Arbitration Panel Rules in Favor of Bay-Waveland Schools
RIDGELAND, Miss., Feb. 1 /PRNewswire/ — A federal arbitration panel ruled today in favor of the Bay-St. Louis-Waveland Mississippi School District in a historic case involving the Federal Emergency Management Agency and damages caused by Hurricane Katrina. The ruling by a three-judge panel of the United States Civilian Board of Contract Appeals found that FEMA must allow the school district to repair damaged roofs, windows, and siding at three campuses. The estimated value of the repairs is $6.9 million. The District plans to use the panel’s award to restore the school facilities at Bay High, Bay-Waveland Middle School, and Waveland Elementary, to their “predisaster condition.”
The District was successfully represented by Ridgeland-based Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens and Cannada, PLLC with Ronald J. Artigues Jr. and Mark W. Garriga serving as lead counsel.
“This decision is a milestone for continued rebuilding efforts along the Gulf Coast,” Garriga said. “There was no dispute that the scope of devastation visited on the Bay-Waveland School District by the eye of Hurricane Katrina was massive in scale.”
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