CONSTRUCTION DEFECT JOURNAL

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CONSTRUCTION DEFECT JOURNAL - ISSUE 242749 - SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 2025

New Orleans Terror Attack Lawsuit Targets Engineer Mott MacDonald, Contractor and City

New Orleans

The lawsuit claims that during the multi-phased street reconstruction project, Mott MacDonald failed to advise city officials to protect the street with bollards or barriers capable of stopping a Ford F-150 like the one used in the attack.

February 3, 2025
Richard Korman - Engineering News-Record

Seven victims who survived the New Year's morning terrorist truck attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans have filed a negligence lawsuit in state court, in that city, blaming city officials, engineer Mott MacDonald and a contractor for the deaths.


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