[StBernard] Meraux Class Action Ruling

Westley Annis westley at da-parish.com
Sun Apr 30 11:00:41 EDT 2006



JFR,

Great point about donating the 7% since there is no financial incentive to
this suit so claims the legal offices to inquiring residents.

Craig


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Westley:

As always you go the extra mile to insure that your readers receive
accurate, relevent information. It is no wonder that certain lawyers
utilize the legal system to fatten their pockets at the expense of the
residents of St. Bernard that they continuously claim they are "helping".
The entire parish, residents, businesses, and government can use any help
possible, so I challenge these attornies to contribute the "7% fee" they are
receiving that righfully belongs to those settling with Murphy to the parish
government with the stipulation that it be used to purchase and utilize
street sweepers (I know we are all tired of getting nails in our tires),
tree trees on the neutral grounds, repair the parks, and other projects that
would benefit the citizens of St. Bernard.

Will it happen? I doubt it, because these snakes are not looking out for
St. Bernard residents - they are looking out for themselves. I personally
wish that I had the financial resources to file an appeal against the
judges' decision. At the minimum, I encourage all to contact our parish,
state, and federal officials, especially the U. S. Attorney, and request
that a thorough investigation be initiated. I suspect that the results of
any such investigation, while quite some time away, would be eye-opening.

I am glad that we quickly settled last October, despite the nay-sayers that
had visions of hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages coming their way,
for an "accident". (While there may have been some negligence on Murphy's
part, how many businesses thoroughly prepared for Katrina? How many
residents? We evacuated, but we certainly could have reduced our losses had
I not been so hard-headed and taken the time to move what I could upstairs,
instead of assuming that we would once again walk away with wind damage
only.)

My thoughts and prayers are with my fellow residents for a quick resolution
to this matter, and for the incentive to continue to rebuild our community.
_______________
JFR






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