Government Says Interlocutory Appeal Warranted In Flint Water Crisis Lawsuit

Mealey's (October 15, 2020, 1:36 PM EDT) -- ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The U.S. government on Oct. 13 moved in Michigan federal court seeking certification of an interlocutory appeal of that court’s ruling that denied the government’s motion to dismiss a complaint brought by a resident of Flint, Mich., related to the lead-contaminated water crisis in that city.  The government says the interlocutory appeal should be certified because the ruling “involves a controlling question of law as to which there is substantial ground for difference of opinion and [] an immediate appeal from the order may materially advance the ultimate termination of the litigation” (Leeanne Walters v. City of Flint and Aasiyah Meeks v. United States of America, No. 17-10164, [consolidated] E.D. Mich.)....