Despite spotlight, proving Flint lead damages no slam dunk

Luke Waid drives 20 miles each day to shower at a relative's place, hauls bottled water back to his Flint, Michigan, home and worries about his 2-year-old daughter's irritability. "I’m not sure." That uncertainty also presents a challenge to the lawyers who have enlisted as many as 1,800 residents, including Waid, as plaintiffs in lawsuits over contamination in the Flint's water supply. The problem began in April 2014 when the city, then under the control of a state-appointed emergency man