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 agreement. Philadelphia attorney Mark Cuker, who represents approximately 1,300 Flint residents in federal water cases, and Chicago attorney Stephen F. Monroe filed a motion Monday, April 5, requesting that U.S. District Court Judge Judith E. Levy require law firms to provide the records, which they claim are “necessary to evaluate the amount of work that was truly done for common benefit” of Flint residents.