Flint water crisis

Circuit Court Judge Elizabeth Kelly cited a recent Michigan Supreme Court ruling that the one-man grand jury used to issue indictments was unconstitutional.

Under a 2017 legal settlement, the city agreed to completely replace all lead and galvanized service lines. The city received several extensions to get the work done. But as of Friday’s the deadline, city officials estimate only about 95% have been replaced.

The study found about one in four Flint residents were suffering from post traumatic stress disorder and one in five from depression five years after the water crisis.

More than 10,000 lead service lines have been replaced since 2016.

Debra Shore is the EPA's administrator for Region Five, which covers Michigan. She toured part of Flint’s water plant Tuesday.

The case involved damage claims on behalf of four children exposed to Flint’s lead tainted drinking water. The lawsuit their families brought targeted two engineering firms hired as consultants on Flint’s water system.

In a report to the federal judge overseeing the settlement, the claims administrator said about 72% of the claims are for personal injury. The rest assert a property damage or business-related claim.

The lawsuit is on behalf of four Flint children exposed to the city’s lead tainted drinking water. The jury is resuming deliberations after a 12 day break.

Despite the lead testing data, an EGLE spokesperson says the city’s drinking water quality is improving.

Jurors have spent five months listening to testimony in the lawsuit seeking damages on behalf of four Flint children.