The U.S. Supreme Court is allowing a group of soldiers and military base workers to proceed with their state law-based tort claims for damages from their alleged exposure to hazardous substances from open-air waste-burning pits and contaminated water while serving in Afghanistan and Iraq.
KBR Inc., the military contractor and former Halliburton subsidiary that took care of waste disposal and water procurement at hundreds of forward-operating bases during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, had taken the position that it ought to be immune from suit becau...
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