Civil Procedure › Military Law › Personal Injury

Servicemembers Civil Relief Act: Giving Second Life To Cases Otherwise Barred By The Statute of Limitations

How an obscure section of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act can save a case when the statute of limitations has run...more

Political Question Doctrine Requires Dismissal of Wrongful Death Suit Against Government Contractor in Iraq

Earlier this month, in a lengthy and well reasoned opinion, a federal trial court relied on the Political Question Doctrine in dismissing a wrongful death action against a military contractor. In Harris v. Kellogg, Brown &...more

Fisher v. Halliburton: Fifth Circuit Invokes Common Sense To Defend Defense Base Act

In March 2010, a federal district court in Texas ruled that the deaths and injuries sustained by a group of civilian convoy drivers in Iraq during insurgent attacks were not “accidents” caused by conditions of...more