HOLZENTHAL v. SEWERAGE & WATER BD. OF N.O.

Nos. 2006-CA-0796, 2006-CA-0797, 2006-CA-0798.

950 So.2d 55 (2007)

Rita H. Holzenthal Wife of/and Henry HOLZENTHAL, III, Gretel Holzenthal, Cecelia M. Holzenthal Wife of/and Henry W. Holzenthal, Patricia A. Stanley Wife of/and George E. Thomas, and Monica S. Espinel Wife of/and Luis F. Espinel v. SEWERAGE & WATER BOARD OF NEW ORLEANS. Carlo R. Galan, M.D., Gwendolyn D. Redus, Billye B. Ber and Maxine Miller v. Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans. Jean Feran Wife of/and Fred Feran, Mary Susan Hunt, Mary Sharett Wife of/and Freddie Sharett, Penelope Sheffield, Elise A. Boyer and Cheryl L. Squire v. Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

January 10, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen B. Murray, Jr., Murray Law Firm, New Orleans, LA, Linda S. Harang, Law Offices of Linda S. Harang, L.L.C., Jefferson, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellees.

James B. Irwin, David W. O'Quinn, Irwin Fritchie Urquhart & Moore LLC, New Orleans, LA, for Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans.

Harry J. "Skip" Phillips, Jr., Margaret L. Tooke, Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, L.L.P., Baton Rouge, LA, for Fidelity & Guaranty Insurance Company.

Betty F. Mullin, Herman C. Hoffmann, Jr., Simon Peragine Smith & Redfearn L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, for James Construction Group, L.L.C.

Terrence L. Brennan, Keith J. Bergeron, Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, for Schrenk & Peterson Consulting Engineers, Inc. and Security Insurance Company of Hartford.

Joseph G. Gallagher, Jr., Hulse & Wanek, New Orleans, LA, David J. Bourgeois, Duplass Zwain Bourgeois Morton Pfister & Weinstock, Metairie, LA, for Brown, Cunningham & Gannuch, Inc.

Court composed of Chief Judge JOAN BERNARD ARMSTRONG, Judge MICHAEL E. KIRBY and Judge MAX N. TOBIAS JR.


JOAN BERNARD ARMSTRONG, Chief Judge.

This case involves three groups of homeowners who claim that their homes were damaged during the course of construction of the Southeast Louisiana Urban Drainage Project ("Project"). The purpose of the Project was to increase substantially drainage capacity in portions of New Orleans. The Project included, among other works, the construction of a box culvert underground drainage canal located in the median of Napoleon Avenue in...

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