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USA Today
January 31, 2008
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A federal judge in New Orleans threw out a class-action lawsuit against the Army Corps of Engineers over flooding from a levee breach on the 17th Street Canal following Hurricane Katrina.
Judge Stanwood Duval ruled that the corps should be held immune over the failure of the canal wall, which caused much of the flooding of New Orleans in 2005. The ruling relies on the Flood Control Act of 1928, which made the federal government immune when flood-control projects fail.
Joseph Bruno, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, said the plaintiffs would appeal to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Kathy Gibbs, a corps spokeswoman, said "the corps agrees with the dismissal of the case" but declined to comment further because other lawsuits are pending over Katrina damage.
January 31, 2008
Pg. 3
A federal judge in New Orleans threw out a class-action lawsuit against the Army Corps of Engineers over flooding from a levee breach on the 17th Street Canal following Hurricane Katrina.
Judge Stanwood Duval ruled that the corps should be held immune over the failure of the canal wall, which caused much of the flooding of New Orleans in 2005. The ruling relies on the Flood Control Act of 1928, which made the federal government immune when flood-control projects fail.
Joseph Bruno, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, said the plaintiffs would appeal to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Kathy Gibbs, a corps spokeswoman, said "the corps agrees with the dismissal of the case" but declined to comment further because other lawsuits are pending over Katrina damage.