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14 Nov 11:53 pm
... Air Force veteran and a one-time contractor who served in Iraq are suing military contractors Halliburton Co. and KBR Inc., claiming that the companies exposed them to
toxic fumes by burning everything from human remains to tires in massive open- ... pits are still going on," said attorney Susan Burke, who represents the men. The suit names
Houston-based companies KBR and Halliburton, as well as the Turkish company ERKA Ltd. The lawsuit is the latest on behalf of former military members and contract ...
28 Aug, 2008 6:27 pm
Brief press account here. Will update when there is more information, and hopefully provide a link to the Complaint.
9 Oct 12:38 am
... deployed to the Qarmat Ali water plant near Basra from April to June 2003. The soldiers guarded the facility while KBR Inc. contractors repaired the plant. "While
performing their duties at the Qarmat Ali site, the plaintiffs were exposed to ... of the most potent carcinogens and mutagenic substances known to man," the lawsuit states. The
lawsuit, filed by Jeff Kessler, alleges that KBR personnel either knew or should have known about the risk posed to the soldiers. "[KBR officials] engaged in a ...
4 Sep, 2008 12:06 pm
... years in the pokey and a $10.8 million fine. Jack Stanley, the former chief executive of KBR Inc. (KBR), a former Halliburton (HAL) subsidiary, agreed yesterday
to plead guilty to participating in a decade-long scheme to bribe ... prevalent than originally disclosed. Stanley has admitted in his plea agreement with the DOJ that a four-company
joint venture, including KBR, paid about $182 million to consulting companies that then paid bribes to several Nigerian government officials. But the legal woes ...
11 Feb 6:31 am
Last week the U.S. Government and U.S. engineering firm Kellogg Brown & Root LLC ("KBR LLC"), a wholly owned subsidiary of KBR, Inc., agreed to settle pending
charges that KBR LLC violated the U.S. ... Practices Act by bribing Nigerian officials to award construction contracts for the Bonny Island LNG liquefaction terminal to
KBR LLC. Court documents indicate that KBR LLC has agreed to settle the charges for $402 million to be paid in quarterly installments through ...
9 Sep 11:39 am
For those keeping track, we filed our amended complaint yesterday in Bixby, et al. v. KBR, Inc., et al., U.S. District Court Case No. 3:09-CV-632-PK (D. Or.). Here is a
pdf of the amended complaint: plaintiffs-amended-complaint The case arises out ... Virginia, and the U.S. Army were exposed to toxic chemicals at the site while providing security for
KBR workers.Sodium dichromate contains hexavalent chromium. It is extremely toxic. In the meantime, we continue to receive calls and ...
22 Jan 10:33 am
An Army investigation called the electrocution death of a U.S. soldier in Iraq a "negligent homicide" caused by military contractor KBR Inc. and two of its supervisors.
Staff Sgt. Ryan Maseth, 24, of Pittsburgh, died as a result of negligent homicide because ... barracks in Baghdad. Last year, Maseth's parents filed a wrongful death lawsuit in
Allegheny County, Pa., against KBR. It alleges that KBR allowed U.S. troops to continue using electrical systems "which KBR knew to be dangerous and knew had ...
11 Feb 12:34 pm
The SEC announced settlements with KBR, Inc. and Halliburton Co. to resolve SEC charges that KBR subsidiary Kellogg Brown & Root LLC bribed Nigerian government
officials over a 10-year period, in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), in...
29 Apr 11:04 pm
A series of lawsuits were filed against military contractors including KBR and its former parent Halliburton for endangering workers and troops by burning mixed trash, ie.
plastics and medical waste, in open pits. The alleged exposures occurred in Iraq and Afghanistan. "Nine new lawsuits allege that KBR, Inc.jeopardized the health and safety
of American soldiers and contractors in Iraqand Afghanistan by burning vast quantities of unsorted waste in enormousopen-air ...
28 Jul 3:32 pm
... and according to Defense Department's Inspector General report released on Monday, military contractor KBR Inc., based in Houston, installed water pumps and adjacent
water tanks and failed to protect Staff Sgt. Ryan Maseth, 24, of Pittsburgh. Ryan was electrocuted while showering in ... systems and organizations" failed and exposed Ryan to
"unacceptable risk." According to the Post, a spokeswoman for KBR "said the company had not seen the report and would not comment on the ...
