Houston lawsuit blames Halliburton, KBR in Iraq death

[sabra]

Source: Houston Chron

KBR denies responsibility in trucker's 2007 death at Camp Anaconda


A Michigan woman whose father was shot to death by American soldiers while driving a truck in Iraq filed a lawsuit in Houston this week against his employers, Halliburton and KBR.

Kristen Martin alleges wrongful death, fraud and conspiracy regarding the February 2007 shooting of her father, Donald Tolfree.

Guy Watts, the Austin lawyer who filed the lawsuit, said Tolfree was assured he would be protected by the U.S. military 24 hours a day. Instead, because of gross negligence and fraud on the part of his employer, he was killed by the U.S. military, Watts contends.

The lawsuit states that the family in no way blames the military, but does blame the practices of Halliburton, KBR and their affiliate Services Employees International for mistakes that led soldiers to think Tolfree might be an insurgent driving a bomb-filled truck onto a military base.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6250201.html

[Andy823]

1. There should be investigation

Into both companies over all kinds of wrongful deaths, and other things they have done, and until the investigations are over, they should not be allowed to bid for "ANY" government contracts!

These companies, and others, have milked the taxpayers for BILLIONS of dollars, and can not account for a lot of that money, it is time they paid for what they have done!

[jwirr]

2. This may be the only perk of privatizing the military. They are liable

for the injuries and deaths they cause.

[Politicalboi]

3. All contracts with Helliburton and KBR

Not only did they get a man killed, their carelessness caused soldiers to kill an innocent man.

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