La. courts brace for Katrina lawsuits
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NEW ORLEANS -- Courts already inundated by a wave of litigation against insurance companies over damage from Hurricane Katrina are bracing for a last-minute barrage of lawsuit filings as a deadline nears next week.
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A judge upset by the backlog of cases since Hurricane Katrina decided to release four New Orleans inmates from jail Friday and postpone their trials until they can get adequate representation from the spread-thin public defender's office.
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GULFPORT, Miss. _ U.S. District Court Judge L.T. Senter Jr. told a packed courtroom Wednesday that he will approve a class-action settlement of State Farm Fire and Casualty Co.'s Hurricane Katrina claims only if he is assured policyholders receive "substantial benefits" the current proposal lacks.
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A jury began  deliberating on Friday the fate of a couple accused of  negligent homicide in the flooding deaths of 35 elderly people  at their Louisiana nursing home during Hurricane Katrina.
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Gov. Kathleen Blanco recounted the state's preparations for Hurricane Katrina as she testified Tuesday in the trial of two nursing home owners charged in the drowning deaths of patients who weren't evacuated during the storm.
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Contractors hired to clean up after Hurricane Katrina are fuming over delays in getting paid by FEMA, and some fear the red tape will discourage companies from bidding on the big rebuilding projects that lie ahead for New Orleans.
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The son of a 91-year-old woman who died in her wheelchair while waiting to be rescued from the city's Convention Center in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina sued the city and state Thursday.
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A federal judge in New Orleans on Friday ruled that residents of areas heavily flooded when Hurricane Katrina's floodwaters were funneled down a New Orleans navigation channel can sue the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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Victims of some of the worst  flooding after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans sued the  federal government on Thursday charging negligence in the  construction and maintenance of floodwalls on the 17th Street  Canal.
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A total of 16 people and companies appear in court in eastern France tomorrow for a mammoth three-month trial that will seek to determine responsibility for one of historys worst tunnel disasters.
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The Orleans Parish sheriff was accused in a lawsuit Friday of violating the civil rights of inmates in his custody during Hurricane Katrina's aftermath.
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Dozens of lawsuits brought by the families of 9/11 victims against airlines, security companies and other parties are moving toward a trial.
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A seven-member jury was chosen Monday in the first trial for one of the several thousand lawsuits that Louisiana homeowners filed against their insurers in federal court after Hurricane Katrina.
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Louisiana residents on Saturday approved an amendment to the state constitution to overhaul flood and hurricane protection efforts in the region still struggling to rebuild from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005.
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A Louisiana federal judge has ruled many New Orleans homeowners whose houses sustained water damage after Hurricane Katrina are not excluded from coverage under their insurance policies, a judgment that represents a loss for the insurance industry.
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Dozens of victims of last summer's bridge collapse in Minneapolis have filed preliminary paperwork to sue the state
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By Leigh Coleman, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Jun. 27--LANDON ROAD -- The thousands of wrecked vehicles that filled farmland off Landon Road in Gulfport stood as a constant reminder of Katrina's devastation.