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There Are Objections To The Proposed Flint Water Crisis Settlement

Copyright 2021 Michigan Radio. To see more, visit Michigan Radio. NOEL KING, HOST: A federal judge in Michigan will decide whether to approve a large settlement of civil lawsuits related to the Flint water crisis. Some residents of Flint say the deal is just inadequate. Here s Steve Carmody from Michigan Radio. STEVE CARMODY, BYLINE: It s been more than seven years since Flint, Mich. s drinking water became contaminated with lead after the city s tap water source was switched to save money. The contamination changed tens of thousands of lives. Jesse Carpenter was a Flint police officer for 18 years until he started experiencing significant weight loss. He was eventually hospitalized. And his wife, Kimberly, says doctors tied his illness to Flint s tainted tap water.

Lawyer caught napping during Zoom hearing in Flint water case

View Comments An attorney who has repeatedly criticized a federal judge for her handling of the Flint drinking water civil cases got some payback Tuesday when he was caught sleeping during an online court hearing. U.S. District Judge Judith Levy called out Mark Cuker of Philadelphia after he dozed off during a fairness hearing on the proposed $641.25 million partial settlement of the case. Cuker has clashed repeatedly with Levy over off-the-record conferences she has held with other attorneys in the case. Cuker was among three attorneys who went to the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, asking it to order Levy to stop conducting such conferences. The appeals court declined to intervene.

Lawyer caught sleeping during Zoom hearing in Flint water case

View Comments DETROIT An attorney who has repeatedly criticized a federal judge for her handling of the Flint drinking water civil cases got some payback Tuesday when he was caught sleeping during an online court hearing. U.S. District Judge Judith Levy called out Mark Cuker of Philadelphia after he dozed off during a fairness hearing on the proposed $641.25 million partial settlement of the case. Cuker has clashed repeatedly with Levy over off-the-record conferences she has held with other attorneys in the case. Cuker was among three attorneys who went to the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, asking it to order Levy to stop conducting such conferences. The appeals court declined to intervene.

Battle over bone scans dominates Day One of Flint fairness hearing

View Comments A Flint pediatrician and former hospital CEO blasted the use of industrial scanners  not designed for use on human beings   to document Flint residents exposure to lead-contaminated drinking water, as a federal judge began a multi-day hearing Monday on whether a proposed $641.25 million partial settlement is a fair one. It s just mind-boggling, Dr. Lawrence Reynolds, the former president and CEO of Mott Children s Health Center in Flint, told U.S. District Judge Judith Levy. This is completely irresponsible and unethical. Bone scans have emerged as an important way for Flint residents to show they qualify for higher settlement amounts. Another way is a blood lead test, but only if it was performed soon after the lead exposure happened, beginning in April 2014. Another possible way to show damage is cognitive testing. Controversy surrounds the use of portable bone scanners designed for use in the mining and recycling industries but modified for use on huma

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