Appeals court tosses veterans’ lawsuits over burn pits
By: Denise Lavoie, The Associated Press  
RICHMOND, Va. — Military veterans who claim that the use of open burn pits during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan caused myriad health problems cannot move forward with dozens of lawsuits against a military contractor, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.
A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with a federal judge in Maryland, who last year threw out the lawsuits brought against KBR, a former Halliburton Corp. subsidiary.
https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2018/06/21/appeals-court-tosses-veterans-lawsuits-over-burn-pits/
