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No surprise here. But what incentive does the federal government have to do to things the right way (i.e., build solid, reliable levees) when it has such broad immunity?
Judge throws out class action suit against Corps
06:48 PM CST on Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Cain Burdeau and Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press
A federal judge threw out a key class-action lawsuit Wednesday against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over flooding from a levee breach on the 17th Street Canal following Hurricane Katrina.
U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval ruled that the Corps should be held immune over the failure of the wall on the 17th Street Canal that caused much of the flooding of New Orleans in August 2005. The judge's ruling relies on the Flood Control Act of 1928, which made the federal government immune when flood control projects like levees break. ...
[Plaintiffs' attorney Joe] Bruno said the plaintiffs would appeal to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, but he conceded that overturning Duval's ruling would be difficult.
http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/wwl013008tpduval.74206e4f.html
Judge throws out class action suit against Corps
06:48 PM CST on Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Cain Burdeau and Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press
A federal judge threw out a key class-action lawsuit Wednesday against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over flooding from a levee breach on the 17th Street Canal following Hurricane Katrina.
U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval ruled that the Corps should be held immune over the failure of the wall on the 17th Street Canal that caused much of the flooding of New Orleans in August 2005. The judge's ruling relies on the Flood Control Act of 1928, which made the federal government immune when flood control projects like levees break. ...
[Plaintiffs' attorney Joe] Bruno said the plaintiffs would appeal to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, but he conceded that overturning Duval's ruling would be difficult.
http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/wwl013008tpduval.74206e4f.html
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