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Confederacy of Dunces USA

Welcome to the confederacy of dunces usa. This blog is inspired by the effects of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans and the Gulf Coast USA and named after the novel A Confederacy of Dunces by New Orleans native John Kennedy Toole. Certainly the disaster response efforts have been led by the dunces....

Monday, January 16, 2006

Lawsuits in Progress

I have been wondering what was going on regarding lawsuits versus the and other plaintiffs. I caught this article in giving an update. It seems a variety of suits have been filed against the Army Corps of Engineers for levee failure and more specifically for the management of the Mr. Go, Murphy Oil for the oil spill in St Bernard, and a variety of oil and gas companies on behalf of the fisheries industry. It is speculated there will not be much action on these suits until 2007 due to the backlog caused in part by the storm. I guess the lack of news on this is due to the fact that not much has happened yet but its good to know that these angles are being pursued. I am still looking for some accountability.

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