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FLINT, Mich. A judge says former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder can be sued by residents in the Flint water scandal, reversing a decision from last summer.
Residents claim Snyder violated their right to bodily integrity by repeatedly doing nothing as Flint used corrosive water that released lead from old pipes. Judge Judith Levy says a right to bodily integrity is a fundamental interest protected by the U.S. Constitution.
Levy says members of Snyders administration had warned that switching Flint to the Flint River could lead to a potential disaster. The city was under state management in 2014 and 2015. Snyders Department of Environmental Quality failed to require corrosion control.
Levy, a federal judge in Ann Arbor, is overseeing lawsuits related to the water crisis. She released a 128-page opinion Monday.
Snyder left office in January. He has apologized for failures that created and prolonged the crisis.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/flint-residents-can-sue-former-michigan-governor-over-water-disaster-judge-rules/ar-BBVwG7d?ocid=ientp
lark
(23,105 posts)He and his thug rich repug pals as well.
avebury
(10,952 posts)Gothmog
(145,321 posts)barbtries
(28,799 posts)to put his ass in jail for this willful act.
i hope the victims end up rich for life.
LisaM
(27,813 posts)I also think that his Attorney General is equally culpable.
Does this mean Puerto Rico can sue tRump for negligence as well?
Schuette should be held accountable also.
Snyder - Another example like Trump of how voting for someone just because they are "businessmen" is a bad idea. They run government as if only the bottom line counts and not the safety or well-being of the people.
Hope he loses millions and has to go to a food bank for dinner.
kimbutgar
(21,163 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,035 posts)Firestorm49
(4,035 posts)This was gross negligence, Snyder was a player in the decision making, and he should pay the price.
Leith
(7,809 posts)He was the top dog in this scandal.
Water from the Flint River?! That river was dead and stinking before I was born. No wonder the century old pipes leached lead.