BARKER v. HALLIBURTON CO.

No. 10-20638.

645 F.3d 297 (2011)

Galen D. BARKER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HALLIBURTON COMPANY, doing business as KBR Kellogg Brown & Root; KBR Technical Services, Inc.; Service Employees International, Inc.; Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc.; Kellogg Brown & Root International, Inc.; Kellogg Brown & Root L.L.C.; Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc.; Kellogg Brown & Root, S. De R. L.; Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR), Inc.; KBR, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 23, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Terrence Conway , Michael Terrence Conway Company, Brunswick, OH, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Warren W. Harris , Bracewell & Giuliani, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Morris Clifford Carrington , Mehaffy Weber, P.C., Beaumont, TX, Vanetta Loraine Christ , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, L.L.P., Martin Christopher Luff , Shadow M. Sloan , Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before REAVLEY, GARZA and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.


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...

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