A Michigan claims court judge has cleared the way for a January trial on Michigan’s liability for the collapse of a privately owned dam that unleashed widespread flooding, denying the state’s bid to end the litigation.
Defense attorney Ven Johnson said the 2020 dam collapse lawsuit scored a victory last week when a Michigan Court of Claims judge approved an expert dam witness for the plaintiffs.
A Michigan state judge overseeing litigation against regulatory agencies over a dam that collapsed and caused widespread flooding said he will not bar an expert from testifying that the government ignored risks and took actions that increased the danger of the a dam failure.
Ten families and one alleged victim of former Huron Valley schools long-term substitute teacher Timothy Daugherty filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Detroit on Monday.
