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In a ruling that could leave the government open to billions of dollars in claims from Hurricane Katrina victims, a federal judge said late Wednesday that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had displayed “gross negligence” in failing to maintain a navigation channel — resulting in levee breaches that flooded large swaths of greater New Orleans.

U.S. District Judge Stanwood R. Duval peppered his 156-page decision, issued in New Orleans, with harsh criticism of the Army corps, at one point citing its “insouciance, myopia and shortsightedness” in failing to maintain the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet, known locally as MRGO.

For more than 40 years, the judge said, the corps had known that a crucial levee protecting suburban St. Bernard Parish and the Lower 9th Ward neighborhood would be compromised by the deterioration of the channel. The corps had “myriad” ways to address the problem, he wrote, but failed to do so.

Duval awarded a total of $719,000 to a small group of flood victims that sued the government in April 2006.

But according to Pierce O’Donnell, the lead plaintiff’s counsel, roughly 100,000 New Orleans-area residents and businesses who have filed flood-damage claims with the Army corps were now potentially eligible for payment.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Sub-Negro/ Sub-Negro

    Hmm I wonder where the government will get that money from……

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Dopegurlmagic17/ Dopegurlmagic17

    yea this true… its good that they won the case but what about the rest of us? they sue the government but where does the government get its money from? taxes. our taxes ugh

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/__seXSymb0l__/ __seXSymb0l__

    who the hell gone pay for this…the government aint got no money and neither do i shyt

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Ms_22Hott2touch/ Ms_22Hott2touch

    I DONT GIVE A SH ITT WHERE THEY GET THE MONEY FROM. AS LONG AS I GET PAID!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Dopegurlmagic17/ Dopegurlmagic17

    they are only giving out $719,000 to the people? how much you think u r goin to get out of that???

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/choppercityboy7/ choppercityboy7

    I’m from New Orleans and for all these people talkin bout where the money gonna come from, maybe if the government was on their job they wouldn’t have to pay up now would they? i wouldn’t have lost my home and everything in it would I? And i wouldn’t have lost friends and family and that’s something that money can never get back.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MzBadAzzitGets/ MzBadAzzitGets

    I wonder where they going to get the money from too because everyone i know is broke so and there really not no jobs so please tell me who pockets is that finna come out of hopefully bushes and his family and everybody he deal with…DUECES****

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Sub-Negro/ Sub-Negro

    They’ll jsut borrow a couple of billion from China. Eh no biggie.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/shizzyraw215/ shizzyraw215

    alhamdu lillaah(praise be to god) for finally givin some type reconcilition

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/butterfly_145/ butterfly_145

    they had up to 2+billion dollars the first time when the hurricane hit and everyone came to new orleans aid and gave money but none of the residents in new oreleans saw the money and this was doing bush time in office and fema didn’t help out evrybody and people are still living in trailers and they have a lot of homeless people under the bridge in new orleans. if you go down to new orleans it still somewat look like katrina just hit a week ago and its a damn shame no matter what happens they gone still steal all that money and nothing will be done to help the people or the state.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Da_J_Rok/ Da_J_Rok

    what about 40 acres and a mule… im still waitin on mine

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/kennyd4/ kennyd4

    PLZ THEY BEEN TRYING TO GET THEM COUNTRY NEGROES OUT OF N.O.FOR OVER A 100YRS AND THEY DONE IT,AND IF THEY WANTED TO GIVE MONEY FOR THEIR TROUBLES WHAT WOULD IT AMOUNT TO.AND BESIDES 80%OF OF THE CITY IS SCATTERED AROUND HOUSTON AND ATLANTA AND HAVE NO PAPER WORK CLAIMING THEIR FROM N.O.ANYWAY CAUSE THEIR SHYT GOT SOAKED WHEN THE CRACKERS OPENED THE LEVEES ON THEIR AZZES(THATS RIGHT FOOLS IT WAS A 5IN THE GOLF BUT WHEN IT HIT LAND IT WAS A 3 OR 2 WHICH MEANS IT WAS MAN MADE)the objective was to move’em out and its done!!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/2koolT/ 2koolT

    They deserve every penny. I couldn’t even finish looking at the photos. I feel soooo bad for the Katrina victims. It’s a damn shame.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DanieAlicia787/ DanieAlicia787

    Maybe I am confused but give money for what? I am sorry to offend people but I believe there are some people from New Orleans who have came to Houston and have done nothing but sit on their ass and wait for the government/fema or whatever to help them. I read one young ladies comment talking about it doesn’t matter where the money comes from as long as she gets paid. I am sorry I think that is really ignorant. I believe they will be taking that money out of taxes which I pay so I am not quit sure if I am really pleased about that. I am all for helping those who help themselves but I do not help those who sit on their ass…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/toofly9/ toofly9

