A group of Jackson, Miss., residents is seeking class-action status for a lawsuit it filed this week accusing current and former city officials and contractors of neglecting Jackson’s water system for years, culminating in the crisis this summer that left more than 150,000 people without access to safe drinking water.
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Jackson water crisis was ‘foreseeable,’ residents say in lawsuit
September 21, 2022 at 4:56 p.m. EDT