Lawyer: settlement near over hurricane
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A bus carrying members of Congress on a tour of the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans Thursday, Feb. 23, 2007, can be seen through a home that was flooded by Hurricane Katrina. A U.S. House subcommittee opened a hearing in New Orleans into the roots and solutions of a shortage of housing poor people can afford to buy or rent in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
AP - Louisiana's state-run insurer is nearing a mass settlement with homeowners that would be the first deal of its kind in the state since hurricanes Rita and Katrina led to thousands of lawsuits, an attorney for the homeowners said Monday. |
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