Remember Kids: Dozens of Bad Employees Doth Not A Bad Organization Make

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maddezmom   (1000+ posts)      Wed Sep-16-09 06:53 AM
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Court: Contractor's rape case can go to trial
 Source: AP

Court: Contractor's rape case can go to trial
(AP) – 5 hours ago

NEW ORLEANS — A federal appeals court says a Texas woman's lawsuit alleging she was raped by military contractor co-workers in Iraq can go to court.

A three-judge panel from the New Orleans court ruled Tuesday that Jamie Leigh Jones' claims against Halliburton Co. and its former subsidiary KBR can go to trial.

The companies contended Jones' employment agreement required claims against the company be settled through arbitration.

Halliburton and KBR are headquartered in Houston. Halliburton didn't immediately respond to a Tuesday call for comment. A KBR spokeswoman declined to comment.



Read more: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jokPP...

 

winyanstaz  (1000+ posts)      Wed Sep-16-09 07:36 AM
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1. Well it's long over due..but it's a start.
 I hope all those young ladies that are still living find some justice at long last.
Credendo vides - "In believing, one sees"

 

byronius  (1000+ posts)        Wed Sep-16-09 07:46 AM
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2. Happy to be the 5th rec on this.
 This story is BEGGING for justice.


Barbara Boxer's Tears.

 

dipsydoodle  (1000+ posts)      Wed Sep-16-09 11:01 AM
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3. Happy to be 11th
 
The big print giveth and the small print taketh away.

 

babylonsister  (1000+ posts)        Wed Sep-16-09 11:40 AM
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4. Very good to read-hopefully this woman will finally get some justice. nt
 A nation that does not take care of its veterans has got no business whatsoever making new ones." Stacy Bannerman

 
 

Vidar (1000+ posts)        Wed Sep-16-09 02:35 PM
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5. K&R 
 A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having! - V http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph... 

 

merh  (1000+ posts)        Wed Sep-16-09 02:37 PM
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6. Link to the 5th Circuit opinion
 http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions%5Cpub%5C08/08-2038...


I don't age, I just weather well. . .
Never forget the Katrina Survivors - 8/29/05..
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DCKit  (1000+ posts)        Wed Sep-16-09 07:11 PM
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7. Must suck for Halliburton and KBR to have lost Dick Cheney and the Republican majority...
 as their protectors. They must be feeling something akin to what WE were feeling from 2001-2009 - it's now Bizarro World for the lawless corporations that profited during BushCo*'s reign of Terra! Terra! Terra!

I hope these women are awarded Brazillion$. It's our money anyway.
"I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." - Susan B. Anthony

 
 

Frustratedlady  (1000+ posts)      Thu Sep-17-09 01:54 PM
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8. Those numbers are incredible. Justice is back in her chair!!!
 I hope she ruins them like they almost ruined her.

 
 

Odin2005  (1000+ posts)        Thu Sep-17-09 01:56 PM
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9. String these ****ers up!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4061819

If only she had been an under-aged Salvadoran girl forced into prostitution, then everything would be excusable.

[Texacon]

merh  (1000+ posts)        Wed Sep-16-09 02:37 PM
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6. Link to the 5th Circuit opinion
 http://www.ca5.uscourts.g...inions%5Cpub%5C08/08-2038...


I don't age, I just weather well. . .
Never forget the Katrina Survivors - 8/29/05..
*Are you up to a Voculabary Challenge for a good cause? >>>>> http://www.freerice.com/index.php 

Yeah but the 9/11 survivors can all go to hell right?

KC

[Lord Undies]

Yeah but the 9/11 survivors can all go to hell right?

KC

Yes, just like all Central American children who may be sold into sex slavery in an effort to fund some anonymous liberal's political ambitions.  That sort of thing gets the Little Goon Seal Of Approval.

[Texacon]

Yes, just like all Central American children who may be sold into sex slavery in an effort to fund some anonymous liberal's political ambitions.  That sort of thing gets the Little Goon Seal Of Approval.

Of course, you're right.  They are all trying to figure out how to 'spin' those videos but it isn't playing too well for them.

KC