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Katrina suit against U.S. government moves forward.

Publication: Trial
Publication Date: 01-APR-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
New Orleans residents who have been seeking relief for damages caused by Hurricane Katrina's heavy floods can sue the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for negligent design, construction, and operation of the 76-mile-long Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO), a federal judge has ruled. (Robinson v. United States, 2007 WL 293163 (E.D. La. Feb. 2, 2007).)

The ruling by Judge Stanwood Duval Jr. of the Eastern District of Louisiana has also paved the way for lawsuits in other areas of the city where levees collapsed during the hurricane, attorneys say.

The six plaintiffs sued the government under the Federal Tort Claims Act, alleging that damages caused by the catastrophic flooding in areas surrounding the MRGO were foreseeable. They claim that...

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