One of two engineering firms accused of negligence in the Flint, Mich., lead-in-water crisis of 2014 and 2015 has agreed to settle with four of the child plaintiffs ahead of being part of a retrial. The details of the agreements are confidential.
Attorney Corey Stern, who represents the plaintiffs, filed the proposed agreements between the children and Houston-based Lockwood Andrews & Newnam Inc. under seal Dec. 9 in federal court in Ann Arbor, Mich. The secrecy is needed to protect the children “from being exposed to predators, exploitation, unwarranted anger, jealousy and attention,” Stern’s filing states. The agreements still require court approval.