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Politics : A Neutral Corner
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To: Ilaine who wrote (1626)12/4/2005 6:39:27 PM
From: carranza2  Read Replies (1) of 2253
 
Architects and engineers are favored with peremptive statutes of limitations under Louisiana law which are indeed subject to a fraud exception.

Madjeski and Masters, one of the designers of the 17th St. Canal floodwalls, is a huge national engineering concern but I doubt seriously that even all the insurance it may have will cover a small fraction of the damage. I would not be surprised if M&M is looking at bankruptcy protection.

The COE will of course be subject to FTCA suits in which the legal issue will be whether its actions are subject to the discretionary function immunity defense and to time-bars based on state laws if they are not.

A lot of the damage was not caused by the breach of the 17th St. Canal floodwals but by the failure of other levees. None of the contractors who built the levees have the means to respond to even a microscopic fraction of the damage even if the claims against them are not time-barred..
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