Mar 10, 2021
DETROIT (AP) Lawyers who negotiated a $641 million settlement for victims of Flint’s lead-contaminated water are asking a judge to carve out as much as $209 million for fees and expenses for years of work on the case.
If granted, the request would take nearly one-third of the overall deal made by dozens of attorneys who sued the state of Michigan, Flint, a hospital and an engineering firm, according to a court filing Monday.
“Working together, plaintiffs’ counsel have achieved a landmark $641.25 million partial settlement in these cases that the court has rightly called ‘complex’ and ‘intensely litigated.’ … Plaintiffs’ counsel have worked on a contingent basis for more than five years now, without compensation of any kind, to achieve this remarkable result,” the lawyers said.
Lawyers seeking 32% of $641M Flint tainted water settlement
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January 21, 2021
On Thursday, Judge Judith E. Levy of the Michigan Eastern District Court granted preliminary approval to the settlement in the Flint Water Crisis lawsuit. The plaintiffs, including “thousands of children, property owners, and business owners,” sought relief after an April 2014 change in water source and lines caused water in Flint, Michigan to be contaminated with lead, causing health problems particularly in young children.
The $600 million settlement was announced in August after over a year and a half of negotiations. Almost 80 percent of the funds will be given towards minor children plaintiffs, 18 percent is earmarked for plaintiffs who alleged property damage, less than one percent will be given to businesses, and the remaining will go towards programs for relief.