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Hargrove v. Underwriters at Lloyd's, London
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided August 21, 1996No. Civil Action G-95-674PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
KENT, District Judge.
Plaintiff Thomas Hargrove, an employee of Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical d/b/a CIAT (CIAT), was kidnapped in Colombia by FARC guerrillas. After approximately eleven months in captivity, Hargrove was released. Hargrove and certain members of his family (the Plaintiffs) filed this action against the Defendants, asserting various state law causes of action based on the Defendants’ conduct in negotiating for Har-grove’s release. Now before the Court are the Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss 1 and the Plaintiffs’ Motion to Strike. For the reasons set forth…
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