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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.

Sunday, Nov 22 at 2:47 AM Homer wrote ...

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.

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Thursday, Nov 19 at 2:04 PM paula wrote ...

i am with you.

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Thursday, Nov 19 at 10:07 AM Jim wrote ...

Hey folks....the government failed to protect us from the ice storm. Let's find a friendly judge and sue!!!!

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