023

    Mich. Officials Off Hook For Benton Harbor Lead Response

    A Michigan federal judge on Thursday tossed two lawsuits accusing state and local officials of botching the response to lead contamination in Benton Harbor, Michigan's water and freed state officials from a third proposed class action.

  4. June 01, 2023

    Judge Favors Axing Mich. Residents' Suits Over Lead In Water

    A federal magistrate judge on Thursday recommended the dismissal of lawsuits over lead contamination in the water supply of Benton Harbor, Michigan, finding residents' allegations that the official response was botched didn't rise to the level of constitutional violations.

  5. May 08, 2023

    Judge To Atty In Lead Case: 'You're In Over Your Head'

    After wrestling Monday to decipher the "hodgepodge" of a complaint in a putative class action filed by Benton Harbor, Michigan, residents exposed to lead in the city's water system, a federal magistrate judge suggested the attorney for the plaintiffs might be out of his depth.

  6. March 01, 2023

    Residents Cite Genocide Convention To Keep Lead Suit Alive

    Benton Harbor, Michigan, residents fighting a proposed class action over lead contamination in water pipes said top federal environmental officials can't get immunity from responsibility for the crisis, invoking the U.S. Constitution and international genocide conventions in a bid to prevent a federal court from dismissing their claims.

  7. January 26, 2023

    Residents Want Mich. Officials Kept In Lead Pipe Suit

    Michigan residents suing city, state and federal officials and engineering companies that allegedly contributed to a lead-contaminated drinking water problem asked a federal judge on Wednesday to reject the defendants' efforts to escape the cases.

  8. December 16, 2022

    Mich. Officials Want Out Of Lead Suits: This Is 'Not Flint'

    Michigan state officials named in class actions over Benton Harbor's troubled drinking water system sought on Friday to distinguish the city's lead problems from the Flint water crisis, saying "differences matter" in their bid to leave the suits.