Judge Stays Jackson Water Case In Light Of Immunity Defense Asserted By Officials

(July 27, 2023, 3:46 PM EDT) -- JACKSON, Miss. — A federal magistrate judge in Mississippi has stayed proceedings in the lawsuit brought by residents pertaining to the contaminated water crisis in the city of Jackson, ruling that pursuant to local rules of civil procedure, when any party asserts an immunity — which city officials have done in this case — that assertion stays “the attorney conference and disclosure requirements and all discovery, pending the court’s ruling on the motion, including any appeal.”...