Former Mayor Ron Littlefield, Paul Page added to police-beating lawsuit

Ron Littlefield

Paul Page, Chattanooga’s director of general services

A civil lawsuit filed in the police beating of federal halfway house resident Adam Tatum now alleges former Mayor Ron Littlefield and former city general services Director Paul Page fostered lax management that contributed to Tatum’s ordeal.

On Tuesday Tatum’s attorney, Robin Flores, filed a new case in Hamilton County Circuit Court connected to a lawsuit now in federal court that attempts:

• To double the requested $50 million in damages to $100 million.

• To add Littlefield and Page to the lawsuit, alleging that sexual harassment claims against Page and Littlefield’s handling of those claims permitted a lax management culture that later permitted the beating.