Workers' Compensation: $85 Million Verdict Against KBR for Negligently Exposing Soldiers to Toxins in Iraq

Workers' Compensation: $85 Million Verdict Against KBR for Negligently Exposing Soldiers to Toxins in Iraq: "An Oregon jury returned an $85 Million verdict against Kellog Brown & Root (KBR), a US Iraq War contractor, for exposing Oregon soldiers to toxins and causing them illness. 

After a 3 week trial, the jury deliberated 2 days, and found KBR guilty of negligently exposing the American soldiers to sodium dichromate, a cancer causing toxin substance containing hexavalent chromium. The soldiers complained of respiratory ailments after being exposed in Iraq near a water treatment plant."



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