Federal Liability for Flood Damage Related to Army Corps of Engineers Projects

Brougher, Cynthia

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Emergency management;    Disasters;    Flood damage prevention;    Hurricanes;    Liability for environmental damages;   

RP-ID  :  RL34131
RP-ID  :  RL34131_2008Jul11

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report examines selected issues of the federal government's liability depending on the theory of the levee failures, and analyzes legal defenses available to the federal government. The report uses flood damage related to Hurricane Katrina as an illustration of these legal issues regarding federal liability, but the general principles in the analysis would apply to flood damage resulting from any such flood control project.