Minutes from KBR Meeting Sept. 16, 2003
Minutes from September 16, 2003 meeting of KBR managers showing alarming medical test results from exposure to sodium dichromate. Minutes from KBR Meeting Sept. 16, 2003
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Minutes from KBR Meeting Oct. 2, 2003
Minutes from October 2, 2003 meeting of KBR managers show their knowledge of safety hazard being posed by sodium dichromate, concern over human exposure to the chemical, and fear of being held responsible. Minutes from KBR Meeting Oct. 2, 2003
Oregon Live – KBR knew of exposure of Oregon soldiers to cancer-causing hexavalent chromium in Iraq
The minutes of an Oct. 2, 2003 meeting about blood and urine tests from workers at the Qarmat Ali plant contradicts KBR’s long-standing claims that there was no medical evidence of harm.
Federal Judge Rejects Latest KBR/Halliburton Delay Attempt
By order entered November 2, 2010, in federal court in Houston, Texas United States District Judge Vanessa Gilmore denied KBR/Halliburton’s motion to enter a “Lone Pine Order”. KBR/Halliburton claimed that the US Army’s initial report completed in 2003 on the soldiers’ exposures at Qarmat Ali, relying primarily on information provided at the time by KBR/Halliburton […]
Qarmat Ali History
In 2003, KBR was hired and entrusted by the United States government to assess and repair the Qarmat Ali Water Treatment Plant near Basra, Iraq as part of the U.S.’s efforts to restore Iraqi infrastructure. The purpose of the Qarmat Ali plant was to provide water necessary for injection into Iraq’s oil fields, in order […]
Hexavalent chromium exposure: Federal judge rules Oregon vets lawsuit against KBR can go directly to appeals court
Julie Sullivan, The Oregonian A federal judge who ruled an Oregon lawsuit against the largest war contractor in Iraq should proceed in Portland, agreed that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit should review his decision. U.S. District Magistrate Paul Papak stood by his earlier rulings, but cleared the way for an unusual […]
An Officer of the (KBR) Court
Original Article at Huffington Post I have written before on the lawsuit by National Guardsman against KBR regarding the alleged their poisoning by exposure to sodium dichromate at Qarmat Ali project. So here is an update taken from the most recent filings submitted by the plaintiffs’ lawyers in Texas and Oregon. Evidently KBR is being […]
Judge weighs Iraq contractor’s bid to stop lawsuit
PORTLAND, Ore. — A Texas-based military contractor is appealing a judge’s decision to try a lawsuit filed by Oregon veterans who claim they were exposed to a toxic chemical in Iraq. Attorneys for Kellogg, Brown and Root claim that suing a military contractor raises “unprecedented” legal questions that first should be decided by a higher […]
Federal judge ponders unusual appeal in Oregon vets’ suit against KBR
Julie Sullivan, The Oregonian A lawsuit by Oregon veterans against the civilian contractors they protected in Iraq will move forward — even as it moves closer to an appeal. On Wednesday, U.S. District Magistrate Paul Papak told attorneys to prepare for trial, even as he considers whether the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals should review […]
