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View Comments An attorney who has repeatedly criticized a federal judge for her handling of the Flint drinking water civil cases got some payback Tuesday when he was caught sleeping during an online court hearing. U.S. District Judge Judith Levy called out Mark Cuker of Philadelphia after he dozed off during a fairness hearing on the proposed $641.25 million partial settlement of the case. Cuker has clashed repeatedly with Levy over off-the-record conferences she has held with other attorneys i...

View Comments DETROIT — An attorney who has repeatedly criticized a federal judge for her handling of the Flint drinking water civil cases got some payback Tuesday when he was caught sleeping during an online court hearing. U.S. District Judge Judith Levy called out Mark Cuker of Philadelphia after he dozed off during a fairness hearing on the proposed $641.25 million partial settlement of the case. Cuker has clashed repeatedly with Levy over off-the-record conferences she has held with other...

View Comments A Flint pediatrician and former hospital CEO blasted the use of industrial scanners — not designed for use on human beings — to document Flint residents exposure to lead-contaminated drinking water, as a federal judge began a multi-day hearing Monday on whether a proposed $641.25 million partial settlement is a fair one. "Its just mind-boggling," Dr. Lawrence Reynolds, the former president and CEO of Mott Childrens Health Center in Flint, told U.S. District Judge Judith ...

Lawyers are defending the use of a handheld device to check for lead in Flint residents, despite the manufacturer’s warning that it wasn’t designed for that work

It is the latest development in a controversy over the use of the portable lead scanners to measure how much lead is in the bones of Flint residents.

Lead poisoned Flint, Michigan residents, health care professionals raise concerns about bone scan required for compensation Health care professionals, including Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, are raising serious concerns that victims of the Flint, Michigan water crisis may be exposed to harmful radiation from bone scans required to qualify for compensation from the $641.25 million water settlement. Residents must prove their bodies were damaged by lead-in-water poisoning by submitting themselves to x-...

Lawyers say modifications to a portable bone scanner are approved by medical experts as are the protocols being used to perform the bone scans.

Motion seeks details on common benefit fund in Flint water settlement Updated 4:14 PM; Today 4:14 PM The Flint water plant, as seen on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020 in Flint. (Jake May | MLive.com)Jake May | Mlive.com Facebook Share FLINT, MI -- Two law firms with clients in the Flint water crisis settlement are asking a federal judge to require the release detailed time and expense records used to justify payments from a $40-million common benefit fund to lawyers who performed work that led to the ...

Federal judge says she will meet for days if necessary to hear from residents about Flint water settlement Updated Dec 21, 2020; Posted Dec 21, 2020 The Flint water plant, as seen on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020 in Flint. (Jake May | MLive.com)Jake May | Mlive.com Facebook Share FLINT, MI -- A federal judge heard early defenses and criticism of a proposed settlement of Flint water crisis lawsuits Monday, Dec. 21, and told Flint residents she will take as long as necessary to hear any comments they ...