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Court Finds Guardsmen’s Case Against KBR Must Proceed Outside of Indiana

Qarmat Ali Litigation

Today, the federal court dismissed the claims of the Indiana National Guardsmen in ‘McManaway et al v. KBR, Inc.’ pending in Evansville, Indiana. The Court found that the KBR defendants could not be sued in Indiana.

We are disappointed by the ruling, particularly since so many of the veterans we represent are exhibiting symptoms of exposure to toxic sodium dichromate / hexavalent chromium. We will fight to hold KBR accountable for what happened to our Iraq veterans at Qarmat Ali. Doyle and co-counsel intend to refile the veterans’ claims in another federal-court jurisdiction as soon as possible. This development delays but does not deny justice for the Indiana Guardsmen in this case. The truth of what happened at Qarmat Ali will be told, and we believe it will be told in a federal court. The firm and co-counsel represent other veterans in Qarmat Ali-related cases pending in West Virginia and Oregon federal courts.