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Article: More War Veterans Sue KBR Over Iraq and Afghanistan Burn Pits, According to Burke O'Neil LLC.
- Article from:
- Cancer Weekly
- Article date:
- June 23, 2009
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Five new lawsuits allege that KBR, Inc. (NYSE:KBR) jeopardized the health and safety of American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan by burning vast quantities of unsorted waste in enormous open-air burn pits with no safety controls (see also Burke O'Neil Llc).
Three of the lawsuits were filed Wednesday in federal courts in Kansas, South Carolina, and Utah by the Burke O'Neil LLC law firm and co-counsel on behalf of 25 military veterans and private contractors whose illnesses - which include multiple cancers, respiratory disease, chronic coughing, debilitating headaches, and neurological and skin disorders - were allegedly caused by round-the-clock hazardous ...
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Article: KBR Faces Wrongful Death, Toxic Exposure Claims Over Iraq and ...
PR Newswire;
April 28, 2009 ;
700+ words
... ... New York, North Carolina, and Wyoming by the Burke O'Neil LLC law firm and co-counsel on behalf of 21 named current and ... even entire trucks. Attorney Elizabeth Burke, of Burke O'Neil LLC, stated, "KBR knew or should have known that operating vast ...
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