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Special master Deborah Greenspan Deborah said processing all the paperwork submitted by last June has taken much longer than expected.

The ruling came in a case where four children were suing two engineering firms for their role in Flint’s water system

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.

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

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

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

Flint residents will now have until June 30 to file a claim for a share of a $626 million legal settlement tied to the Flint water crisis. The original deadline to file a claim had been this Thursday.

To date, only about 13,000 official claims have been filed for part of the $626 million settlement. The deadline to submit a claim in May 12.