Judge Rebuffs Government’s Bid To Dismiss Flint Lead Contamination Lawsuit

( January 22, 2026, 1:49 PM EST) -- ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A federal judge in Michigan has denied the U.S. government’s motion to dismiss the claims of minor bellwether plaintiffs in the Flint water contamination lawsuit for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, ruling that the misrepresentation exception in the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) does not bar the plaintiffs’ claims because they are “properly understood as negligence claims, not misrepresentation claims.”...

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