LOS ANGELES — A legal team led by
California litigator Pierce O’Donnell of Los
Angeles’O’Donnell & Associates has won
a key ruling in a case against the federal
government over damages for Hurricane
Katrina victims.
Clearing the way for a September trial,...
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LOS ANGELES — A legal team led by
California litigator Pierce O’Donnell of Los
Angeles’O’Donnell & Associates has won
a key ruling in a case against the federal
government over damages for Hurricane
Katrina victims.
Clearing the way for a September trial,
a federal judge in New Orleans ruled the
government is not immune from liability
in the disaster, which plaintiffs allege
was exacerbated by shoddy design and
maintenance of a government-constructed
shipping channel.
The case, brought by six residents of
the greater New Orleans area, alleges the
Army Corps of Engineers is liable for
flaws in the Mississippi River-Gulf outlet
that increased the floodwaters by three feet
during the storm, causing damage to their
properties.
Robinson v.
The United States
of America, CV06-2268 (E.
D.
La.
, filed
April 25, 2006).
The trial is set to begin Sept.
8.
“It’s a huge victory.
It’s a great big
hurdle we had to get over,” O’Donnell said
Monday of the ruling.
“The government
threw everything
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