United States Eleventh Circuit
Carmichael v. Kellogg, Brown & Root Serv., Inc., 08-14487
In a negligence suit arising out of an accident in which Plaintiff's husband was injured while serving in Iraq, the dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where the political question doctrine barred the suit because adjudicating Plaintiff's claims would require extensive reexamination and second-guessing of many sensitive judgments surrounding the conduct of a military convoy in war time.
Appellate Information
- Decided 06/30/2009
- Published 06/30/2009
Judges
- MARCUS, Circuit Judge:, Before MARCUS, KRAVITCH and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Eleventh Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Peter A. Law, Davis Kingsley Loftin, Peter A. Law, P.C., E. Michael Moran, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
- For Appellees:
- Raymond B. Biagini, David Kasanow, Lisa M. Norrett, Lawrence S. Ebner, McKenna, Long & Aldridge, LLP, Washington, DC, Jonathan R. Friedman, Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, LLC, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellees.