Lead Cases Nixed As Judge Adopts Magistrate’s Report Calling Claims ‘Insufficient’

(September 29, 2023, 2:32 PM EDT) -- GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A federal judge in Michigan on Sept. 28 issued three rulings dismissing consolidated lawsuits that alleged malfeasance by state and federal authorities resulted in lead-contaminated groundwater XE "lead-contaminated groundwater" , saying she agrees with a magistrate judge’s determination that the allegations are “patently insufficient to meet the ‘shocks-the-conscience’ standard required for federal due process claims.”...