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The National Guardsmen who are standing up to KBR in their lawsuits against the private military contractor for exposing them to sodium dichromate contamination at the Qarmat Ali Water Treatment Plant in Iraq in 2003 are inspiring real action. United States Representatives Earl Blumenaur and Kurt Shrader and Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley from […]
By Michael Doyle | Doyle Raizner LLP There have been several important developments in the fight to uncover KBR’s conduct in knowingly exposing the men at KBR’s Qarmat Ali project to dangerous toxins. But first, it is with great sadness that all of us express our condolences to Sabrina and the McManaway family on Mark’s […]
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) […]
By Amanda Halter / Doyle Raizner LLP Military personnel injured by the poisonous fumes emanating from burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan had a victory yesterday when United States District Judge Roger Titus rejected KBR’s Motion to Dismiss their lawsuits. As they have repeatedly in other lawsuits, sometimes successfully and sometimes not, KBR argued that […]
Doyle Raizner is proud to become a sponsor of the US Vets Patriot 5K Run/Walk. The event will be on May 15, 2010 – Armed Forces Day – and will start and finish at the Downtown Aquarium. The proceeds from the race will be used to benefit the U.S. Veterans Initiative of Houston, which provides […]
We have received reports of Hoosier vets either being denied or delayed care at the VA for the health problems they are facing as a result of their exposures at KBR’s Qarmat Ali project. While ultimately it should be KBR and not the US taxpayers paying for the costs of caring for our soldiers, the […]
At a press conference in Portland, Oregon this morning, Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon called for legislation to protect soldiers exposed to sodium dichromate by Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR) at the Qarmat Ali water treatment plant in Southern Iraq. Ten former Oregon National Guard troops were on hand,and Spc. Larry Roberta spoke on behalf […]
Along with members of the US Army National Guard, a large contingent of the British forces deployed in 2003 were also tasked with protecting KBR’s Qarmat Ali project near Basra, Iraq. Unfortunately, these men, primarily members of the RAF Regiment, were likewise wholly unprotected against the hazards of sodium dichromate-an anticorrosive chemical containing nearly pure hexavalent […]
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.
Oregon National Guard soldiers deployed to Iraq were exposed to Hexavalent Chromium Exposure The Oregon National Guard soldiers deployed to Iraq, and members of the Guard were assigned to duty at the Qarmat Ali facility. Each plaintiff was on site at the Qarmat Ali facility in 2003 and each was exposed to sodium dichromate. The […]
