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HURRICANE KATRINA DISASTER

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Federal judge rejects latest Katrina damage immunity bid by Army Corps of Engineers
May 3, 2008

[JURIST] Judge Stanwood R. Duval Jr. [official profile] of the US Eastern District of Louisiana ruled again Friday that the US Army Corps of Engineers [official website] cannot claim immunity from suit in connection with damages suffered by plaintiffs by virtue of alleged defects in the.... [more]

Federal judge dismisses Hurricane Katrina fraud claim against State Farm
April 22, 2008

[JURIST] A federal judge on Monday dismissed claims of fraud [ruling, PDF] against State Farm Insurance by a Mississippi couple who claimed that the company denied their insurance claim for damage from Hurricane Katrina [JURIST news archive] based on bad faith and fraud. US District Judge L.T..... [more]

Louisiana high court finds flood insurance exception unambiguous in Katrina case
April 8, 2008

[JURIST] The Louisiana Supreme Court ruled [PDF text] Tuesday that an insurance company was not required to pay for water damage caused when New Orleans levees breached after Hurricane Katrina [JURIST news archive]. Homeowner Joseph Sher sued Lafayette Insurance Company [corporate website] after.... [more]

Federal appeals court vacates punitive damages award in Katrina insurance case
April 8, 2008

[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit [official website] on Monday reversed and vacated [PDF opinion] a jury award of $2.5 million in punitive damages awarded to a Mississippi couple who lost their home in Hurricane Katrina [JURIST news archive] and later sued State Farm Insurance.... [more]

Louisiana court rules state government immune in Katrina 'wrongful death' suit
April 5, 2008

[JURIST] The Louisiana 4th Circuit Court of Appeal [official website] has upheld the dismissal of a wrongful death suit brought by Herbert Freeman, Jr. against the state of Louisiana, the city of New Orleans and public officials. Freeman's 91-year-old wheelchair-bound mother, Ethel Mayo Freeman,.... [more]

Louisiana AG sues insurance industry over alleged Hurricane Katrina conspiracy
November 8, 2007

[JURIST] Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti [official website] filed suit in state court Wednesday against the state's six largest insurance companies, including Allstate and State Farm, alleging the companies conspired to fix payouts for damages related to Hurricane Katrina [JURIST news.... [more]

Federal appeals court finds State Farm policy clause unambigious in Katrina case
November 7, 2007

[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday upheld language used in homeowner insurance policies [opinion, PDF] by State Farm Fire and Casualty, overturning a district court ruling that the policy language was ambiguous and consequently unenforceable. The three-judge circuit.... [more]

New Orleans nursing home owners not charged in Katrina drowning deaths
September 11, 2007

[JURIST] New Orleans District Attorney Eddie Jordan [official profile] declined Monday to file criminal charges against a local nursing home for the death of 19 elderly residents during post-Hurricane Katrina [JURIST news archive] flooding. During the hurricane, nuns from the Sisters of the Holy.... [more]

New Orleans nursing home owners found not guilty of Katrina drowning deaths
September 7, 2007

[JURIST] A Louisiana state court jury Friday found nursing home owners Salvador and Mabel Mangano not guilty of the drowning deaths of residents at St. Rita's Nursing Home in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina [JURIST news archive]. Lawyers representing the Manganos, who pleaded not guilty.... [more]

Louisiana high court lifts procedural hurdle delaying Katrina lawsuits
September 6, 2007

[JURIST] The Supreme Court of Louisiana ruled 4-3 [PDF text] Wednesday that a wrongful death lawsuit alleging that a hospital negligently failed to provide emergency power to sustain life support systems or implement an adequate evacuation plan could proceed without first passing through a medical.... [more]

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