Mealey's (December 14, 2016, 1:08 PM EST) -- DETROIT — The Michigan residents who sued the state of Michigan, some of its employees and a group of private companies in relation to the lead-contaminated water crisis in Flint, Mich., on Dec. 13 filed a brief contending that their claim against one company in particular is valid because that company made a recommendation that the city double the ferric chloride in its water, which exacerbated the corrosion in the pipes delivering water to residents’ homes (Myia McMillian, et al. v. Governor Richard D. Snyder, et al., No. 16-10796, E.D. Mich.)....