Lawsuit by New Orleans truck attack victims says city, contractors failed to implement safety system

Six people who were injured and the father of a man who was killed in the New Year’s truck attack are suing the City of New Orleans and two contractors, claiming they failed to protect revelers from an Army veteran who sped around a police blockade and raced down Bourbon Street. The attack killed 14 people and injured at least 30. Four of the injured plaintiffs are from Alabama and two are from Missouri. The father of Brandon Taylor, who was killed, is also a plaintiff in the suit. Lawyers claim the city and its contractors ignored warnings of a vehicle threat and failed to implement an effective system for deterring such an attack.