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January 26, 2010

Halliburton Asks Supreme Court to Block Rape Trial
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The military contractor Halliburton has petitioned the Supreme Court to
overturn a lower court ruling in an attempt to block a former
Halliburton employee’s lawsuit alleging she was raped by her co-workers
in Iraq. Jamie Leigh Jones sued Halliburton and its former subsidiary
KBR over claims she was drugged and gang-raped by co-workers in Baghdad.
Jones also accused the company of keeping her in a shipping container
without food or water for at least twenty-four hours after the alleged
crime took place. Halliburton says the contract signed by Jones and
other workers requires claims to be settled through arbitration, not
trial.



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