Former KBR Employee Loses her Case
Jamie Leigh Jones, who claimed she was raped in Iraq when she served as a private contractor lost her case. See news report. She had sued her former employer, KBR. A Houston jury rejected her claims of fraud and rape. Ms. Jones acquired some fame when she testified in Congress opposing mandatory arbitration in so-called employment agreements. She appealed her arbitration issue and eventually won the right to a jury trial. I previously wrote about her case here.
This loss will follow her professional life, and must smart real bad. Any analysis on what caused the loss?
I did not follow the news reports about the trial, but lately I have seen one report on Mother Jones' website saying Ms. Jones had prior claims of rape and sexual assault against her employer and others. I imagine some of that history emerged - enough perhaps to make her the subject of the trial, not her employer.