UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS Proposed Revision to Litigation Settlement Agreement and Final Settlement of Class Action Against the United States A Court authorized this notice. This is not a solicitation from a lawyer. Introduction You are receiving this notice because official records show you are, or may be, a member of a Plaintiff class that the United States Court of Federal Claims certified in a class action lawsuit in 2006. Plaintiffs in that lawsuit, entitled Dauphin Island Property Owners Association, Inc., and James Hartman, et al. v. United States of America, No. 00-115-L (Fed. Cl.), sought damages against the United States based on allegations that the dredging and disposal activities of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Mobile Channel have caused erosion that has taken property on Dauphin Island. On September 6, 2006, the Court approved a settlement of the dispute on terms set forth in a Litigation Settlement Agreement and First Addendum thereto entered into by the Class, the United States, and the State of Alabama. The Litigation Settlement Agreement and First Addendum (hereinafter, sometimes, the “LSA”) are available for review at http://dauphinclass.sutherland.com. Now, the Plaintiff class representatives Dauphin Island Property Owners Association, Inc. and James Hartman and the United States propose amending the terms of the settlement in accordance with the provisions set forth in a proposed Second Addendum, ...
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