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By Mike Francis, The Oregonian on January 05, 2013 at 4:01 PM, updated January 05, 2013 at 11:24 PM When a federal jury in November awarded $85 million to 12 Oregon National Guard soldiers and veterans who sued defense contractorKBR Inc. in court in Portland, it marked a first step in what is sure to prove a […]
After several weeks of an informal, partial gag order entered at the request of KBR shortly before the verdict was delivered, we are now able to comment more fully on the verdict, the full facts of the case, and other developments in the fight for the Qarmat Ali veterans. As was widely reported, on November […]
By Craig Malisow Thu., Dec. 27 2012 at 1:00 PM After KBR was ordered in November to pay $85 millionto a dozen Oregon National Guard soldiers who wereexposed to a toxic chemical while providing security for contractors in Iraq in 2003, we figured there’d be some foot-stomping and an immediate appeal. We didn’t think KBR would have […]
Wyden Letter to Secretary Darcy Regrading KBR
Kellogg Brown and Root Must be Held Accountable for Poisoning Members of Oregon National Guard in Iraq Friday, December 7, 2012 Portland, OR – Six members of Oregon’s congressional delegation are urging The Pentagon to resist efforts by military contractor Kellogg Brown and Root (KBR) to stick American taxpayers with the estimated $100 million bill […]
Published: Friday, December 21, 2012, 3:02 PM By Mike Francis, The Oregonian The final Defense Authorization approved today by Congress includes an amendment that will prevent secret contractor indemnifications like the one the Army Corps of Engineers granted to KBR Inc. at the outset of the war against Iraq. The amendment barring such secret arrangements was sponsored […]
OPB | Nov. 28, 2012 6:55 a.m. | Portland, Oregon Court documents indicate the military contractor KBR is trying to compel the federal government to pay the $85 million dollars in damages that a jury awarded to a group of Oregon soldiers. The filing came up in a dispute between KBR and the Oregon plaintiff’s […]
Published November 27, 2012 Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. – An Iraq war contractor that lost a lawsuit to a group of sickened Oregon soldiers has filed a lawsuit seeking to force the federal government to pay $85 million in damages awarded to the soldiers. Kellogg Brown and Root also asks that the government pay more […]
By TOM KELLY US troops awarded £4.4m in damages Exposed to agent which damages lungs and kidneys Now seven RAF men may make similar claim A court ruling has given fresh hope to seven RAF gunners suing a company that allegedly made them ill by exposing them to a toxic chemical in Iraq. A US jury […]
By John Nova Lomax Wednesday, Nov 14 2012 Ever since that June day in 2010 when the roadside bomb detonated ten feet from the cab of his truck on a dusty road in Iraq, Terry Enzweiler has not been the same. He gets lost coming back from the same grocery store he’s shopped in hundreds of times; […]
