Legal Opinion
Ingrid Fisher v. Halliburton
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 12, 2012No. 10-20202, 10-20371PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OWEN, Circuit Judge:
This interlocutory appeal arises out of the deaths of Steven Fisher and Timothy Bell, who were civilian drivers in a United States military supply-truck convoy in Iraq when insurgents attacked in April 2004. State tort claims were brought by or on behalf of spouses and family members of the decedents (collectively Plaintiffs) against Halliburton, Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc., and various subsidiaries or affiliates (collectively KBR), who employed the decedents. In this appeal, KBR contends that the district court erred in denying KBR’s motion to dismiss and motion for…
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