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KBR verdict: Judge affirms $81 million of damages awarded to 12 Oregon soldiers for toxic exposure in Iraq

By Joany Carlin, The Oregonian on April 26, 2013 at 7:47 PM, updated April 26, 2013 at 8:51 PM A federal judge in Portland Friday affirmed $75 million in punitive damages a jury awarded to 12 Oregon National Guard veterans last fall in a case against government contractor KBR, Inc. for its conduct in Iraq a decade ago. […]

April 29th, 2013 | Posted in Burn Pit Blog,Burn Pits News,KBR Lawsuits,News Coverage,Oregon,Oregon Court Filings,Oregon Federal Court,Oregon Live,Oregon Rulings,Qarmat Ali Blog,Qarmat Ali Case Update,Qarmat Ali News | Read More »

Cheney’s Halliburton Made $39.5 Billion on Iraq War

Recent developments in the case against Halliburton

By Angelo Young Source: International Business Times Sunday, April 07, 2013 The accounting of the financial cost of the nearly decade-long Iraq War will go on for years, but a recent analysis has shed light on the companies that made money off the war by providing support services as the privatization of what were former U.S. military […]

April 12th, 2013 | Posted in KBR Lawsuits,News Coverage | Read More »

Government says KBR failed to make valid claim, asks judge to dismiss contractor’s case

By Mike Francis, The Oregonian on March 18, 2013 at 1:57 PM, updated March 18, 2013 at 2:02 PM KBR Inc. is responsible for its own costs for defending itself in lawsuits brought by military veterans, including Oregon National Guard soldiers, lawyers for the federal government argued in federal court Monday. They have asked the judge to […]

March 18th, 2013 | Posted in Burn Pit Blog,News Coverage,Oregon Live,Qamat Ali Overview,Qarmat Ali Case Update | Read More »

Post KBR Trial and Verdict Update

After several weeks of an informal, partial gag order entered at the request of KBR shortly before the verdict was delivered, we are now able to comment more fully on the verdict, the full facts of the case, and other developments in the fight for the Qarmat Ali veterans.  As was widely reported, on November […]

January 2nd, 2013 | Posted in Governmental Affairs,KBR Lawsuits,Oregon Federal Court,Oregon Lawsuits,Qarmat Ali Blog,Qarmat Ali Case Update,Sodium Dichromate & Hexavalent Chromium | Read More »

Classy Action: KBR Disagreed with an $85 Million Judgment Against Them, So They Accused Jurors of Misconduct

By Craig Malisow Thu., Dec. 27 2012 at 1:00 PM After KBR was ordered in November to pay $85 millionto a dozen Oregon National Guard soldiers who wereexposed to a toxic chemical while providing security for contractors in Iraq in 2003, we figured there’d be some foot-stomping and an immediate appeal. We didn’t think KBR would have […]

January 2nd, 2013 | Posted in Houston Press,KBR Lawsuits,News Coverage,Oregon Rulings,Qarmat Ali Blog | Read More »

Judge in KBR case rejects challenges to three expert witnesses

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 »

Qarmat Ali Litigation Spurs Legislative Action to End or Limit Contractors’ Indemnity Deals

By Amanda Halter 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 […]

October 6th, 2010 | Posted in Blog,Burn Pit Blog | Read More »

Oregon Guard soldiers lawsuit again war contractor KBR can go forward

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 […]

April 13th, 2010 | Posted in Oregon Live,Qarmat Ali News | Read More »

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