Engineering firm Veolia North America agreed to a $25-million settlement to resolve a federal class action case related to its work for the city of Flint, Mich., during the city’s lead-in-water crisis, the company and attorneys for the plaintiffs announced Feb. 1. Veolia is the second engineering firm that worked for the city to settle with city residents, and the deal came ahead of a class-action trial scheduled to start later this month.
The money adds to the $626 million for residents impacted by the crisis from an earlier settlement with Michigan and others. And this new agreement also includes additional $1,500 payments for minors, totaling up to $1.5 million. The settlement agreement still requires a judge’s OK, but the trial has been suspended pending approval, according to Boston-based Veolia.