KBR, Guilty In Iraq Negligence Suit, Wants Taxpayers To Foot $85 Million Bill

Posted by | January 10, 2013 16:51 | Filed under: Top Stories


Dick Cheney’s former company told soldiers trying to secure a water treatment plant that a substance they were exposed to was  a “mild irritant.” American fighting forces vulnerable to it became terminally ill or died.

Sodium dichromate is not a mild irritant. It is an extreme carcinogen. In November 2009, at age 52, Gentry died of cancer. The VA affirmed two months later that his death was service-related.

In November, a jury found KBR, the military’s largest contractor, guilty of negligence in the poisoning of a dozen soldiers, and ordered the company to pay $85 million in damages. Jurors found KBR knew both of the presence and toxicity of the chemical. Other lawsuits against KBR are pending.

KBR, however, says taxpayers should be on the hook for the verdict, as well as more than $15 million the company has spent in its failed legal defense, according to court documents and attorneys involved with the case.

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