1 of 4 BILOXI063LH.JPG The remains of a barge-borne casino (at left) floated more than a block from the building on the right where it was moored before hurricane Katrina hit. In the foreground. After the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina, FEMA regulations were heightened, with strict measurements put in place for the safety of the public. In October 2005, a law was passed by the Mississippi legislature that allowed casino operators to build on land within 245 m (800 ft) of the waterfront. Grand Casino Biloxi., Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina. Helicopter view of Biloxi, Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina. In foreground is huge barge, formerly docked and anchored off shore, which housed the Grand Casino Biloxi.Prior to 2005 this casino was a Caesars Entertainment property.
The owners of a Biloxi marina damaged by a casino-owned barge that came loose during Hurricane Katrina are considering an appeal of a Mississippi court ruling that the casino is not liable for the destruction.
- Gambling companies are beginning to tally the damage to New Orleans other U.S. Gulf Coast casinos. Hurricane Katrina picked up several Gulf Coast casinos and hurled them hundreds of yards inland.
- Hurricane Katrina devastated parts of the Gulf Coast in 2005. Mississippi casinos at that time were required to be located on the water or in coffer dams. The Grand Casino's main barge traveled.
Last week, the state Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling Palace Casino wasn't liable for the damage to Bay Point High and Dry Marina in 2005.
A Harrison County judge ruled in favor of the casino in 2009. Black bear casino resort minnesota.
Marina owner Doug Cruthirds and his attorney, William Guice III, told The Sun Herald that they may appeal to the Mississippi Supreme Court.
'Basically they ruined me,' Cruthirds said.
Best poker starting hand odds against. Cruthirds said he lost the marina and his home to Katrina and now operates his yacht brokerage business out of the house he moved into after the storm.
The 20,000-square-foot warehouse he leased had more than 100 boats inside when Katrina hit.
The marina was northwest of where New Palace Casino LLC had two barges moored on the Biloxi Bay. The casino barge held in the storm surge but the barge that housed the SportsZone — a 15,000 square foot sports bar with slot machines — broke loose and, according to court records, floated across the bay and allegedly struck Bay Point Marina.
Keith Crosby, general manager of the Palace Casino, had no comment on the case.
Palace attorneys had argued Katrina was an 'Act of God.' It was the duty of the Palace management to take steps to prevent injury that is 'reasonably foreseeable,' the ruling said, but reasonable precautions could not have prevented damage from the storm.
Gaming casino near houston tx 77070. The mooring was required to withstand a Category 4 hurricane with 155 mph winds and a 15-foot tidal surge and designed by a licensed engineer to withstand an 18-foot surge. Katrina's storm surge was 23 feet in that area, court records said.
'New Palace took reasonable steps in mooring its barge in light of the applicable regulations and foreseeable weather conditions of Biloxi Bay,' wrote Appeals Judge Larry E. Roberts in the decision.
Cruthirds had sued the Palace for negligence.
'All I wanted was a couple hundred thousands so we could rebuild it,' he told the Sun Herald.
Cruthirds said he had to pay half the insurance check he received for damages to the owner of the building, who Cruthirds said canceled the remaining 20 years on his 30-year lease and now has the property zoned for a casino. Cruthirds spent the $90,000 he received in insurance on attorney fees.
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