NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AP) -- The federal government is working on a settlement with about two dozen hurricane evacuees who sued to keep their rooms aboard a cruise ship, which is slated to leave this week, an attorney for the evacuees said Monday.
U.S. District Judge Peter Beer continued the hearing to Wednesday to give lawyers time to work out a compromise.
The evacuees' lawsuit claims the Federal Emergency Management Agency failed to provide alternative housing and had shown no evidence it would by Wednesday, FEMA's deadline for releasing the cruise ships it rented.
"FEMA has bungled its assignment," the lawsuit alleges. "FEMA acted incompetently before, during, and after Hurricane Katrina struck, and failed to heed warnings and take preventive actions that could have saved lived and alleviated suffering."
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