29 Feb, 2008 1:00 pm
This comes as no surprise to many, but AIG may have been lining its pockets at the expense U.S. taxpayers. AIG is currently under investigation for overcharging KBR Inc.,
the Army's largest contractor in Iraq, possibly by tens of millions. The money paying for these overpriced premiums comes from tax payers as part of the $23+ Billion [...]
11 Feb 2:42 pm
News release: "The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settlements with KBR, Inc. and Halliburton Co. to resolve SEC charges...
3 Jun 7:07 am
William Utt, CEO of the engineering and construction firm KBR Inc., said yesterday at the Reuters Global Energy Summit in New York City that he expects an uptick in the
number of construction contracts for LNG production facilities around the world over the next two years. Reuters provides additional coverage.
7 Mar, 2008 5:33 am
... -based employees are working for a Cayman-Islands based "shell company." According to the Globe, KBR has made a special arrangement to avoid paying taxes on about 10,500 of
its American ... first paycheck, they see that it's not coming from KBR, but from a KBR subsidiary, Service Employers International Inc. (SEI). The Globe's Farah
Stockman quotes ... until they landed on the ground in Iraq. Why such deception? Because unlike KBR, SEI is not based in the United States. SEI's corporate home is the Grand ...
13 Jul 5:50 pm
... Qarmat Ali Water Treatment Facility. Kellogg, Brown & Root Services Inc., or KBR, describes itself on its Web site as the U.S. Army's largest ... and a
"technology-driven engineering, procurement and construction company." The Army gave KBR a contract to rebuild the wrecked water treatment facility plant, which pumps water ...
not the West Virginia soldiers, who were no longer at the plant. After former KBR employees testified about the contamination before the U.S. Senate in 2008, the Army looked ...
3 Sep, 2008 10:03 am
Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc. ("KBR"), one of the largest U.S. military contractors in Iraq (prior post here), was sued late last week in the U.S. District Court in Los
Angeles, California, for its involvement in the ... the lawsuit alleges, he was held against his will for 15 months and forced to work as a loader/unloader in a warehouse supervised by
KBR. Represented by the Washington, D.C., law firm Cohen Milstein, Gurung joined the survivors of the 12 deceased victims ...
22 May, 2008 9:14 am
... § 3729 et seq.) by two relators against their former employers Kellogg, Brown & Root Services, Inc. and Services Employees International, Inc. The relators'
claims-arising out of the defendants' alleged failure to deliver contractually promised services to the ... district court opinion dismissing the Complaint in United States ex rel
Godfrey v. Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc., click here. To read the Fourth Circuit's opinion, click here. The relators alleged FCA violations in several different ...
7 Oct 10:13 pm
... of Army National Guard Units to cancer-casuing chemicals allegedly released by a government contractor, KBR, Inc. The exposure was a result of a release by KBR,
Inc. to, "...dichromate, a rust-fighting industrial chemical and highly-concentrated hexavalent chromium compound, Hexavalent ... . Last month a Pittsburg shoulder who served in
Iraq and was also exposed filed a law suit seeking damages for the consequences of his exposure. For additional article on the Halliburton-KBR Litigation click here.
6 May 4:45 am
... properly grounded. ... Yesterday, in a quest for someone to be held accountable, Sgt. Maseth's parents sued KBR Inc., the multibillion-dollar contractor hired to
maintain and repair the electrical infrastructure at the Radwaniyah Palace ... individuals could prevent both parties from discovering information relevant to their claims and/or
defenses. Third, to the extent that KBR, a multi-billion dollar international corporation, argues that an appeal is warranted based on financial concerns due to ...
20 Apr 12:26 pm
Last week, the Fifth Circuit decided Geraldine Nicholas v. KBR, Inc., No. 08-20140, (5th Cir. Mar. 15, 2009). The court affirmed the district ... applied a two-prong test:
Did Nicholas substantially invoke the judicial process? Was KBR prejudiced? The court based its holding on the following facts: Nicholas filed a lawsuit against ... and waited 10
months to assert her right to arbitrate. The court found that KBR would be prejudiced by delay, expenses, and damage to its legal position. Technorati Tags ...
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