Former Flint mayors object to water crisis settlement, ask to speak at fairness hearing
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Woodrow Stanley, former Flint mayor and state representative, speaks before Rev. Jesse Jackson, a known civil rights leader, as they discuss the ongoing Flint water crisis on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016, at Heavenly Host Full Gospel Baptist Church on Flint s north side.The Flint Journal
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FLINT, MI Nearly five dozen objections to the Flint water crisis settlement have been logged in U.S. District Court this week, including two from former mayors Karen Weaver and Woodrow Stanley.
Stanley’s form-letter objection to the settlement was filed with the court Wednesday, April 21, and part of it says he plans to appear at a July 12 fairness hearing on the $641-million settlement, which has received preliminary approval in federal and state courts.
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LANSING – Lawyers involved in a massive settlement of civil lawsuits arising from the Flint water crisis would receive up to $202.8 million in attorney fees, plus nearly $7.2 million in expenses, under a proposal filed with a federal judge late Monday night.
Overall, attorney fees would consume about 32% of the total settlement of $641.25 million. That percentage is in line with contingency fees in civil lawsuits, but experts interviewed Monday said it is a high percentage for a megafund settlement like the one for Flint.
It will be up to U.S. District Judge Judith Levy, who is handling the case, to decide the attorney fee question.
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MS for Delyn Over the weekend I was pleased to be able to play a part in supporting Team Wales – not just as a spectator as we took on England, with a tense victory leading to us claiming the Triple Crown – but in supporting our environment. Ahead of the Wales v England game, I put on my rugby shirt and spent a few hours enjoying the sunshine, litter-picking on a walk close to home. Sadly in just a short space of time and distance, I managed to fill two bags with rubbish, much of which could’ve been easily recycled or at the very least put in a bin. There were also a number of disposable face coverings which had been discarded in the gutters and hedges. Please, if you can use a reusable face covering. If you do use disposable face coverings, please dispose of them correctly and safely.