UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ____________________________________ ) DANIEL BRINK ) 11 Keurhoek Street ) Clairemont Johannesburg ) 2091 South Africa ) ) RONALD BELL, ) 12014 FM 179 ) Wolfforth, TX 79382 ) ) MERLIN CLARK and MARCIE CLARK, ) Case No: 1:11-cv-01733 406 Sandpiper Dr. ) Satellite Beach, FL 32937 ) ) CJ MERCADANTE ) 382 NE 191st Street Unit 53975 ) Miami, FL 33179 ) ) CLASS ACTION JOHANN STEENBERG ) FRAUD 17 Keurboom Str. ) RICO Wilropark Rdpt South Africa ) INTENTIONAL INFLICTION OF ) MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL DISTRESS STEVEN THOMPSEN ) AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT P.O. Box 386 ) CIVIL CONSPIRACY Randleman, NC 27317 ) PRIMA FACIE TORT ) BAD FAITH JACK JONES ) BREACH OF COVENANT GOOD FAITH 174 Edmondson Dr. ) AND FAIR DEALING Willow Springs, NC 27592 ) DISCRIMINATION AND RETALIATORY ) DISCHARGE FRED BUSSE ) UNFAIR AND DECEPTIVE TRADE 405 East 6 Street ) PRACTICES th Laddonia MO ) DAMAGES, PUNITIVE DAMAGES ) AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF MARK GRIFFIN, ) 1009 Villa View Way ) Demand for Jury Trial Hampton, Georgia 30228 ) ) WALLACE BYARS ) 1 305 Fountainbrook Ln ) Fountain Inn, SC 29644 ) ) ANTONIO AMBROSE ) 12220 Pellicano Rd ) Ex Paso, TX 79936 ) ) CODY MCANALLY ) 564 E. Calle De Ocaso ) Suhuarita, AZ 85629 ) ) PATRICK J. BREWER ) 965 Bennett Rd. ) Zurich, MT 59547 ) ) COENRAD THEUNISSEN ) Erasmus Cloof 0048 ) Pretoria, South Africa ) ) MALIK HADI ) 3604 Chatham Green Lane #2012 ) Arlington, TX ) ) JAFAR JOSEPH BAYATAFSHAR ) 12900 Gagne Dr. ) Fairfax, VA 22030 ) ) ROBERT BIDDLE ) 1030 Waterside Landing Wy ) Summerville, SC 29485 ) ) MARGARETHA BEZUIDENHOUT ) 35 Secot Str. ) Cassedale, Springs, 1559 South Africa ) ) HARBEE KREESHA ) 1929 S Ridge Dr. ) Coralville, IA 52241 ) ) MOHSEN ALSALEH ) 1528 Boxwood Trace NW ) Acworth, GA 30102 ) ) 2 GISELA MARIA FOURIE ) 17 Keurboom Str. Wilropark ) Rdpt South Africa 1724 ) ) MBUSI CELE ) 93 Callington Crescent Parklands ) Cape Town 7441 South Africa ) ) MARLENE GERICKE ) Posbus 4113 ) George-oos, 6539 South Africa ) ) NICKY POOL ) 797 Kuyper Ave ) Reitfontein Pretoria 0084 South Africa ) ) MARK McLEAN ) 3530 Clearfield ) San Antonio 78230 ) ) ALLEN PORCH III ) 5534 Chatham Woods Dr. ) Columbus, GA 31907 ) ) CATHARINA LOUW ) Negende St. 3A Coligny ) Northwest Province South Africa ) ) SURITA SWART ) Claas Booresdal ) Lanseria South Africa ) ) CHRISTO ENGELBRECHT ) 8 Van Tonder Avenue ) Malanshof ) Gauteng ) Randburg 2194 South Africa ) ) DESIRE TABLAI, as guardian and ) Natural parent of DIANTE TABLAI, ) a minor, and MIGUAL TABLAI, a ) Minor, ) 3 1 A Minos Road ) Woodlands Park ) Wetton ) Cape Town South Africa 7780 ) ) CHRISTINE HOLGUIN-LUGE ) 4922 E Fox St. ) Mesa, AZ 85205 ) ) individually and on behalf of their ) spouses and families, and on ) behalf of those similarly situated ) persons, ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) XE HOLDING , LLC AKA XE ) SERVICES, LLC, FKA ) BLACKWATER SECURITY ) CONSULTING, FKA BLACKWATER ) WORLDWIDE, FKA BLACKWATER ) BLACKWATER USA, FKA ) BLACKWATER INDUSTRIES, ) SERVE: CT Corporation Systems ) 1015 15th Street N.W. ) Washington, D.C. 20005 ) ) CONTINENTAL CASUALTY CO., ) AKA CNA GLOBAL INSURANCE, ) D/b/a CNA INSURANCE COMPANY, ) SERVE: ) Corporation Service Company ) 1090 Vermont Avenue N.W. ) Washington, D.C. 20005 ) ) AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, ) INC., AKA AIG INSURANCE ) COMPANY, INSURANCE COMPANY ) OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, ) CHARTIS INSURANCE COMPANY, ) 4 AKA WORLDSOURCE, INC. ) SERVE: ) Corporation Service Company ) 1090 Vermont Avenue, Suite 430 ) Washington, D.C. 20005 ) ) ACE INSURANCE CO., ACE ) AMERICAN INSURANCE CO., ) DBA