Law Shields Corp From Hurricane Katrina Damages

Although the Army Corps of Engineers knew that the levee was faulty, they will not be held responsible legally for the physical, emotional and property damages resulting from the levee failures.

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Army Corps of Engineers is immune under federal law from responsibility for damages resulting from the failure of drainage canal walls in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.

The action apparently shields the agency from a portion of nearly 500,000 claims filed by New Orleans area homeowners, businesses and city agencies, many of whom navigated traffic jams around the corps' Uptown headquarters or waited in long lines to beat a deadline for filing the claims, totaling more than $3 quadrillion.

They may not have been held legally responsible, but they are definitely morally responsible. I guess since they are a federal agency, moral responsibility will not concern them.