Mealey's (January 14, 2019, 2:24 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 14 denied certiorari to a group of veterans who sued private contractors for injuries and deaths they contend were caused by the defendants’ disposal of toxic chemicals in open-air burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan (Alan Metzgar, et al. v. KBR Inc., et al., No. 18-317, U.S. Sup.)....