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  • Trial Starts Monday in Suit Against Army Corps of Engineers for Katrina Flooding

    04/19/2009 1:11:01 PM PDT · by Joiseydude · 22 replies · 971+ views
    FoxNews ^ | Sunday, April 19, 2009
    NEW ORLEANS -- More than three years after Katrina stirred up the waters and washed out levees along a 75-mile, man-made shipping channel dubbed "hurricane highway," a judge could soon decide whether the Army Corps of Engineers owes residents and businesses damages because of the massive flooding. Arguments are set to begin Monday in the trial, which will be heard and decided by a judge, not a jury. And much is at stake: If the five residents and one business in this initial lawsuit are victorious, more than 120,000 other individuals, businesses and government entities could have a better shot...