Slain Iraq contractor's family won't sue

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Slain Iraq contractor's family won't sue

Bombing » He was killed in '05; they said the company promised them insurance settlements.

By Matthew D. LaPlante

The Salt Lake Tribune

Posted: 02/16/2009 06:01:01 PM MST


The family members of a Utah National Guard soldier killed in Iraq while working as a security contractor say they won't continue efforts to sue the owner of the contracting company.

Carol Thomas Young, mother of slain contractor Brandon Thomas, said she wanted to leave the dispute in the hands of a "higher court."

"I don't feel that you are worth the time or emotion involved in suing you," Young wrote in an e-mail to CTU Security Services chairman Don Feeney last week. snip

Feeney declined comment, citing the advice of his attorney. In an earlier interview, he said the families were misinformed about the purported life insurance policies and that nothing of the sort was ever promised to employees of his company.

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1. A victory for corporate America.

As long as you refuse to do the right thing and dig in your heels for a long, expensive legal battle, you two can dodge accountability.