Comments on: Plaintiff’s attempts to circumvent the Defense Base Act in negligence cases continue

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Tue, 26 May 2009 01:25:49 +0000

[...] ironic because Blackwater has defended themselves from wrongful death lawsuits by former employees arguing against their classification as independent contractors. So publicly, these contractors are independent contractors whom Blackwater has no control [...]

By: CUL8R

CUL8R — Mon, 11 May 2009 21:26:42 +0000

Here’s the other one: Click on it to read the order its free -
https://ecf.ded.uscourts.gov/doc1/0431729470

By: CUL8R

CUL8R — Mon, 11 May 2009 21:22:19 +0000

https://ecf.ded.uscourts.gov/doc1/0430764622

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 11 May 2009 21:21:33 +0000

https://ecf.ded.uscourts.gov/doc1/0430764622

By: Herb Chestnut

Herb Chestnut — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:47:42 +0000

It will be interesting to see how these cases come out. The plaintiffs in Deuley have already succeeded in having the case sent back to the state court system. See, http://www.ded.uscourts.gov/GMS/Opinions/Nov2008/06-605.pdf.

By: CUL8R

CUL8R — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:40:28 +0000

Deuley v. Dyncorp and Parlin v. Dyncorp may be on their way to doing just this.
Google these cases.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:38:43 +0000

Parlin v. Dyncorp and Deuley v. Dyncorp may be on their way to doing just this. Look it up on Google