Soldier's death prompts lawsuit (Electrocution and KBR)

[maddezmom]

Soldier's death prompts lawsuit


Published: May 27, 2008 at 5:28 PM
Print story Email to a friend Font size:PITTSBURGH, May 27 (UPI) -- The electrocution of a Pittsburgh soldier in a shower in Iraq has set off the latest round of questions about military contractors in the war.

KBR, a former Halliburton subsidiary, is asking a federal judge to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of Staff Sgt. Ryan Maseth, who died in January while taking a shower at an army post. He is one of more than a dozen U.S. soldiers killed by electrocution in Iraq, according to WTAE Channel 4 Action News in Pittsburgh.

The Maseth lawsuit alleges that KBR knew about dangerous, faulty electrical systems at Iraq military bases but didn't fix problems or warn soldiers of hazards. An Army investigation found that his death was due to improper grounding of the electric pump that supplied water to the building, wrote U.S Rep. Henry Waxman D-Ca., in a March letter to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates requesting documents related to military contractors.

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Soldier gets electrocuted Staff Sgt. Ryan Maseth was electrocuted in Iraq. His mother tells CNN's Abbie Boudreau of the pain she's endured.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/05/27/boudreau.soldier.electrocuted.cnn?iref=videosearch

[Peace Patriot]

1. I can't think of a better destination for the billions that Halliburton has stolen

from the American people than to the families of the soldiers that Halliburton and its buds in the White House have killed. I hope they wipe the sidewalk with this corporation, and, if they don't, we should. It's time we dismantle certain corporations--pull their corporate charters and seize their assets for the common good--as their own just deserts, and as an example to the others.

[LiberalAndProud]

2. Wrap insatiable greed in Old Glory and call it patriotism.

Thirteen soldiers have been electrocuted. Ask your friends, ask your neighbors if they've heard about this. Go ahead ASK. I'll wait.
Then, just for kicks, ask them if they know that Christie Brinkley finalized her third divorce this week.