Opinion

Eric Darden v. City of Fort Worth, Texas

  • 866 F.3d 698
  • 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 14693
  • 2017 WL 3404461
Court
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Filed
Aug 9, 2017
Status
Published
Author
King
On the bench
King, Prado, Southwick
Nature of suit
Civil Rights
Cited by
13 cases

explaining that the second prong does not preclude recovery where a preexisting condition contributed to, but would not have independently caused, the injury

How later courts described this case

  • explaining that the second prong does not preclude recovery where a preexisting condition contributed to, but would not have independently caused, the injury

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

KING, Circuit Judge,

specially concurring:

I agree with the panel majority that, on this record, the decision to grant qualified immunity to Officers Snow and Romero (and judgment for the City) was, at the very least, premature. Accordingly, I concur in the judgment.

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