Legal Opinion
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. v. Louisiana State
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 14, 2010No. 08-30738PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge:
In this consolidated limitation action, Claimants, Hurricane Katrina flood victims, filed claims against the Limitation Petitioners, private companies that operated twenty-two dredging vessels along the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet pursuant to contracts with the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Claimants suffered damages from the flooding of Orleans and St. Bernard Parishes when several levee systems failed as a result of the erosion of protective wetlands allegedly caused by the Limitation Petitioners’ negligent maintenance dredging operations. The Limitation…
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