(9-16-25) The City of Portland (Indiana) over the last several months has faced some type of legal turmoil on a regular basis.
The latest legal issue is a new tort names the City of Portland, the office of the clerk-treasurer of Portland, clerk-treasurer Lori Phillips and Portland City Council members Dave Golden, Ron May and Mike Aker.
The tort asks for the statutory limit of $700,000 per claimant in compensatory damages, unspecified punitive damages and injunction relief including training for city officials, systemic reforms for the city to prevent future abuses and court orders prohibiting “further disclosure or misuse of confidential information.”
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The information was discussed at last night’s Portland City Council meeting.
On Friday, attorney Katlyn M. Christman of Clark Johnson & Knight, Merrillville, filed a motion to dismiss Portland clerk-treasurer Lori Phillips’ lawsuit against the police department, Portland Police Chief Dustin Mock and investigator Jeff Hopkins, arguing that they cannot be sued.
DEFENDANTS DUSTIN MOCK, JEFF HOPKINS, AND THE PORTLAND POLICE
DEPARTMENT’S MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF THEIR MOTION TO DISMISS
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