GEORGIA LEGAL SERVICES lawyers have opened about 1,000 matters for Hurricane Katrina, according to a report released Monday.

The study conducted by seven law firms enlisted by the Appleseed Foundation, a nonprofit political action group founded by Ralph Nader, found that evacuees who got out of Katrina-flooded areas on their own early and those who landed in parts of the country with fewer other evacuees are faring better almost a year later than the thousands rescued and dumped in cities saturated with evacuees.

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