Twenty-one victims of the New Orleans terror attack have filed a lawsuit against city officials and contractors this week, saying that they failed to protect Bourbon Street revelers from a “preventable” truck ramming incident.

A second lawsuit has been filed against the city of New Orleans for its alleged failure to prevent the new year’s terror attack. “This tragedy was not an unavoidable act of violence, but it’s deeply troubling that municipal leaders and contractors were clearly aware of the vulnerability of Bourbon Street to this type of predictable and foreseeable event,

A cohort of 21 survivors and relatives of victims killed in the New Year’s Day truck attack is suing city officials, accusing them of failing to take the appropriate safety precautions before the incident,