Tracy Barker v. Halliburton Company

EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal, we consider whether the district court erred by concluding that Plaintiff-Appellant Galen Barker could not, as a matter of law, maintain a loss of consortium claim because the claim arose from a civil rights violation against his wife. We agree with the district court’s conclusion and AFFIRM that court’s summary judgment order.

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Plaintiff-Appellant’s wife, Tracy Barker, worked in Iraq as a civilian contractor for Defendant-Appellee Halliburton Company (“KBR”). While in Iraq, Tracy Barker was sexually assaulted by a federal employee and also…