Chattanooga police officers win judgment against city
CHATTANOOGA – Hamilton County Chancellor Pam Fleenor has affirmed an $828,000 judgment on behalf of 25 senior police officers who alleged the City of Chattanooga fell short on the terms of a pay plan drawn up years ago.
“Today the chancellor puts an end ot the City’s latest attempt to avoid paying this jury verdict,” Janie Varnell, attorney for the plaintiffs, wrote in an issued release.
“What once started as a $562,000 jury verdict over a year ago has now increased to $828,700 because the City refuses to acknowledge a jury’s unanimous finding that the City violated their own City Code and breached a contract with these officers.”
The city now has 30 days to appeal to the Tennessee Court of Appeals, but another attorney for the plaintiffs, Bryan Hoss, said he believes it is unlikely the city “would drag this out even further.”