Legal Opinion
Piotrowski v. City of Houston
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 17, 2001No. 98-21032PublishedCited by 1,270 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:
Barbra Piotrowski (“Piotrowski”) sued the City of Houston (“City”) for constitutional violations arising from its failure to prevent her wealthy former boyfriend from attempting to kill her. Implicated in the boyfriend’s plot was an unsavory private investigator who had cultivated police and political friendships and regularly hired off-duty officers to work for him and the boyfriend. In exchange for the detective’s favors, officials in the Houston Police Department allegedly covered up his and their coworkers’ misdeeds. Piotrowski persuaded a jury that the City…
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