# Eric Darden v. City of Fort Worth, Texas

> Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · August 9, 2017 · 866 F.3d 698

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9877806

## Case

- **Full name:** Eric C. DARDEN, as Administrator of the Estate of Jermaine Darden and on Behalf of the Statutory Beneficiaries of the Estate of Jermaine Darden (Which Are Donneika Goodacre-Darden, Surviving Mother of Jermaine Darden, Charles H. Darden, Surviving Father of Jermaine Darden), Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS; W. F. Snow; J. Romero, Defendants-Appellees
- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- **Decided:** August 9, 2017
- **Citations:** 866 F.3d 698; 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 14693; 2017 WL 3404461
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by King
- **Judges:** King, Prado, Southwick
- **Nature of suit:** Civil Rights
- **Cited by:** 13 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

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

## Opinion text

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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