    THAT SHOULD NEVER NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN………THOSE LEVEES SHOULD BE AS HIGH
    AS THE ONES THAT BLOCK THE HOOVER DAM………AND THE THE WAT ITS BUILT…..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/bryan205/ bryan205

    Where is the money going to come from…? Bush, Greenspan, Bernake, Paulson and Obama have already given trillions away to foreign banks and left us with nothing….at least so far for Obama.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/masculine31/ masculine31

    They print money daily! Start printing dat shyt up, them people did NOT deserve any of it! I am glad GOD destroyed evilness, dat was lurking wit mardi gras, voo doo, and lawd knows wut else! But for da innocent, please start cutting checks!

    @Bryan…u must be young, all money is: Is PAPER, bro! There is no real value to it, but printing it lmao

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/truthserumX/ truthserumX

    The money is in the N.O.! Its called natural resources, that’s what we get checks for in my hometown Anchorage Alaska stand up! Yep yep, I’ve always been under the understanding that if N.O. owned their own land instead of consistently borrowing from the government from way back in the day, they could have leveraged their resources and their dividends would be quadruple the amount of Alaska’s! Don’t believe me, watch when the Levees Brooke by Spike Lee.

    N.O. residents should be ballers for real for real, but they enslaved to a debit that will NEVER be paid! The reason the government isn’t rushing to fix that s**t, they want the n*ggas out! Guaranteed if the *ggas was out miraculously, the land would be repaired & become a gold mine!

    No your worth!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/lakerdude19/ lakerdude19

    Gosh the city is going to burn through any money that they do get. I can’t stand it there any ways. I’ve been there twice, both times were to board Norwegian cruise ships in port there. And thats the only time I will probably go back, although I’ve heard parts of the French quarters are pretty nice.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/AngryCornflakes/ AngryCornflakes

    yes some of those people are lazy good for nothings that sit around and wait for the government to help them but then again if you lost everything you own im not so sure that you wont be depressed and at a lost of where to started rebuilding your life remember most of those people lost not only families jobs and homes all at once @ DanieAlicia787……TruthserumX: as far as your comment you might be right but then again most of the areas damaged are under privileged people poor and uneducated they’ve already settled into the idea that they cant do much better..Masculine you can print millions but it wont be worth much if you dont have the strength in the dollar… My belief is that they DO deserve the money but it should go towards HOUSING and REDEVELOPMENT not towards the people themselves. They should organize the people into work groups ie. if you lost a house (which should be doc**ented in the city hall) they will HELP you rebuild your house with one of those same work groups so they learn a varity of trades etc according to your abilities and pay you for it so you get a home and a trade develop a community atmosphere and accountability (of course the plan would have to be more detailed but you get my point) it’ll help the people regain self confidence and develop a job market and help (temporarily) develop jobs

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/atwood_jones_iii/ atwood_jones_iii

    I’m from New Orleans,La and went through that, are they giving up money, FEMA didn’t do anything for me.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/pop281/ pop281

    So sad..Well I completely understand katrina victim’s lost everything from friends to relatives to personal belongings and memories, however, its called LIFE..and it goes on. Rather than crying about it and waiting on the gov’t to cut you a check, get out there and work even harder so you and your family can live a better life. Yea I know the whole relocation can be stressful and quite hard but, it only makes you a stronger person. Im all for new begginings and YES katrina victims do deserve assistance with housing and schooling and clothing, etc.. But wanting the gov’t to continously pay you thousands and thousands of dollars in addition to giving you free to discounted rent for 3years+ is asking for TOO MUCH. More than half of the victims from the disaster had NOTHING and if they did have anything it was not worth what the gov’t has gave. Stop trying to roach off the gov’t, get a clue and let this make you a better person. Shoot, the transition from New Orleans to Atlanta, Dallas, Kansas, Houston, Mississipi, was actually a good thing considering all the ghettos and projects that majority of the victims came from and the poverty they were living in. And best believe I got the facts because a part of me was in New Orleans, so I’ve witnessed it all!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Marveeo/ Marveeo

    It only proves that Bush really did not care at all so he let the so called
    ARMY OF ASSHOLES make the Levees more of a problem than many thought !

  • http://newsone.com/nation/elation-in-new-orleans-over-katrina-ruling/ Elation In New Orleans Over Katrina Ruling | News One

    [...] Judge Finds Government At Fault For Levees Breaking During Katrina [...]

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Sub-Negro/ Sub-Negro

    @Marveeo those levee’s were built way before Bush got into office and it would be up to local authorities to get it fixed not Bush. He was only in the wrong when it took him so long to get down there.

