Legal Opinion
Hobart v. City of Stafford
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided January 9, 2013No. Civil Action No. 4:09-cv-3332PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
KEITH P. ELLISON, District Judge.
Pending before the Court is Defendants City of Stafford (“the City” or “Stafford”) and Chief Bonny Krahn’s (“Chief Krahn”) Motion for Summary Judgment Addressing Ratification Theory of Recovery. (Doc. No. 94.) After considering the motion, all responses thereto, and the applicable law, the Court finds that the motion must be GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART.
I. BACKGROUND
This lawsuit arises from the death of Aaron Hobart (“Aaron”), son of Plaintiffs Steve and Pam Hobart (collectively, “the Hobarts” or “Plaintiffs”). Many of the facts of…
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