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Deals with Defense Base Act claims and the legal aspects of the Defense Base Act Extension to the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act as it pertains to U.S. contractors injured in Iraq, Afghanistan, and around the world.
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Sad News Regarding Several Security Contractors Missing Since 2006
Posted on March 14, 2008This disappointing story was reported yesterday by the Washington Post: Five Severed Fingers Identified as Belonging To Guards Held in Iraq ”The four Crescent contractors whose fingers have been identified are Jonathon Cote, 25, of Getzville, N...
Are you receiving the proper amount in Workers? Compensation benefits?
Posted on March 12, 2008I had an Informal Conference today. For those of you who have not gotten to this stage yet, an Informal Conference is your opportunity to discuss a problem you are having with your claim with the District Office of the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP)...
Iraq Contractor KBR Has Dodged $500 Million in U.S. taxes
Posted on March 09, 2008Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) sure is a piece of work. Lets recap a week or so of posts concerning KBR. 1. KBR has been passing along to the American taxpayer, AIG’s inflated premiums for Defense Base Act coverage, so that KBR (and other contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan) could be insulated from liability for injuries to [...
Fisher v. KBR - Fifth Circuit to Consider Jurisdiction Over Contractors in Iraq
Posted on March 07, 2008The sad back story of this court case has come to be known as the “Good Friday Massacre.” Friday, April 9, 2004, hundreds of insurgents attacked a KBR convoy, killing 6 civilian drivers, injuring 14, and leaving another driver still missing to this day...
Do Americans View Contractors in Iraq as ?Expendable Profiteers??
Posted on March 06, 2008In a recent Houston Chronicle article, Steven Schooner, senior associate dean of the George Washington University School of Law and apparent expert on military outsourcing, revealed this as a possible explaination of the lack of public knowledge and debate concerning American, non-military casualties, in Iraq...
AIG may have overcharged KBR and other contractors for Defense Base Act Coverage
Posted on February 29, 2008This comes as no surprise to many, but AIG may have been lining its pockets at the expense U.S. taxpayers. AIG is currently under investigation for overcharging KBR Inc., the Army’s largest contractor in Iraq, possibly by tens of millions. The money paying for these overpriced premiums comes from tax payers as part of the $23+ Billion [...
In outsourced U.S. wars, contractor deaths top 1,000
Posted on February 29, 2008In outsourced U.S. wars, contractor deaths top 1,000 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The death toll for private contractors in the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has topped 1,000, a stark reminder of the risks run by civilians working with the military in roles previously held by soldiers...
Welcome to Herbert Chestnut & Associates?s Defense Base Act Blog
Posted on February 28, 2008We hope that this blog will serve as a resource to many, especially to injured contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan and their families. My name is Aaron Walter and I’m an attorney in Atlanta, GA. Myself and Mr. Chestnut will be frequently posting on this site with news, commentary, and with tips from our experience [...
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