    @truthserumX the government wants black people to remain ignorant and down trodden. If we are waiting on them for handouts then they have already won. Black people need to wake up and stop relying on this sh!tty government that never gave a damn about us in the first place.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MRSHurst1925/ MRSHurst1925

    One African American opinion, New Orleans is currently below sea level, that was taught in history class. The government knew the levees would not hold all hurricanes. One thing the government could have done was to not allow people to buy or rent housing in certain districts of New Orleans. Why? Scientist and other professional people predicted the levees would break. So the government could have helped themselves at one point before all this happened.

    The government also could have assisted when they learned by professional people that the levees were in danger of breaking. Local, State and Federal GOVERNMENT could have worked together and assisted people in moving out of New Orleans. So the government too was lazy in not listening to professional people and their opinion.

    So, YES, I believe the government was at fault for Katrina more than 50% All to often the government wait until the last minute to help or assist people especially African American. Many of these government people were either elected or hired to look out for the best interest of people. African American start blaming themselves for things.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/maatra/ maatra

    Those goddamn levees was BLOWN UP. This aint the first time it happen.

    When divers went in and grab some of the levee remains they found burnt marks on them that came from millitary type of explosive

    Many ppl heard explosions just before the water came in

    John berry a writter for the new york post or times wrote in his book the “The Rising Tide” how rich peckerwoods compromised the levees and flooded out the 9th ward back in 1921

    Those government bastards flooded us out so they can come in and rebuild placing all types of golf courses condos hotels and shyt for the rich.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/maatra/ maatra

    My bad that was 1927 got the date mixed up wit the bombing of Blackwallstreet.

    Goddamn them peckerwoods was phukin us over good in the twenties to start off they great depression in the 30′s

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MR_NANASTROKER/ MR_NANASTROKER

    there’s and old Reverend here in Chicago

    O.C. Nicks
    I remember when this happened (I do not attend church but this man has presided over a lot of family passings and I was also accompanying my cousin) he stated that back in 1920? the first time the Levees gave way the White community way of living and houses and businesses where being destroyed…..they took the Black community in the surrounded areas ROUNDED THEM UP….AND FORCED THEM 2 PUT SANDBAGS ACROSS 2 STOP THE FLOODING….it got so hectid 2 a point where if they were not working FAST ENOUGH they would shoot them DOWN LIKE DOGS
    American History you will never learn in school

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/2good2bsingle/ 2good2bsingle

    Thanx, Maatra! I was gonna say the same thing about the ‘Flood’ of 1927. Aaron Neville remade a song by another guy called ’1927′. It’s about the very same thing. Thanx for educating people as to the REAL history of New Orleans and our plights in dealing with a corrupt-ass Govt.! Also.. Thanx to Mr_NanaStroker for his input into more important facts revealing more dysfunctional New Orleans history.

    9-Ward for life! ;-)

  • http://newsone.com/nation/new-orleans-mayor-praises-katrina-liability-ruling/ New Orleans Mayor Praises Katrina Liability Ruling | News One

    [...] RELATED: Judge Finds Government At Fault For Levees Breaking During Katrina [...]

  • http://www.blackinfo.net/?p=7372 Black Info.Net – African American News Hub | Black Info.Net

    [...] RELATED: Judge Finds Government At Fault For Levees Breaking During Katrina [...]

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Ms_22Hott2touch/ Ms_22Hott2touch

    get money f*** the rest.!All day

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MR_NANASTROKER/ MR_NANASTROKER

    If you value your HEALTH and your Childrens health you need 2 spare 1 hour of your time 2 view something I found very disturbing 2 say the least and it may come in2 fruition on December 31, 2009
    Google
    CODEX ALEMETARIUS
    also visit this website…….healthfreedomUSA.org

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MR_NANASTROKER/ MR_NANASTROKER

    If you value your HEALTH and your Childrens health you need 2 spare 1 hour of your time 2 view something I found very disturbing 2 say the least and it may come in2 fruition on December 31, 2009
    Google
    CODEX ALEMETARIUS
    also visit this website…….healthfreedomUSA.org

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/I8ThaPussSoRite/ I8ThaPussSoRite

    america has a machine called HAARP in alaska that can intesify storms and cause earthquakes. Watch the movie ‘Holes In Heaven’ on youtube, you will see its 100 percent true. Katrina was designed to kill blk people thats why they blew the levies, and to test out HOW TO CARRY OUT MARTIAL LAW. THERE WILL BE MARTIAL LAW AGAIN SOON.

    WE are being herded towards a catastrophe and most ppl are asleep at the wheel. Reseach ‘Bilderberg Group’ ‘Fall of The Republic’ on youtube people need to learn who their real masters are, what we are being taught about our world is lies on a matrix scale

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