The situation in Flint can be called a disaster, with officials ignoring health problems, financial red flags and warnings regarding the readiness of the city’s water treatment plant. Now with four more officials facing charges of felonies of false pretenses and conspiracy, misdemeanors of misconduct in office and willful neglect of duty, the finger pointing…
Napoli Shkolnik PLLC is representing hundreds of Flint, Michigan residents who are seeking compensation for lead in their water, lead in their bodies, multiple illnesses and concerns, and for the lost value of their homes. Napoli Shkolnik PLLC has filed several complaints in State and Federal court against Governor Rick Snyder and other Michigan and…
The Flint Water crisis has resulted in the widespread lead poisoning of thousands of children and adults in Flint, Michigan. The failure of the government in this situation was preventable and will not impact Flint families for generations to come. One of the best ways to deal with the serious health and developmental impacts facing…
The law firm of Napoli Shkolnik PLLC, on behalf of 8 Flint residents, along with the NAACP and other attorneys, have filed a class action lawsuit in the Circuit Court in Genesee County on behalf of four families and all other people and businesses of Flint, Michigan who have been harmed by exposure to toxic…
Michigan Attorney General, Bill Schuette, recently announced criminal charges for three employees associated with the Flint drinking water crisis. State officials and investigators believe that the City of Flint received artificially low lead readings because employees failed to test homes most at risk — those with lead service lines or other features with high lead…
“Lead poisoning is an insidious disease,” said Hunter Shkolnik. “We know the brain is permanently and irreversibly damaged but it doesn’t manifest itself immediately. These children have been pushed so far down now they cannot ever achieve what was expected of them.” This quote was published in “Seven Lead-Poisoned Families File Flint Class Action Lawsuit”…
“This family has gone through hell,” said attorney Hunter Shkolnik. “They literally abandoned their house. This young family almost lost their child over this. This is as tragic an event as I have ever seen.” When Sophia Rodriguez Waid was a 1-year old, doctors detected lead in her blood. Her family did everything they could…
Napoli Shkolnik Partner, Hunter Shkolnik talks on Fox Business News about the water crisis in Flint Michigan, what consumers should know and what they can do.
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Attention Flint, MI residents and property owners – Lead contamination of the city’s drinking water has prompted Michigan Governor Rick Snyder to declare a state of emergency. Nearly three years ago, the city of Flint, Michigan made the decision to disconnect from the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD), from which it had been receiving…