Legal Opinion
City of Lancaster v. Chambers
Texas Supreme Court
Decided June 15, 1994No. D-3331PublishedCited by 848 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCornyn, Justice
the Court,
in which PHILLIPS, C.J., and GONZALEZ, HIGHTOWER, HECHT, and GAMMAGE, Justices, and Justice ENOCH join.
Ken and Evelyn Chambers, individually and as next friends of their son, Bradley Chambers (collectively “Chambers”), sued the City of Lancaster, Lancaster police officers Everett Powell and Jimmy Miller, the City of DeSoto, and DeSoto police officers William H. Ransom and C.P. Bentley, for common law negligence and deprivation of rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in connection with a high-speed police chase in which Bradley Chambers was seriously injured. Because the doctrine of…
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