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Federal Judge Rejects KBR/Halliburton Immunity Motions

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By Mike Doyle | Doyle Raizner LLP Federal Judge Paul Papak in the United States District Court for Oregon today entered an order rejecting KBR and Halliburton’s demands for immunity for their conduct exposing Oregon National Guard soldiers to dangerous toxins at their Qarmat Ali project in southern Iraq in 2003. The order ( 00132958.PDF) [...]

September 28th, 2010 | Posted in Blog,Qarmat Ali Case Update | Read More »

Suit against KBR by Oregon National Guard goes forward in Portland

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By Julie Sullivan, The Oregonian Originally Published Oregonlive.com on May 19, 2010, 9:17PM Oregon Army National Guard veterans suing the largest war contractor in Iraq today in federal court in Portland acknowledge they’re waging an improbable fight. In February, the war contractor squashed a similar lawsuit by Indiana Guard who also claimed they were knowingly [...]

May 21st, 2010 | Posted in Oregon Live,Qarmat Ali News | Read More »

Oregon Guard chemical exposure suit against KBR will move forward

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By Julie Sullivan, The Oregonian May 20, 2010, 6:31PM Magistrate Judge Paul Papak will hear arguments July 12 on whether an Oregon Army National Guard veterans’ case against military contractor Kellogg, Brown and Root should go forward in U. S. District Court in Oregon. On Thursday, Papak also granted in part and denied in part [...]

May 21st, 2010 | Posted in Oregon Live,Qarmat Ali News | Read More »

Houston Chronicle | Guardsmen allege KBR exposed them to carcinogens in Iraq

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By MARY FLOOD | Houston Chronicle More than 50 Indiana National Guardsmen have filed a lawsuit in Houston claiming KBR failed to warn them about exposure to carcinogenic chemicals at an Iraqi water facility they were guarding. An Indiana judge tossed out the same lawsuit over cancer-causing hexavalent chromium at the Basra-area water plant, saying [...]

April 6th, 2010 | Posted in Houston Chronicle,Qarmat Ali News | Read More »

Huffington Post Covers KBR Case

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KBR: Private Military Cancer (PMC) Provider? David Isenberg, Author, Shadow Force: Private Security Contractors in Iraq Yesterday Doyle Raizner LLP, the legal team for the Indiana National Guardsmen, whose claims against KBR were recently dismissed in Indiana federal court, refiled for the Guardsmen in Houston federal court. The suit alleges that KBR knowingly allowed exposure [...]

April 2nd, 2010 | Posted in Huffington Post,Qarmat Ali News | Read More »

Indiana National Guard soldiers re-file lawsuit against KBR

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by Star report of Indystar.com Attorneys for Indiana National Guard soldiers exposed to a dangerous chemical in Iraq have refilled their lawsuit against a military contractor in a federal court in Houston.The lawsuit claims that the contractor concealed the risks faced by nearly 140 Hoosier soldiers potentially exposed to a cancer-causing agent. The Guard soldiers [...]

April 2nd, 2010 | Posted in National Media,Qarmat Ali News | Read More »

First UK Iraq Vet Sues Contractor KBR Over Alleged Toxic Exposure

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE First UK Iraq Vet Sues Contractor KBR Over Alleged Toxic Exposure Contractor also accused of misleading British military HOUSTON, Feb. 4, 2010 – A retired Royal Air Force sergeant joined more than 80 U.S. veterans in litigation against military contractor KBR, Inc. over alleged toxic exposure at a contaminated site near Basra, Iraq, the Doyle Raizner [...]

February 5th, 2010 | Posted in British Troops,Press Release,Qarmat Ali News | Read More »

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