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KBR

Exposure to Sodium Dichromate at Iraqi Water Treatment Plant (Indiana National Guard Lawsuit)

Date: 12/03/2008 (Date of Filing)

Misconduct Type: Health

Enforcement Agency: Non-Governmental

Contracting Party: Defense - Army

Court Type: Civil

Amount: $0

Disposition: Pending

Synopsis: Sixteen Indiana National Guard soldiers sued KBR, alleging the company knowingly exposed them and American civilian contractors to sodium dichromate, a cancer-causing toxic chemical, at the Qarmat Ali water treatment plant in southern Iraq shortly after the U.S. invasion in 2003. KBR was in charge of restoring the plant, and the National Guardsmen were assigned to protect the civilian workers. In February 2010, the federal court in Indiana dismissed the lawsuit for lack of personal jurisdiction. The following month, the plaintiffs refiled the lawsuit in federal court in Texas.