Judge dismisses all but two defendants in Turbine lawsuit

All but two defendants have been dismissed from a lawsuit brought against those involved a proposed wind turbine farm on Turkey Heaven Mountain in Cleburne County.

Circuit Judge John C. Thomason dismissed the defendants from the lawsuit without comment in an order filed last week.

Those defendants were landowners who had discussed allowing wind turbines to be built on their property. Plaintiffs were nearby landowners who don’t want the turbines built.

Plaintiffs attorney Chad Hopper said he requested the rest of the residents named in the case be dismissed because he discovered they did not have contracts with Nations Energy Solutions, the company exploring the possibility of building the wind turbine farm.

Terra Gen, the other company named in the lawsuit, and Nations are the last two defendants in the case.

The lawsuit, filed in June by Cleburne County residents who own property near Turkey Heaven Mountain, claimed they would be harmed physically and financially if the wind turbines were built on the mountain. They requested a permanent injunction on the construction and financial compensation including court costs and “any other further relief” to which they were entitled.