Flint Water Class Action Belongs in Michigan Court

A class action alleging an engineering firm didn’t protect Flint, Mich., residents from lead contamination belongs in state court, the Sixth Circuit ruled Nov. 16 (Mason v. Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam P.C., 2016 BL 381228, 6th Cir., No. 16-2313, 11/16/16).

“Though the Flint Water Crisis captured the attention of the nation, its infamy does not make it any less local,” Judge Richard Allen Griffin wrote for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

The court held that the local controversy exception to the Class Action Fairness Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d)(4)(A), applies because two-thirds ...