Flint water crisis

After five months of testimony, the jury is spending two days listening to lawyers summing up their case.

The trial involves damage claims on behalf of four children against two engineering firms hired as consultants on Flint’s water system

Former state health department official Nancy Peeler repeatedly invoked her constitutional right against self-incrimination on the witness stand on Wednesday.

Darnell Earley is just the latest witness in the civil trial to invoke his constitutional right against self-incrimination.

The Michigan Supreme Court ruled the one-man grand jury process that produced indictments against former governor Rick Snyder and eight others was flawed.

Former Governor Rick Snyder spent less than five minutes on the witness stand in a civil trial related to the Flint water crisis.

As in some other counties, Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton’s office has used the one-man grand jury process in violent crime cases. The process has produced dozens of criminal charges.

The decision says the Genesee County Circuit Court improperly allowed the very unusual process of having a one-person grand jury indict the former officials without a preliminary hearing.

Thursday is the deadline to file a claim for part of the $626 million settlement.

U of M researchers found math achievement for school-age children in Flint decreased and the proportion of children with special needs increased as a result of the Michigan city’s water crisis during 2014-16.