Pitt Mcghee News Today

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge entered the final judgment approving a $600 million settlement between the State of Michigan and thousands of Flint residents who were exposed to lead-contaminated drinking water, handing a taxpayer-funded $180 million fee award to private lawyers who led the litigation.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (Legal Newsline) - Ignoring objectors who said private lawyers were claiming too much of a $625 million settlement to be paid almost entirely by Michigan taxpayers, a federal judge awarded some $180 million in fees to plaintiff attorneys in the Flint lead pollution litigation.