(February 18, 2016, 2:26 PM EST) -- DETROIT — A resident of Flint, Mich., on Feb. 16 filed a putative class action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against the State of Michigan, its governor and various officials in the governor’s administration, contending that the state is liable for the lead contamination of the city’s drinking water because the state “completely overtook and replaced” Flint’s city government prior to the water crisis (Angela McIntosh v. State of Michigan, et al., No. 16-10571, E.D. Mich.)....