( June 19, 2024, 1:46 PM EDT) -- ANN ARBOR, Mich. — An engineering firm that is a defendant in the litigation over the lead-contaminated water crisis in Flint, Mich., filed a reply brief on June 18 in Michigan federal court reiterating its insistence that it did not owe a duty of care to a group known as the Bellwether III plaintiffs because under Michigan law, a professional generally owes a duty only to clients, and the firm’s client was the city of Flint....