flint water crisis settlement

On April 25, 2014, Flint's drinking water source was switched to the Flint River. The intent of the switch was to save the city millions of dollars. The result was an environmental disaster.

"The city has mismanaged this program and has missed its deadlines,” said NRDC attorney Addie Rolnick.

Judge Newblatt's decision is the latest court ruling moving the $626 million settlement forward.

Flint missed a court-ordered deadline to replace its lead service lines and failed to track where crews doing that work allegedly damaged property, a federal judge says.

Special master Deborah Greenspan Deborah said processing all the paperwork submitted by last June has taken much longer than expected.

In a report to the federal judge overseeing the settlement, the claims administrator said about 72% of the claims are for personal injury. The rest assert a property damage or business-related claim.

Thursday is the deadline to file a claim for part of the $626 million settlement.

Flint residents will now have until June 30 to file a claim for a share of a $626 million legal settlement tied to the Flint water crisis. The original deadline to file a claim had been this Thursday.

To date, only about 13,000 official claims have been filed for part of the $626 million settlement. The deadline to submit a claim in May 12.

The plaintiffs' attorney had requested more than $200 million. Co-lead counsel Michael Pitt estimates the judge's order will mean the attorneys will receive around $190 million.