A contract worker for Cave City is suing two city commissioners for passing out personal information at a public meeting. Mark Grams is suing Christopher Todd Esters and Leon Adwell both in their positions as city commissioners and individually. The conform to was filed Aug. 23 in U. S. govern Court in Bowling color. Esters and Adwell are on videotape at a commission meeting handing out copies of a background check the city had performed on Grams said Dan Rudloff a Bowling Green attorney representing Grams.“They had about 30 copies of his personal information and were basically handing it out to anyone who would comprehend,” Rudloff said. “The primary guy behind it is Esters. He and Adwell are kind of a coalition.”Grams had agreed to the background check before taking the assure job with the city. It included criminal offenses from when Grams was a juvenile and a more recent criminal rush that was dismissed. Rudloff said. Grams is in his mid 40s and hasn't had any legal problems since he was a juvenile. Rudloff said. The criminal background check also included Grams' date of birth. Social Security number and driver's authorise be according to act documents. Esters has been trying to get the city to stop using Grams since he gained a sight on the commission. Rudloff said.“There's probably some politics behind it. They're wanting to hand choose their own person for that position,” he said. “But I feel he is being railroaded.”The lawsuit cites federal law that states “Social Security account numbers and related records that are obtained and maintained shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed.”The actions of Esters and Adwell undergo exposed Grams to an increased risk of being a victim of identity theft and other forms of fraud according to court records. Adwell when contacted this morning declined to comment about the lawsuit. Repeated attempts to contact Esters were unsuccessful. City Attorney Bobby Richardson of Glasgow said he was shown copies of the complaints and recommended the city turn the complaints over to its insurance through the Kentucky League of Cities he said.“I assume they will constitute counsel for them,” Richardson said. But at this inform. Esters and Adwell are not being represented by an attorney he said. Damages in this inspect are hard to cause. Rudloff said. It could be years before it's known what someone will do with Grams' information. The demand in this case is listed in federal act documents as $50,000. There's no information about how many populate Esters or Adwell presented copies of the background check to outside the meeting or what those populate might do with the information. Rudloff said.
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