Daily Briefs

 36th District Court announces changes to in-person services due to COVID-19

 

DETROIT— January 10, 2022. Effective Tuesday, January 11, 2022 the 36th District Court will restrict entry into the building to only those individuals who have scheduled hearings or are seeking to pay a bond. Due to the rapid and dramatic increase in the City of Detroit’s COVID-19 positivity rate, it has become necessary to limit in-person transactions to every extent possible.
Services such as payments, filings, and other transactions may be handled remotely or online. For more information, please visit our website at www.36thdis trictcourt.org or call 313-965-2200.
If you need to make a payment, please do so via mail, online, or at one of the DivDat kiosks located outside of the courthouse and throughout the Metro Detroit area (see www.divdat.com for locations). You may also use your mobile device to access DivDat Mobile Pay.
 
As one of the busiest courts in the nation, the 36th District Court is in a unique position when it comes to the number of users who enter our building. Therefore, it is essential that these steps are taken to protect the people who work and conduct business at the Court, and to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus. The Court will continue to monitor the situation.
 
 

Judge: Lawsuit can proceed against Flint water contractor

 
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A judge on Monday refused to dismiss a lawsuit against an engineering company, which is accused of not doing enough to stop the flow of lead-contaminated water in Flint in 2015.
 
Four families are suing Veolia North America. The company did not participate in the recent $626 million settlement with Flint residents, mostly paid by the state.

Veolia owed residents a “legal duty of care” in 2015 when it was hired to analyze Flint’s water quality, nearly a year after state-appointed managers began using the Flint River, U.S. District Judge Judith Levy said.

The water was not treated to reduce corrosion. As a result, lead leached from old plumbing.

An expert witness said “any reasonable engineer in VNA’s position would have known that immediate corrosion control was necessary even without” knowing lead results, Levy said.

Her decision means the case will go to trial or be settled unless an appeals court intervenes.

Veolia argued that it included corrosion control in recommendations to the city. It said it had a $40,000 short-term assignment that focused on problems created by a cancer-causing contaminant.

Almost all recommendations and warnings to Flint “were ignored and not implemented,” Veolia said on its website.




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