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. […]
August 20th, 2012 | Posted in KBR Lawsuits,News Coverage,Oregon Court Filings,Oregon Court Filings,Oregon Lawsuits,Oregon Live,Oregon Rulings,Qarmat Ali Blog,Qarmat Ali Case Update,Sodium Dichromate & Hexavalent Chromium | Read More »
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 […]
August 20th, 2012 | Posted in KBR Lawsuits,Michael Patrick Doyle,National Media,Qarmat Ali Blog,Qarmat Ali Case Update,Texas Court Rulings | Read More »
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 […]
July 11th, 2012 | Posted in Army Times,National Media,News Coverage | Read More »
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 […]
July 11th, 2012 | Posted in CBS News,National Media,News Coverage | Read More »
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 […]
June 21st, 2012 | Posted in News Coverage,Qarmat Ali News | Read More »
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 […]
June 21st, 2012 | Posted in Local Newspapers,News Coverage,Oregon,Oregon Live,Qarmat Ali News | Read More »
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 […]
May 26th, 2012 | Posted in Oregon Live | Read More »
From KTVZ.COM News Sources WASHINGTON — In a letter Wednesday to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) called on the Department of Defense to investigate the excessive expenses racked up by the legal team of Kellogg, Brown and Root – a defense contractor that operated in Iraq with the contractual ability to pass […]
May 26th, 2012 | Posted in ktvz,News Coverage,Television & Radio | Read More »
New documents recently uncovered show that military contractor KBR was aware of contamination at its Qarmat Ali water treatment plan in Iraq at least as early as January 2003. KBR had previously claimed that it was only aware of chemical contamination at the site from sodium dichromate after U.S. National Guardsmen began showing symptoms of […]
April 5th, 2012 | Posted in Blog,Qarmat Ali Blog,Qarmat Ali Case Update,Qarmat Ali News | Read More »
April Baer, OPB News | April 4, 2012 2:56 p.m. | Updated: April 4, 2012 5:17 p.m. [audio:https://kbrlitigation.com/files/2012/04/opbnews-040412qarmat.mp3|autostart=yes] Oregon soldiers suing the government contractor KBR have discovered a document they say shows the company failed to disclose toxic contamination at a plant in Iraq where the soldiers worked. The Oregon Guardsmen are among […]
April 5th, 2012 | Posted in News Coverage,Oregon Live | Read More »