The Halliburton Whistle- Blower Ship Has Sailed
The Halliburton Whistle- Blower Ship Has Sailed
(CN) - A federal judge has dismissed with prejudice allegations that Halliburton and KBR billed the government for water-purification services on U.S. military bases in Iraq that they never performed.
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While working in Iraq, Carter was allegedly "required to fill in timecards stated that he worked 12 hours a day, each day, with uniformity, on ROWPU functions." In reality, he says he "actually worked 0 hours per day on ROWPU functions." His lawsuit claimed that all ROWPU employees were required to submit false timecards.
But U.S. District Judge James Cacheris dismissed Carter's complaint with prejudice on Dec. 12, under the first-to-file rule and statute of limitations.
Another whistle-blower filed similar claims in Maryland four years prior to this action in 2007, according to the heavily redacted decision. Although the Maryland case was voluntarily dismissed without prejudice in October 2011 for failure to serve the complaint, Cacheris said that "it is undisputed that the Maryland action was pending when Carter filed the instant suit."
http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/12/30/42688.htm