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Checks for Katrina, Rita flood damage being mailed Monday, 12 years after storms

Source: nola.com - Jul 28, 2017

Checks are to be mailed Monday (July 31) to almost 125,000 east bank residents and businesses for flood damage from hurricanes Katrina and Rita. They are part of a $20 million settlement reached in 2009 in a lawsuit with the East Jefferson, Lake Borgne Basin and Orleans levee districts, said Joseph Bruno, an attorney for plaintiffs in the suit.

Most recipients will receive payments ranging from $50 to $150, although the highest payment will be about $6,000. Some checks will be withheld until their distribution is approved by Medicaid, Bruno said; these are are wrongful death and personal injury claims for $1,000 or more.

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