A judge ruled in favor of the city of Lubbock, Texas in a lawsuit filed by about 70 families over lost or misidentified graves at the Lubbock Cemetery.
In 2004 many families came forward saying as many as 4,000 graves could be missing. 97% of those burial sites were later traced to the Peaceful Gardens Cemetery in Woodrow.
Still, around 70 families sued the city for negligence and poor record keeping. Now Judge Medina's ruling stops the suit against the city, and prevents any damages from being awarded to the families claiming wrong doing at the cemetery.
Judge Medina says his decision is based on the law set in 1970, which gives all government entities immunity, meaning they're free from most situations of blame.
The city also claims that they're not responsible mishandling before they took ownership of the cemetery. "Almost all of these allegations were when the cemetery was owned by other entities, not the City of Lubbock," said Jeff Hartsell, the attorney for the City of Lubbock.
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