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A major Hurricane Katrina flooding trial ended with a win for plaintiffs yesterday, as a federal judge ruled that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ failure to properly maintain the Mississippi River Gulf Coast Outlet (known popularly as MRGO) was partly to blame for the flooding that followed the historic storm. Judge Stanwood R. Duval, [...]
Five residents and a business have won a lawsuit against the Army Corps of Engineers over flood damages from Hurricane Katrina.
A landmark court ruling blaming the Army Corps of Engineers' "monumental negligence" for some of the worst flooding from Hurricane Katrina could...
Todd C. Northrop of Pascagoula was sentenced on Thursday to 10 months in prison and 2 years of supervised release for fraudulently claiming government assistance after Hurricane Katrina on a house he owned but did not live in.
The deadly levee failures which led to the flooding of New Orleans during 2005's Hurricane Katrina were due to negligence by the US Army Corps of Engineers, a federal judge ruled.
A U.S. judge ruled on Wednesday the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was negligent in maintaining a key navigational channel in New Orleans and was liable for some damage caused by massive flooding from Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
NEW ORLEANS -- Since the first days after Hurricane Katrina, when the streets were still under water, many residents of New Orleans and its surroundings have maintained that the flood that wrecked their lives was the government's fault, and that the government should pay for it.
The Corps failure to maintain the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet canal, "was not policy, but insouciance, myopia and short-sightedness," U.S. District Court Judge Stanwood Duval Jr. wrote in the ruling.
A federal judge ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers' failure to properly maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding in Hurricane Katrina.
Finally, we've discovered who caused all the wetlands that used to surround and protect New Orleans and the Gulf for eons to disappear! … read more Naughty engineers!
Filed under: News In a ruling that vindicates New Orleans residents long-ignored complaints, and opens the door to lawsuits and settlements that could amount to billions of dollars, a federal judge has ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers' failure to maintain the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO), a navigation channel, makes it liable for the worst flooding of Katrina. Flooding caused by ...
As a vacation destination, coastal Mississippi has had its share of ups and down. The low point came in 2005, when Hurricane Katrina hit.
(ARA) - Ana, Bill, Claudette - the first three Atlantic Ocean hurricanes of the season made headlines, but not to the extent of Katrina or Ike of recent years. And while these three hurricanes have come and gone, who knows if - or when - Grace or Henry might pay a visit to your town?
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' failure to maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina, a federal judge ruled late [Wednesday]. The decision could make the federal government the target of billions of dollars worth of legal claims by more than 100,000 other individuals, businesses and government entities that also ...
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Picture Hurricane Katrina without the broken levees, with minor flooding that quickly drained, with no folks chopping through the attics of New Orleans in desperate hope of rooftop rescue.
Army Corps of Engineers Found Responsible for Failing to Properly Maintain a Navigation Chanel
