$81 Million Judgment Entered In Oregon National Guard Iraq War C6 Exposure Lawsuit

PORTLAND, Ore - The magistrate judge presiding over the personal injury lawsuit filed by Oregon National Guard members in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon for hexavalent chromium exposure during a Restore Iraqi Oil mission issued an order May 10 awarding $81 million to the 12 veterans whose claims were tried in October 2012; Oregon was granted leave to intervene May 9 to pursue its claim of 60 percent of the $75 million punitive damages award (Rocky Bixby, et al. v. KBR, Inc., et al., No. 09-632, D. Ore.; See 5/7/13, Page 4).
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