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JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) — Residents of Jackson, Miss., are claiming negligence by the mayor, former mayor and other local officials over the city's contaminated water supply.

(JACKSON, Miss.) — As Jackson, Mississippi, continues efforts to recover from the city’s water crisis this summer, residents have filed a class action lawsuit against former and current city officials, as well as infrastructure engineering companies, for their alleged role in neglecting or worsening a […]

Joshua Lott/The Washington Post via Getty Images(JACKSON, Miss.) -- As Jackson, Mississippi, continues efforts to recover from the city's water crisis this summer, residents have filed a class action lawsuit against former and current city officials, as well as infrastructure engineering companies, for their alleged role in neglecting or worsening a "foreseeable" public health crisis, according to the filed complaint. Raine Becker, one of four named plaintiffs in the lawsuit, told...

Residents of Jackson, Mississippi, lamented that the city "failed to protect us" after filing suit over a failing water plant contaminating the citys water supply.

Joshua Lott/The Washington Post via Getty Images(JACKSON, Miss.) -- As Jackson, Mississippi, continues efforts to recover from the city's water crisis this summer, residents have filed a class action lawsuit against former and current city officials, as well as infrastructure engineering companies, for their alleged role in neglecting or worsening a "foreseeable" public health crisis,

(JACKSON, Miss.) -- As Jackson, Mississippi, continues efforts to recover from the city's water crisis this summer, residents have filed a class action lawsuit

Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, former mayor Tony Yarber, former public works directors Kishia Powell, Robert Miller and Jerriot Smash, the Siemens Corporation, Siemens Industry, Inc. and Trilogy Engineering Services LLC were named as defendants.

Current and former city leaders named in the lawsuit

Mississippi residents filed a federal class action lawsuit over the contamination and failure of the Jackson water system, seeking injunctive relief and damages.