City, Employees Argue For Judgment On Pleadings In Sexual Misconduct Lawsuits

Mealey's (December 23, 2019, 1:27 PM EST) -- JASPER, Ala. — The city of Jasper and employees on Dec. 19 moved for judgment on the pleadings in two Alabama federal court cases, which also name their insurer, over allegations by former jail inmates of sexual misconduct in a jail because the city’s civil service board is “not legally cognizable nor endowed with the ability to sue or be sued” (Whitley Goodson v. J.C. Poe, Jr., et al., No. 19-1399, Charity Tessener v. J.C. Poe, Jr., et al., No. 19-01314, N.D. Ala.)....