Flint Judge: Defendants’ Bid To Sanction Plaintiff Attorney ‘Wholly Unsupported’

Mealey's (October 27, 2022, 1:49 PM EDT) -- ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A federal judge in Michigan on Oct. 26 denied an order for sanctions sought by a defendant in the Flint water crisis litigation, ruling that the “emergency” asserted by the defendant is “not borne out by the facts,” and the defendant’s belief that a plaintiff attorney’s comments to a news reporter have the power to influence a future jury is “wholly unsupported.”...