ESIS, INC., ) SERVE: ) 1133 Avenue of the Americas ) New York, NY 10036 ) ) ZURICH INSURANCE, AKA ZURICH ) AMERICA ) SERVE: ) Corporation Service Company ) 1090 Vermont Ave, NW Ste 430 ) Washington, D.C. 20005 ) ) TACTICOR INTERNATIONAL, ) SERVE: ) Suite 203, Bank of Hawaii Building ) Mariana Heights Business Park, Puerto Rico ) Saipan, Mariana Island 96950 USA ) ) DYNCORP INTERNATIONAL, LLC, ) SERVE: ) CT Corporation System ) 1015 15th Street N.W. Suite 1000 ) Washington, D.C. 20005 ) ) NORTHRUP GRUMMAN, AKA ) VINELL ARABIA, ) SERVE: ) CT Corporation System ) 1015 15th Street N.W. ) Washington, D.C. 20005 ) ) HALLIBURTON CORP, ) SERVE: ) CT Corporation System ) 1015 15th Street N.W. ) 5 Washington, D.C. 20005 ) ) KELLOGG-BROWN & ROOT, ) LLC, AKA KELLOGG BROWN ) & ROOT INTERNATIONAL, AKA KBR ) TECHNICAL SERVICES, KBR, ) INC., AKA KELLOGG BROWN & ) ROOT, ) SERVE: ) Capitol Corporate Services, Inc. ) 1090 Vermont Avenue N.W. ) Washington, D.C. 20005 ) ) RONCO CONSULTING, ) SERVE: ) Corporation Service Company ) 1090 Vermont Avenue, Suite 430 ) Washington, D.C. 20005 ) ) WACKENHUT SERVICES ) INTERNATIONAL, ) SERVE: ) Prentice Hall Corporation System, Inc. ) 1090 Vermont Avenue ) Washington, D.C. 20005 ) ) PARSONS GROUP, AKA PARSONS ) CORP. ) SERVE: ) 100 M Street, SE, Suite 1200 ) Washington, DC 20003-3515 ) ) ITT CORP., AKA ITT SYSTEMS CORP. ) SERVE: ) CT Corporation System ) 1015 15th Street N.W. ) Washington, D.C. 20005 ) ) GLOBAL LINGUIST ) SOLUTIONS, LC, ) SERVE: ) 3190 Fairview Park Drive, Suite 1000 ) Falls Church, VA 22042 ) 6 ) LEAR SIEGLER, INC., ) SERVE: ) 175 Admiral Cochrane Dr. ) Annapolis, MD 21401-7316 ) ) US INVESTIGATIONS SERVICES, ) USIS INTERNATIONAL, INC., ) SERVE: ) Corporation Service Company ) 1090 Vermont Avenue, Suite 430 ) Washington, D.C. 20005 ) ) TITAN CORP ) SERVE: ) 3033 Science Park Road ) San Diego, California 92121-1199 ) ) CSA INC. ) SERVE: 999 W Town and Country Rd ) Orange, CA 92868-4713 ) ) AECOM GOVERNMENT SERVICES, ) INC., ) SERVE: ) 555 South Flower Street, Suite 3700 ) Los Angeles, CA 90071-2300 ) ) ERINYS LTD., ERINYS ) INTERNATIONAL, LTD., ) SERVE: ) Erinys European Regional Office ) Basepoint Business Centre ) Caxton Close ) Andover, Hants. SP10 3FG ) England ) ) THE KHUDAIRI GROUP, ) DBA KHUDAIRI TRADING AND ) CONTRACTING COMPANY (KTCC), ) SERVE: ) Khudairi Group ) 7 1616 S. Voss, Suite 675 ) Hosuton Texas 77057 ) ) Defendants. ) ____________________________________) COMPLAINT FOR DAMAGES AND DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF I. PRELIMINARY STATEMENT Plaintiffs, individually and on behalf of all persons similarly situated, for their complaint allege: 1. This is an 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 others 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. It is brought under (1) the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA), 33 U.S.C. § 948a; (2) the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1861-65; (3) the common law of fraud and deceit; (4) the common law of bad faith denial of workers compensation insurance claims arising out of government contracts in support of wars conducted by the United States, and tortious breach of covenant of good faith and fair dealing; (5) the common law of outrage (Intentional Infliction of Mental and Emotional Distress); (6) the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. 