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Three expert witnesses called by Oregon National Guard soldiers and by defense contractor KBR Inc. will be allowed to testify when the soldiers’ case against KBR comes to trial, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul Papak said Friday that testimony from dueling experts on wind-dispersion patterns and KBR’s expert microbiologist will be permitted. […]
KBR Inc. (KBR) must face a trial on claims that it knowingly exposed U.S. troops to toxic chromium dust in 2003 while they were guarding a company work site in Iraq, a Houston judge ruled. Dozens of U.S. national guardsmen from Indiana and West Virginia have sued the Houston-based military contractor over health problems they blame on exposure […]
In an important ruling on August 16, 2012, Judge Vanessa D. Gilmore in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas denied KBR’s Motion to Dismiss in the matter brought against KBR by U.S. and British servicemen who suffered from exposure to sodium dichromate while guarding KBR’s Qarmat Ali water treatment plant […]
July 26, 2012 – The Oregonian, by: Mike Francis Lawyers for the soldiers suing KBR Inc. take issue with the defense contractor’s argument in the case of a soldier electrocuted in Iraq. In a filing in federal court in Portland Thursday, they point out that Qarmat Ali, the water treatment plant in southern Iraq where […]
July 27 (Reuters – Reporting by Braden Reddall) – Halliburton Co and KBR Inc are battling in court over a $256 million tax dispute, as the two companies seek to put to bed issues lingering from their corporate break-up five years ago. Especially in relation to work done for the U.S. military in Iraq, Halliburton, […]
By Greg Risling – The Associated Press Posted : Tuesday Jul 10, 2012 17:36:32 EDT LOS ANGELES — The family of a California soldier killed in Afghanistan sued a Canadian military contractor for rehiring a security guard, an Afghan national, after he allegedly threatened to attack U.S. troops and eventually ended up killing two service […]
LOS ANGELES July 11, 2011 CBS News— The family of a California soldier killed in Afghanistan sued a military contractor for rehiring an Afghan national as a security guard after he allegedly threatened to attack U.S. troops and eventually killed two service members and wounded four others. The federal wrongful death lawsuit filed Monday claims […]
Published: June 18, 2012 at 5:13 PM PORTLAND, Ore., June 18 (UPI) — Defense contractor KBR is being sued by Oregon National Guard members who say they were exposed to a carcinogenic chemical in Iraq, attorneys said. The most contentious motion to be argued at hearings this week in U.S. District Court in Portland, Ore., concerns […]
Defense contractor KBR tries to toss expert witness from Oregon Guard trial Published: Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 1:24 PM Updated: Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 1:41 PM By Mike Francis, The Oregonian Follow 0 ShareEmailPrint View full sizeSome soldiers in Oregon Army National Guard are in a lawsuit against defense contractor KBR for their exposure to the […]
Updated: Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 2:37 PM By The Oregonian U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden is calling for the Department of Defense to investigate “excessive” expenses of the legal team of defense contractor Kellogg, Brown and Root, granted special indemnity for its contract in Iraq. Wyden’s sharply worded letter sent Wednesday to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta […]
