(KBR) War contractor: Feds should pay lawsuit damages

http://www.salon.com/2012/11/27/war_contractor_feds_should_pay_lawsuit_damages/

War contractor: Feds should pay lawsuit damages
Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 11:45 PM UTC
By Nigel Duara, Associated Press

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Iraq war contractor that lost an $85 million verdict to a group of sickened Oregon soldiers has filed a lawsuit seeking to force the federal government to pay the soldiers’ damages.

In early November, 12 Oregon National Guard soldiers won the verdict against Kellogg Brown and Root, an engineering and construction firm that helped lead the reconstruction work in post-war Iraq. The soldiers were exposed to a toxin while guarding an Iraqi water plant.

In the new lawsuit, KBR also demands that the government pay more than $15 million in its attorneys’ fees.

At the heart of the suit is a so-called indemnification clause that KBR alleges it agreed to with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in March 2003. The clause was designed to protect KBR against “unusually hazardous risks” in its work in Iraq.



This is what happens when you hire mercenaries.