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By DIONNE SEARCEY The Wall Street Journal | Law Journal | January 7, 2010 A recent lawsuit brought by a group of Indiana National Guardsman spotlights a controversial legal doctrine that prevents soldiers on active duty from seeking compensation for injuries sustained in war zones. The guardsman allege that a mission to help clean up […]
NBC Nightly News – Guardsmen suing KBR for chemical exposure… NBC News investigation tonight that takes us back to Iraq in 2003, after the combat phase of the war was over… more
Indiana National Guard troops gathered to say goodbye to one of their commanding officers on Tuesday, Lt. Colonel Jim Gentry. Gentry believed his terminal cancer was directly related to his service in Iraq and even after death the 52-year-old Indiana National Guard commander is continuing a fight for his troops through a lawsuit.
Toxic Tour of Duty: Part 1 & 2 – (WHAS11)–Tell City, Indiana is the small Perry County seat. It’s where a giant We Support the Troops banner hangs on the county courthouse and many a man here has served in the military.
Iraq veteran blames KBR for his suffering on chemical exposure By Keri Brown of West Virginia Public Broadcasting [audio:https://kbrlitigation.com/audio/0709Guardlawsuit.mp3] July 10, 2009 · Seven National Guard veterans in West Virginia are among 50 nationwide who say they are experiencing severe health problems after being exposed to a toxic chemical in Iraq. The veterans are suing civilian contractor KBR […]
Senator Evan Bayh made the following statement today at a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing about S. 1779, The Health Care for Veterans Exposed to Chemical Hazards Act of 2009:
Halliburton’s KBR subsidiary, and it’s role in the exposure of hundreds of American and British soldiers protecting KBR’s Qarmat Ali project in southern Iraq in 2003 to sodium dichromate (better known as hexavalent chromium in the “Erin Brockavich” movie), has been the subject of Senate DPC hearings and coverage on ABC, CBS, NBC, Democracy Now, and in The Houston Chronicle, The Oregonian, and other newspapers across the country.
NBC Story on National Guards Exposure to Hexavalent Chromium in Iraq
By Sharon Cohen – The Associated Press Posted : Monday Jun 29, 2009 11:39:42 EDT Larry Roberta’s every breath is a painful reminder of his time in Iraq. He can’t walk a block without gasping for air. His chest hurts, his migraines sometimes persist for days and he needs pills to help him sleep. James […]
