Residents can sue Army engineers
From Times Wire Reports
A federal judge in New Orleans ruled that residents of areas heavily flooded when Hurricane Katrina’s floodwaters were funneled down a New Orleans navigation channel can sue the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval rejected the corps’ argument that U.S. law protects federal agencies from lawsuits when flood control projects fail. Duval ruled that the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet was not a flood control project but rather a navigation channel and therefore not exempt from lawsuits.
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