Jackson Residents See Some Claims Revived in Tainted-Water Case

Residents of Jackson, Miss., who said they suffered because their water was tainted with lead convinced a splintered Fifth Circuit panel on Monday to revive parts of their years-old lawsuit against the city and its officials.

While city officials, including former mayors, were let off the hook on federal claims brought by the residents in a 2022 lawsuit, two judges agreed that the residents plausibly stated a claim against the city itself that their right to bodily autonomy was violated. The trial court should also assess whether Mississippi’s capital city faces a plausible separate claim that the residents suffered from ...