High court rejects Iraq case against Halliburton

Source: AP

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a woman who wants to sue Halliburton for the brain injury her husband suffered when a truck in a fuel convoy crashed in Iraq.

The justices, without comment Monday, let stand a federal appeals court ruling dismissing the lawsuit filed by Annette Carmichael of Atlanta, on behalf of her husband, Sgt. Keith Carmichael. The Obama administration recommended denial of the appeal.

The soldier was a gunner assigned to ride in a tanker truck operated by Kellogg, Brown & Root — Halliburton's former subsidiary — during the convoy in 2004. He was thrown and pinned beneath the truck when the civilian driver failed to negotiate a curve.

According to court documents, Carmichael was left in a permanent vegetative state.

Carmichael sued KBR and Halliburton in Georgia state court in 2006. The companies had the suit transferred to federal court where they won dismissal.

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except in the few cases when Kennedy votes with the other side.

GAWD..What a sickening collection of protoplasm..
Roberts


Alito


Scalia


Thomas


I cannot imagine that the average quality of SC Justices has been lower than those selected by the BFEE.
The most disgusting part is how the Dem Congress let them in...
I sure hope that a couple of these *$##$(^&(% find it necessary to spend more time with their families while Obama is still President...

- "The Obama administration recommended denial of the appeal."

While really unfortunate and very sad circumstances, it should have been denied based on the info in the quoted article. Otherwise we would be suing Ford and GM every time someone fails to negotiate a curve and has an accident.

as with some of the Supreme Court Justices...

Only the rich & powerful get a personal case hearing by the SCOTUS, like Jeffrey Skilling did. If you're a peon, even a veteran, you get peed on.

Yikes! :O
Not the best of luck..