• 20
  • May
    2010
A hearing was held this morning in the Portland lawsuit arising out of the hexavalent chromium poisoning of U.S. Troops at KBR's Qarmat Ali facility in Iraq. KBR had attempted to block discovery while the Court considers KBR's second and latest motion to dismiss. Oregon Magistrate Paul Papak recently denied KBR's motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction, so shortly after that, KBR filed another motion to dismiss. Then, KBR asked Judge Papak to block all discovery while the motion is being considered. The Court mostly denied the motion, and determined certain discovery would proceed. Staff writer Julie Sullivan of The Oregonian outlines the motion and Judge Paul Papak's comments during the hearing in her article today. The hearing on KBR's newest motion to dismiss will be heard in Portland on July 12, 2010.