( August 15, 2024, 12:01 PM EDT) -- ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The Bellwether III plaintiffs in the litigation over the lead-contaminated water crisis in Flint, Mich., have filed a brief in Michigan federal court arguing that it should deny the defendant engineering firm’s motion to prohibit the plaintiffs from introducing into evidence documents that have not been previously disclosed or authenticated because it is “far too broad to enforce” and it would “force the Court to preempt the equitable exceptions” contained in federal and local rules....