Opening statements began Feb. 28 in the Flint, Mich., water crisis civil trial to determine if engineering consultants Veolia North America and Lockwood Andrews Newnam Inc. bear any responsibility for the lead contamination of the city's drinking water in 2014.
The families of four children are suing the engineering companies for alleged negligence for injuries they say were caused from their exposure to lead in Flint’s drinking water in 2014 and 2015. The companies were not part of a $626.5-million settlement reached between the state of Michigan and victims and approved last year.