( March 26, 2024, 10:59 AM EDT) -- JACKSON, Miss. — An engineering firm that is a defendant in the Jackson, Miss., water crisis litigation answered the second amended class complaint and moved to strike a portion of the complaint on grounds that it contains allegations that “have absolutely zero connection” to the firm’s scope of professional services in which it provided a water treatment system corrosion control study and engineering services to the city concerning its potable water system. In the answer, the firm denies all allegations and asserts 46 affirmative defenses, including failure to state a claim....