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HOUSTON (Legal Newsline) - Jamie Leigh Jones, the woman who alleged her employer was at fault for a rape that a jury said never happened, must pay court costs to the company she sued but not its attorneys fees.
U.S. District Judge Keith Ellison ruled Monday on Kellogg, Brown and Root's motion for costs and attorneys fees, more than two months after a federal jury found that Jones was not raped while an employee of KBR, a former subsidiary of Halliburton.
He ruled that Jones is on the hook for KBR's $145,073.19 in court costs. Citing a federal rule of civil procedure, Ellison wrote "costs - other than attorneys fees - should be allowed to the prevailing party."
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