Checks in mail soon, attorneys in Katrina-Rita case say

NEW ORLEANS - Letters have gone out to inform nearly 125,000 New Orleans-area residents and businesses that checks will be mailed soon in a 2009 settlement over flood damage from hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005.The money won't be major in most cases: Joseph Bruno, an attorney representing plaintiffs in the suit told Nola.comThe Times-Picayune that payments will range from $2.50 to $3,700.The $20 million settlement came in a lawsuit involving the East Jefferson, Orleans and Lake Borgne Basin