The sole professional practice and engineering ethics witness that attorneys had planned to have testify against the consulting engineers in the 2015 Flint, Mich., water crisis negligence trial has said he no longer wishes to do so because of a conflict of interest that only became apparent in recent weeks.
The attorneys for the four children who are plaintiffs in the lawsuit have proposed substituting another engineering expert who has already provided his own report on the Flint engineers standard of care to take the place of Richard Humann, CEO of H2M Architects + Engineers.