In re Katrina Canal Breaches Consol. Litig.

ELR Citation: ELR 20035
No(s). 05-4182 (E.D. La. Feb 2, 2007)

A district court denied the U.S. motion to dismiss residents' consolidated claims for damages stemming from the devastating flooding that occurred in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. The residents argued that the damage was the foreseeable consequence of at least two defective conditions known b...