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Judge's ruling could make government liable for big bucks
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A $720,000 award to seven plaintiffs in a
suit over Hurricane Katrina damage could open the federal government up to billions of dollars in claims. A federal judge in New Orleans has ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers' failure to properly maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding from Katrina. The ruling yesterday by U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval should give more than 100,000 other individuals, businesses and government entities a better shot at claiming damages. Duval sided with six residents and one business who argued the Army Corps' shoddy oversight of the channel led to the flooding of New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward and neighboring St. Bernard Parish. Many in New Orleans have argued that the 2005 flooding was a manmade disaster caused by government failure to maintain the levee system protecting the city. |
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Homer said on Sunday, Nov 22 at 2:47 AM
ACE is at fault first time I knew ACE could control mother nature. Keep raising there taxes to pay for a new levee expecially the business.
32489436paula said on Thursday, Nov 19 at 2:04 PM
i am with you.
32365751Jim said on Thursday, Nov 19 at 10:07 AM
Hey folks....the government failed to protect us from the ice storm. Let's find a friendly judge and sue!!!!
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