( July 10, 2023, 2:16 PM EDT) -- ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A federal judge in Michigan issued a text-only order on the docket and granted a stipulation to stay proceedings in the Flint lead-contaminated water crisis litigation with respect to claims against an engineering firm and its parent company after the parties said they have reached a confidential settlement on allegations that the firm shared liability for the crisis because it was involved in the decision to switch the city’s water supply to the Flint River, which precipitated the crisis....