http://kbrlitigation.com Thu, 05 Apr 2012 11:47:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en New documents recently uncovered show that military contractor KBR was aware of contamination at its Qarmat Ali water treatment plan in Iraq at least as early as January 2003.  KBR had previously claimed that it was only aware of chemical contamination at the site from sodium dichromate after U.S. National Guardsmen began showing symptoms of [...]


]]> http://kbrlitigation.com/new-docs-show-kbr-knew-of-toxic-chemicals-by-at-least-january-2003/     April Baer, OPB News | April 4, 2012 2:56 p.m. | Updated: April 4, 2012 5:17 p.m. Oregon soldiers suing the government contractor KBR have discovered a document they say shows the company failed to disclose toxic contamination at a plant in Iraq where the soldiers worked. The Oregon Guardsmen are among several [...]


]]> http://kbrlitigation.com/suing-soldiers-say-govt-contractor-failed-to-disclose-toxics/ Visit Oregon Live for Full Stories By Mike Francis, The Oregonian Lawyers for Oregon National Guard soldiers suing defense contractor KBR Inc. said this week the Houston-based company deliberately concealed a document proving it knew before the invasion of Iraq of the presence of a deadly carcinogen at a water treatment plant in the southern [...]


]]> http://kbrlitigation.com/oregon-soldiers-charge-kbr-with-concealing-critical-document-in-sodium-dichromate-case/ By Associated Press, Updated: Wednesday, April 4, 11:36 AM PORTLAND, Ore. — A military contractor knew an Iraqi water treatment plant’s lax environmental standards let a toxic chemical contaminate the area, but never disclosed it to Oregon National Guard soldiers who were sickened, the soldiers said in a complaint filed Wednesday. The complaint in U.S. District Court [...]


]]> http://kbrlitigation.com/records-show-iraq-war-contractor-kbr-knew-of-toxic-chemical/ Returning from Iraq, Leroy Torres thought he had left the battle overseas. But he would soon become one of hundreds of troops fighting two more battles on our soil: a battle for recognition of a mysterious ailment and a bureaucratic one. “When he first got back, he immediately had several ER visits for respiratory issues. [...]


]]> http://kbrlitigation.com/sick-soldiers-symptoms-exist-but-the-diagnosis-unclear/ HOUSTON (AP) — A former KBR Inc. chief executive faced sentencing Thursday for his role in a scheme to bribe Nigerian government officials in return for $6 billion in engineering and construction contracts. Albert “Jack” Stanley pleaded guilty in 2008 to conspiring in the decade-long scheme related to the company’s natural gas operations in Nigeria [...]


]]> http://kbrlitigation.com/ex-kbr-chief-to-be-sentenced-in-bribery-scheme/ On February 15, 2012, he Houstont Press published an extended article about the ongoing litigation by U.S. and British servicemen against KBR for exposure to sodium dichromate (hexavalent chromium) during the Iraq War. Sodium dichromate, a known toxic and carcinogenic chemical, was spread throughout the Qarmat Ali water treatment plant worksite in Iraq. KBR hired [...]


]]> http://kbrlitigation.com/houston-press-details-kbr-qarmat-ali-litigation/ By Mike Francis, The Oregonian The Oregonian KBR asks federal judge to dismiss case brought by Oregon soldiers Lawyers for defense contractor KBR Inc. asked a federal judge in Portland Friday to dismiss the suit brought by a group of Oregon National Guard soldiers who said the KBR knowingly exposed them to a carcinogenic compound [...]


]]> http://kbrlitigation.com/kbr-asks-federal-judge-to-dismiss-case-brought-by-oregon-soldiers/ By Mike Francis, The Oregonian The federal judge hearing the case brought by 34 Oregon National Guard soldiers against military contractor KBR Inc., has ruled that an expert opinion produced by the soldiers can be used in the trial, currently scheduled for June. But Magistrate Judge Paul Papak said the amended expert report produced by [...]


]]> http://kbrlitigation.com/oregon-soldiers-in-hex-chromium-case-get-permission-to-use-tardy-expert-report/ Today the ICANN Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution panel rejected KBR’s attempt to silence www.kbrlitigation.com, the public information site maintained for the Qarmat Ali vets and public to stay informed about the KBR Qarmat Ali litigation.  Although literally dozens of sites used “KBR” and various combinations, KBR chose to pursue a claim to shut down [...]


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