Class Sues Detroit To Stop Water Shutoffs During Coronavirus Pandemic

(July 15, 2020, 12:42 PM EDT) -- DETROIT — Frequent handwashing and cleaning is essential during the novel coronavirus pandemic yet the city of Detroit has in the past turned off residents’ water without first determining whether they are facing financial hardship and is expected to do so again in the future, residents and a nonprofit organization allege in a class complaint filed July 9 in a federal court (Jacqueline Taylor, et al. v. Detroit, et al., No. 20-11860, E.D. Mich.)....