Judge:  Depositions Of 3 Flint Employees Will Proceed; Record Temporarily Sealed

Mealey's (November 18, 2019, 8:21 AM EST) -- DETROIT — A federal judge in Michigan on Nov. 7 partially granted and partially denied a motion for a protective order sought by three former employees of the city of Flint in the litigation pertaining to the city’s lead-contaminated water crisis, ruling that discovery in the case will proceed and the defendants may not assert their Fifth Amendment rights in advance.  The judge granted the defendants’ request to limit attendance at the deposition and to temporarily seal the defendants’ written discovery and depositions (In re Flint Water Cases, No. 16-10444, E.D. Mich.)....