5th Circuit Affirms Dismissal Of Claims Against U.S. Arising From Hurricane Katrina
NEW ORLEANS - The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on June 30 affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of tort claims against the United States of America related to the alleged failure of the levee breaches in the wake of Hurricane Katrina because the plaintiffs did not exhaust their administrative remedies as required under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA); the court further found that the plaintiffs failed to establish admiralty jurisdiction under the Suits in Admiralty Act (SAA) (In re: Katrina Canal Breaches Litigation, Maureen O’Dwyer, et al. v. United States of America, No. 07-30412, 5th Cir.).
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