The Plaintiffs that have filed a lawsuit against Claiborne County, the Claiborne County Sheriff’s Office, Sheriff David Ray and Constable in the second District Ronnie Hurst are asking for a total of three million dollars in damages.

Jerry Green, Jr. and Rebecca Green are requesting that judgment for compensatory damaged be entered against the Defendant in an amount not to exceed one million dollars and that judgment for punitive damages against the Defendant in an amount not to exceed two million dollars.

They also request that Claiborne County be required to discontinue the Constable program or at minimum bring the program into compliance with Tennessee State Law and that a jury be empaneled to try the issues joined in the cause.

The Greens filed suit on the four named parties that includes six counts against the defendants.

Due to the lawsuit against Hurst and the named parties along with a second case involving former third District Constable Roy Widner, Commissioner Glenn Bowling will present a Resolution before County Court on February 22 to abolish the office of Constable in Claiborne County.

If the Resolution is approved by County Court on second reading, the office of Constable will end in September 2012 when the current term is completed.

Widner’s case in General Sessions court has been set for February 18 and his Criminal Court case was reset for March 1.

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