The Army Corps Of Engineers Is Taking Your Hurricane Katrina Lawsuits Seriously

WHO: The Army Corps Of Engineers
WHAT: The Army Corps Of Engineers has been sued 489,000 times over the damage from levees that broke during Hurricane Katrina. Of those 489,000 lawsuits, 247 of them are for at least 1 billion dollars, and one of them is for $3,014,170,389,176,410. ($3 quadrillion-ish.)
WHERE: Katrina’s victims ask for huge checks [Yahoo!]
THE QUOTE: “‘It’s important to the person who filed it, so we’re taking every single claim seriously,’ Corps spokeswoman Amanda Jones said.”

(Thanks, Andrew!)

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