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1. Katrina court victory paves way for billion dollar payouts.

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*LEGAL judgments, *FLOODS, *HURRICANE Katrina, 2005, MISSISSIPPI River-Gulf Outlet Canal (La.)
Abstract

The article reports on the ruling by Judge Stanwood Duval that blames the negligent maintenance and operation of Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO) by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) as the main cause of the flooding brought by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. He asserted that the mismanagement led to the widening of the shipping channel. A class action lawsuit may arise from the ruling

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2009
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