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If a Congressman from Oregon has his way, then American taxpayers would not be expected to foot the legal bills for private military contractors like the former Halliburton subsidiary that allegedly allowed dozens of National Guard troops to be poisoned by a dangerous chemical in Iraq. Legislation introduced to Congress by Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) […]
Please Visit NYT For Full Story By ELANA SCHOR of Greenwire Published: September 9, 2010 National Guardsmen from three states who charge defense contractor KBR Inc. with exposing them to a carcinogenic chemical during the Iraq war scored a win in an Oregon federal court last week — and more high-profile help for the soldiers’ […]
To paraphrase Yogi Berra, it’s déjà vu all over again for KBR. In my Aug. 31 post I wrote about a significant pro-veteran ruling in the Oregon KBR Qarmat Ali litigation. This is the case where Oregon National Guard troops allege KBR’s liability for negligence and for fraud arising out of plaintiffs’ exposure to sodium […]
Original Story on Mother Jones Soldiers say the military contractor exposed them to toxic chemicals in Iraq—but a classified Pentagon deal could shield the firm from legal liability. — By Kate Sheppard After a group of Oregon National Guard troops sued KBR in 2009, claiming they’d been exposed to toxic chemicals at Iraq’s Qarmat Ali […]
CBS Evening News on Soldiers Exposures to Chemicals in Iraq. Sodium Dichromate is one of the most deadly carcinogens in the world.
Original Huffington Post Article A Pentagon deal to grant one of America’s largest military contractors immunity from harming soldiers and civilians in Iraq was a unique arrangement, according to Army Secretary John McHugh. As previously reported in Huffington Post and the Oregonian, taxpayers may be on the hook to compensate more than 150 military veterans […]
Original Article at Huffington Post Veterans 1, KBR O It is time once again to tune in to the latest epsiode, oops, I mean development, of the long running farce, oops, I mean legal case, involving KBR and Oregon National Guard soldiers. Yeterday there was significant pro-veteran ruling in the Oregon KBR Qarmat Ali litigation. […]
Occupational Health News Roundup Category: Confined Space @ TPH • Occupational Health & Safety Posted on: July 22, 2010 4:42 PM, by Liz Borkowski The Oregonian’s Julie Sullivan has been following the story of the National Guard troops who were exposed to the carcinogen hexavalent chromium at the Qarmat Ali water plant in Iraq – […]
KBR: Private Military Cancer (PMC) Provider? David Isenberg, Author, Shadow Force: Private Security Contractors in Iraq Yesterday Doyle Raizner LLP, the legal team for the Indiana National Guardsmen, whose claims against KBR were recently dismissed in Indiana federal court, refiled for the Guardsmen in Houston federal court. The suit alleges that KBR knowingly allowed exposure […]
by Star report of Indystar.com Attorneys for Indiana National Guard soldiers exposed to a dangerous chemical in Iraq have refilled their lawsuit against a military contractor in a federal court in Houston.The lawsuit claims that the contractor concealed the risks faced by nearly 140 Hoosier soldiers potentially exposed to a cancer-causing agent. The Guard soldiers […]
