Hall v. City of Columbus

OPINION AND ORDER

MARBLEY, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This matter is the result of two cases being consolidated. In Case No. 96-CV-068, Plaintiffs, Doug and Donna Hall brought claims of negligence and loss of consortium against Defendants, City of Columbus, the Water Division of the City of Columbus, and Kathleen Taylor, an employee of the Water Division of the City of Columbus. 1 In Case No. 96-CV-094, Plaintiff Doug Hall Inc., Doug Hall’s employer, brought the same claims against the same Defendants, and also asserted a right to compensation from Defendants under a Kentucky state…