( October 23, 2024, 8:42 AM EDT) -- DETROIT — The U.S. government has filed a brief in Michigan federal court in support of a motion to dismiss a $722.4 million Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) lawsuit against it related to the lead-contaminated water XE "lead-contaminated water" crisis in Flint, Mich., contending that the plaintiffs’ claims do not satisfy the FTCA’s requirement that a private person would be liable under Michigan’s Good Samaritan doctrine under similar circumstances, and arguing that the FTCA’s misrepresentation exception deprives the district court of subject-matter jurisdiction....