The Michigan Attorney General's Office wants to seek a judgment against Lee Mueller who headed the company that owned the Edenville Dam. 

Heavy rains leading to a rather new phenomenon, static liquefaction of sand embankments, only previously observed in tailings dams led to property damage and flooding in central Michigan.

U.S. dam safety frameworks have helped prevent major calamities, but the May collapse of a 95-year-old Michigan structure shows failure risks remain, with multiple causes.