Legal Opinion
Schroder v. City of Fort Thomas
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 29, 2005No. 04-5216PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUTTON, Circuit Judge.
On June 28, 2000, Kimberly and Lawrence Schroder suffered every parent’s worst nightmare. Their ten-year-old son, Stephen, was struck and killed by a car traveling 40 miles per hour in a 25 mile-per-hour zone on the street in front of their house. While no law provides true recourse for such a loss, the Schroders and local prosecutors sought some relief under the traditional civil and criminal causes of action authorized by state law, then the Schroders sought relief under a less-traditional civil cause of action under federal law. In this § 1983 claim, the…
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