Plaintiffs: ‘Wrong Standard’ Applied On Civil Rights Claim In Flint Water Case

(April 16, 2019, 2:06 PM EDT) -- ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The plaintiffs in the city of Flint, Mich., lead-contaminated water litigation on April 15 moved in Michigan federal court for reconsideration of the district court’s ruling in which, despite granting their motion to add claims for violation of bodily integrity, the judge “applied the wrong liability standard” under the Elliott Larsen Civil Rights Act (ELCRA) (In re Flint Water Cases [Luke Waid, et al. v. Richard D. Snyder, et al.], No. 16-10444, E.D. Mich.)....

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