Consumer Law

Gang Rape Case Against Haliburton/KBR Sent to Arbitration

By Brian Wolfman

According to this ABC News story, a Texas trial judge has sent to arbitration the case of a woman who alleges that she was gang raped by Haliburton/KBR employees while working in Iraq. The judge appears to have reluctantly sent the case to arbitration because he felt bound to honor a mandatory pre-dispute arbitration clause.  As discussed earlier here, this case was the subject of testimony at a December 20, 2007 House Judiciary Committee hearing considering legislation to curb mandatory arbitration. We also discussed the case here.

Full post as published by CL&P Blog on February 06, 2008 (boomark / email).