FISHER v. HALLIBURTON

Nos. 10-20202, 10-20371.

667 F.3d 602 (2012)

Ingrid FISHER, Individually and as Successor in Interest to Decedent Steven Fisher; Kristen Fisher, Individually and as Successor in Interest to Decedent Steven Fisher; S. F., Jr., a Minor, Individually and as Successor in Interest to Decedent Steven Fisher by and through Next Friend Ingrid Fisher; K. F., a Minor Individually and as Successor in Interest to Decedent, Steven Fisher, by and through Next Friend Ingrid Fisher; Marjorie Bell-Smith, Individually and as Successor in Interest to Decedent Timothy Bell; et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. HALLIBURTON, a Corporation; Kellogg Brown & Root, Incorporated, a Corporation and Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Halliburton and KBR Holdings Limited Liability Company; Service Employees International, Incorporated, a Foreign Corporation and Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Halliburton and Kellogg Brown & Root International Incorporated; Brown & Root Services, a Division of Kellogg Brown & Root, Incorporated, a Corporation; Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Incorporated, Defendants-Appellants. Reginald Cecil Lane, an individual, by and through Linda Marlene Lane, as the duly appointed Conservator/Guardian of Reginald Cecil Lane; et al., Plaintiffs, v. Halliburton, a Corporation; et al., Defendants. Ingrid Fisher, Individually and as Successor in Interest to Decedent Steven Fisher; Kristen Fisher, Individually and as Successor in Interest to Decedent Steven Fisher; S. F., Jr., Individually and as Successor in Interest to Decedent Steven Fisher; K. F., Individually and as Successor in Interest to Decedent Steven Fisher; Marjorie Bell-Smith, Individually and as Successor in Interest to Decedent Steven Fisher; et al., Individually and as Successor in Interest to Decedent Steven Fisher, Plaintiffs-Appellees Cross-Appellants, v. Halliburton, a Corporation; Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc., a Corporation; Service Employees International, Inc., a Corporation; Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc., a Corporation; Brown & Root Services Corp., a Corporation, Defendants-Appellants Cross-Appellees. Reginald Cecil Lane, an Individual, by and through Linda Marlene Lane, as the duly appointed Conservator/Guardian of Reginald Cecil Lane; et al., Plaintiffs, v. Halliburton, a Corporation; et al., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 12, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Michael Gunn (argued), Joe W. Redden, Jr. , Beck, Redden & Secrest, L.L.P., Thomas Scott Allen, Jr. (argued), Law Offices of T. Scott Allen, P.C., Tobias Anthony Cole , Midani, Hinkle & Cole, L.L.P., Sara J. Fendia , Kenneth Thomas Fibich , Joseph Carter Melugin , Fibich, Hampton & Leebron, L.L.P., Samuel A. Houston , Shepherd, Scott, Clawater & Houston, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Christina Anne Fountain , Ramon Rossi Lopez , Lopez McHugh, L.L.P., Newport Beach, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Raymond B. Biagini , Lawrence Steven Ebner (argued), Herbert L. Fenster , David Kasanow , Megan Anne Kinsey-Smith , McKenna, Long & Aldridge, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Christie Lynne Cardon , Kevin Michael Clark , Robert Bruce Hurley , Craig Joseph Ledet , Robert E. Meadows , King & Spalding, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Reagan William Simpson , Yetter Coleman, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellants.

Charles Wylie Scarborough (argued), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, for United States of America, Amicus Curiae.

Frederick W. Claybrook, Jr. , Crowell & Moring, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for National Defense Indus. Ass'n, Amicus Curiae.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, OWEN and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.


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...

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