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By Julie Sullivan, The Oregonian May 20, 2010, 6:31PM Magistrate Judge Paul Papak will hear arguments July 12 on whether an Oregon Army National Guard veterans’ case against military contractor Kellogg, Brown and Root should go forward in U. S. District Court in Oregon. On Thursday, Papak also granted in part and denied in part […]
By Julie Sullivan, The Oregonian April 26, 2010, 8:12PM Attorneys for Kellogg, Brown & Root have filed a second motion to dismiss an Oregon Army National Guardsmen lawsuit against the war contractor, saying the Oregon court lacks jurisdiction over the federal government’s military and foreign policy decisions in wartime. Friday’s filing comes three weeks after […]
[audio:https://kbrlitigation.com/audio/OPB_News_0413hexgoesfwd.mp3|autostart=yes] A federal magistrate in Portland has granted a procedural win for some Oregon soldiers. The Guardsmen are trying to sue a major military contractor for their exposure to carcinogenic material in Iraq. Judge Paul Papak says the group of 21 soldiers may continue their suit against Kellogg, Brown, and Root. The men were guarding […]
By Julie Sullivan, The Oregonian April 12, 2010, 5:57PM An Oregon Army National Guard soldiers’ lawsuit against war contractor Kellogg, Brown & Root over exposure to a cancer-causing chemical will go forward, a federal judge ruled Friday in Portland. U.S. District Judge Magistrate Paul Papak denied KBR’s motion to dismiss the case, saying the court […]
By MARY FLOOD | Houston Chronicle More than 50 Indiana National Guardsmen have filed a lawsuit in Houston claiming KBR failed to warn them about exposure to carcinogenic chemicals at an Iraqi water facility they were guarding. An Indiana judge tossed out the same lawsuit over cancer-causing hexavalent chromium at the Basra-area water plant, saying […]
By Eric Bradner of Evansville Courier & Press INDIANAPOLIS — After their lawsuit was dismissed in Indiana, attorneys for a group of National Guard soldiers have refiled it in Texas. The lawsuit against a defense contractor claims the company knew of the presence of a deadly toxin at a site the soldiers were guarding in […]
By Jon Murray Indystar.com A federal judge today dismissed a lawsuit accusing a large defense contractor of concealing the risks faced by nearly 140 Indiana National Guard soldiers potentially exposed to a cancer-causing agent in Iraq. The ruling did not address any of the claims in the lawsuit, which could still be pursued elsewhere by […]
Veterans exposed to cancer-causing hexavalent chromium in Iraq — including nearly 300 Oregon soldiers — should be treated as if they’d hit a roadside bomb and receive lifelong medical care and Purple Hearts, U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden said Thursday.
A retired sergeant of the Royal Air Force has joined members of the West Virginia National Guard in a lawsuit alleging that they were exposed to a toxic chemical by a government contractor in Iraq in 2003, becoming the first British veteran to sue over the exposure.
Baghdad burn pit operated by KBR said to cause migraines, breathing problems and rashes By LINDSAY WISE and LISE OLSEN HOUSTON CHRONICLE Feb. 1, 2010, 12:02AM CAMP TAJI, Iraq — One night in mid-January, a shift in the wind sent a sudden flurry of white flakes into a detainee internment facility guarded by soldiers from […]
