Hurricane Katrina Category Archives: Hurricane Katrina

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Smith

NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has reversed itself in a Hurricane Katrina case over the liability of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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Clement

NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – A federal appeals court last week ordered a district court to dismiss a man’s claim for negligent misrepresentation against an insurer. Read More »

NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – Orleans Parish Chief Judge Rosemary Ledet has given preliminary approval to a $25 million settlement in a class action lawsuit against a New Orleans hospital that flooded following during hurricane Katrina. The settlement was reached … Read More »

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Birnbaum

NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – Sheila Birnbaum, an attorney who once represented State Farm Insurance Cos. in Hurricane Katrina litigation, has been picked as the next administrator of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund program.
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Sweeney

NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – Noted environmental law attorney John Parker Sweeney recently spoke about the unpredictable nature of public nuisance lawsuits and the possible long-ranging effects of a few high-profile cases working through federal courts.
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BATON ROUGE, La. (Legal Newsline) – The Louisiana Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in an insurance case that questions a so-called “long-standing legal principle” that the filing of a class action blocks the deadline for filing suit. The plaintiffs in … Read More »

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Hood

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (Legal Newsline) – Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood will now have to get the approval of a federal court if he ever decides to bring Hurricane Katrina-related claims against State Farm Insurance Cos. again.
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Hood

JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) – A group of Mississippi media outlets will be granted access to state Attorney General Jim Hood’s settlement in a lawsuit State Farm Insurance Cos. brought against him.
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