The ruling is the latest step in a case that has dragged on since 2008.
Afghanistan can ill afford further delay in an election that has dragged on for months.
The five men initiated a civil lawsuit against the city that has dragged on for nearly a decade.
"The rain merely drew attention to a state of neglect that has dragged on for years," Mr. Guzzo said.
He now stands accused of having invaded Congo, starting a conflict that has dragged in half-a-dozen African countries.
James Hollins at Evolution said he welcomed the "clarity provided over an issue that has dragged for some time".
And the catastrophe only compounded the problems of a bankruptcy and unemployment crisis that has dragged on for several years.
Their cases will be the final stage in an internal struggle that has dragged on for more than five years.
It has been substantially weakened, by most accounts, by the infighting that has dragged out the bargaining process.
The deal that has dragged down Lloyds was sealed at a dinner in Green Park last year.
In the instant case another lawyer's term, meaning one that has dragged on longer than Jarndyce v Jarndyce M'Lud was using plain, everyday English.
