DETROIT — Flint residents who have filed claims in the $626.5 million partial Flint water crisis settlement with the state of Michigan and other entities are expected to start receiving status updates about their claims starting later this month and continuing through the spring.
Deborah Greenspan, a court-appointed special master who is overseeing the claims process, provided the update in a recent court filing, saying that status notices will be sent out to claimants periodically starting at the end of April and May. The new timeline comes after delays in the process were announced at the beginning of this year.
"The notices will be issued periodically, which means that claimants will receive notices at different times," Greenspan explained in the filing. "... If the claim is found to be deficient, the notice will explain the problem and will also provide guidance on what the claimant can do to cure the problem."
