September 23, 2025
A Michigan federal judge has again denied a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency request to dismiss Federal Tort Claims Act litigation seeking to hold the government liable for allegedly lax oversight of the water system in Flint, Michigan.
June 26, 2025
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has asked a Michigan federal court for permission to appeal an immunity ruling in the Flint water crisis litigation to the Sixth Circuit, saying a trip to the federal appellate court could bring the case to a more efficient resolution.
January 29, 2025
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is not entitled to a government immunity defense in a lawsuit filed by Flint, Michigan, residents who claim it failed to take proper action during a lead-tainted drinking water crisis, a federal judge has said.
October 16, 2024
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday sought to shake claims from Flint, Michigan, residents alleging the agency did not properly respond to the water crisis, telling a Michigan federal judge it had no part in switching the town's water source or corrosion control efforts.
February 12, 2024
The federal government is urging a Michigan federal judge to dismiss claims from Flint residents challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's response to lead exposure that began in 2014, saying that because the agency's decisions were discretionary and subject to policy review, the government has immunity under an exception to the Federal Tort Claims Act.
November 09, 2022
A Department of Justice attorney told a Michigan federal judge on Wednesday that Flint residents who filed federal tort claims against the government over the city's water crisis are trying to "leapfrog" the discovery process by asking to depose a former leader of the Environmental Protection Agency.
March 04, 2020
A Michigan federal judge has added the claims of hundreds more plaintiffs to a group of Flint, Michigan, residents who are seeking billions of dollars from the federal government, which they say acted negligently during the lead water crisis.
October 01, 2019
A Michigan federal judge refused to let the federal government go to the Sixth Circuit to argue it had immunity from claims brought by thousands of residents of Flint, Michigan, seeking roughly $4.5 billion over allegations that the government acted negligently during the city's lead in the water crisis.
April 19, 2019
Residents of Flint, Michigan, beat back an attempt by the federal government to kill their case in Wolverine State federal court, alleging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency acted negligently during the lead-poisoning crisis that started in 2014 after the city switched drinking water systems.