Michigan to pay $600 million to Flint Water Crisis ... | 合法醫療器材資訊網

2020年8月21日—Michiganstateofficialshaveagreedtopay$600milliontotheresidentsofFlint,Michigantoresolvelegalclaimsagainstthestateforcausing ...

Michigan state officials have agreed to pay $600 million to the residents of Flint, Michigan to resolve legal claims against the state for causing the contamination of Flint’s water supply with lead and other harmful substances. The water crisis, which garnered international attention, killed at least a dozen people and exposed thousands of children to toxic levels of lead.

Motley Rice environmental attorneys Esther Berezofsky[1], Michael Quirk[2] and Sarah Hansel represent Flint families in the litigation. Berezofsky serves as one of the Interim Class Counsel on the Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee in the federal class action suit, filed in 2016 in the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division.

“While nothing can undo the long term harm caused by the egregious conduct which caused the exposure of Flint’s children to lead contaminated water, this settlement is a fi...