JAN BURGESS, and all 2,959 individuals identified in the Burgess FTCA Administrative Complaint v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

  1. October 16, 2024

    Feds Say EPA Not Responsible For Flint Water Crisis

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday sought to shake claims from Flint, Michigan, residents alleging the agency did not properly respond to the water crisis, telling a Michigan federal judge it had no part in switching the town's water source or corrosion control efforts.

  2. February 12, 2024

    Feds Argue Immunity Again, Post-Discovery, In Flint Lead Case

    The federal government is urging a Michigan federal judge to dismiss claims from Flint residents challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's response to lead exposure that began in 2014, saying that because the agency's decisions were discretionary and subject to policy review, the government has immunity under an exception to the Federal Tort Claims Act.

  3. November 09, 2022

    Flint Residents Shouldn't Depose Former EPA Head, DOJ Says

    A Department of Justice attorney told a Michigan federal judge on Wednesday that Flint residents who filed federal tort claims against the government over the city's water crisis are trying to "leapfrog" the discovery process by asking to depose a former leader of the Environmental Protection Agency.

  4. March 04, 2020

    Mich. Judge Adds Residents To Flint Lead Water Case

    A Michigan federal judge has added the claims of hundreds more plaintiffs to a group of Flint, Michigan, residents who are seeking billions of dollars from the federal government, which they say acted negligently during the lead water crisis.

  5. October 01, 2019

    EPA Forced To Face Flint Residents' $4.5B Water Crisis Claims

    A Michigan federal judge refused to let the federal government go to the Sixth Circuit to argue it had immunity from claims brought by thousands of residents of Flint, Michigan, seeking roughly $4.5 billion over allegations that the government acted negligently during the city's lead in the water crisis.

  6. April 19, 2019

    Flint Residents Can Sue Feds Over Water Debacle

    Residents of Flint, Michigan, beat back an attempt by the federal government to kill their case in Wolverine State federal court, alleging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency acted negligently during the lead-poisoning crisis that started in 2014 after the city switched drinking water systems.