Christopher Coen
Melissa Sogard
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A class action lawsuit has been initiated for soldiers and civilian contractors injured while on duty working for the U.S. government or a U.S. contractor in a war zone. Many of these people suffered extreme injuries but have only received paltry payouts from insurance companies. In addition to American soldiers and civilian contractors, foreign national civilian contractors including refugees and special immigrant visa holders (SIVs) are eligible for this suit. Although insurance companies made low-ball settlements with many of these foreign national civilian contractors before resettlement to the US – so as to avoid being subject to U.S. law – others remain eligible for the suit. The website for the Law Offices of Scott J Bloch, P.A. gives details of the class action case:
Defense Base Act Class Action
[The Law Offices of Scott J Bloch, P.A.] filed this action for damages in the amount of $2 Billion to remedy the injuries and destruction caused to the lives, finances and mental and physical well being of thousands of American families and Foreign Citizens whose loved ones were injured while serving America under contracts with the United States, and to punish the companies who made massive profits while causing this harm to people unlawfully and maliciously and working a fraud on the American public who paid them…
…One of the lead class plaintiffs, Daniel Brink, before he lost his legs in an IED explosion in Iraq working for DynCorp on December 22, 2005.
The last six years have been a living hell for him as he has been repeatedy denied medical treatment by CNA Insurance and DynCorp, given the run around and had $200,000 of medical bills unpaid, resulting in lost home, furniture, cars, and family. He even had his wheelchair repossessed due to CNA’s nonpayment after authorizing his wheelchair. He was without a wheelchair for a year. This is just one example of the torment contractors working in Iraq have suffered…Read more here
