Settlement reached in Louisiana Katrina/Rita class action lawsuit

A notification program about a proposed partial settlement began today as ordered by Judge Stanwood R. Duval, Jr., in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana to alert those affected by flooding due to any failures or overtopping of levees that occurred within the Parishes of Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines and St. Bernard, Louisiana resulting from Hurricane Katrina and/or Hurricane Rita.