12111; the common law of prima facie tort; and (7) the Declaratory Judgment Act; 29 U.S.C. § 2201 and the Court’s equitable powers to grant preliminary and permanent injunctive relief in order to prevent 8 irreparable harm to Plaintiffs and to those similarly situated, and to require Defendants to comply with their legal obligations here and around the world, as to all past, present and future individuals who work in support of America’s wars. 2. This complaint is filed due to actions and omissions of Defendants, in conspiracy with others, and individually, to defeat the right of American Citizens and Foreign Nationals to receive their lawful benefits and compensation under the Defense Base Act (―DBA‖), 42 U.S.C. 42 U.S.C. § 1651 et seq, as it adopts the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (―LHWCA‖), 33 U.S.C § 901 et seq., which constitutes an enterprise engaged in fraudulent and or criminal acts to further their scheme to defeat the rights of individuals who have been injured or suffered occupational diseases, and death, while on foreign soil in support of defense activities under the DBA. This DBA system is administered according to statute by the United States Department of Labor (DOL), in the administrative Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP), subject to hearing and decision in contested cases by the Office of Administrative Law Judges (OALJ) of the DOL, and administrative appeal to the Benefits Review Board. 33 U.S.C. §§ 919, 921(b)(3). If a matter works its way through the OWCP, OALJ, and Board, only then can a party appeal into the federal courts. The case law interpreting the Act requires that both DOL, the courts, and the parties construe the DBA and LHWCA provisions ―liberally to provide benefits,‖ and ―Compensation shall be payable irrespective of fault as a cause for the injury.‖ 33 U.S.C. § 904. The Longshore Act attaches a presumption to the allegations in support of the claim, in the absence of ―substantial evidence to the contrary.‖ 33 U.S.C. § 901. 3. Congress enacted the DBA in 1941 and intended that it would be a simplified system that would provide a trade off for employees who could not sue their employer for pain 9 and suffering, but would also not have to go through the lengthy delays of civil trials and the adversarial beating that often occurs when trying to obtain damages for injuries. As one Congressman explained: ―It eliminates to a large extent the delay, suffering, hardship and expense incident to the long time in which it took to reach a case after it was submitted to the court…‖ Mr. Graham, 68 Cong. Rec. 5410 (69th Cong. 2d Sess.). 4. When an employee is injured and needs medical and disability benefits, employers are obligated to pay compensation due under the Act—including compensation for permanent total disability, temporary total disability or permanent partial disability —regardless of whether an employee files an administrative claim, see 33 U.S.C. §§ 904(a), 914(a), and requires that such compensation ―be paid periodically, promptly, and directly to the person entitled thereto,‖ id. § 914(a). 5. Unlike most state workers’ compensation schemes, the case law developed around both Acts affords further relaxation of what is meant by causation of the injury due to the work, and has been repeatedly recognized to be covered if the employee is required to be on base 24 hours a day, even if the actual injury occurred off duty and even if it is unrelated to any job duties, so long as the risk of harm or injury was in any way increased by being at the job site. An employer or its insurance carrier who falsifies evidence or otherwise misrepresents in order to deny, reduce or terminate benefits, is guilty of a crime punishable by a fine of up to $10,000 or five years in prison. 33 U.S.C. § 931(c). The Act also makes it illegal for an employer to terminate employment of an employee or otherwise discriminate against that employee for exercise of rights under the DBA, 33 U.S.C. § 948a, and provides for civil remedies and penalties for such discrimination or termination including restoration of pay, benefits, and other 10