In a countersuit, two Marion County men are accusing Chattanooga developer John "Thunder" Thornton of filing a libel suit to silence critics after they said his River Gorge Ranch development was being built on top of a "Swiss cheese" of mine shafts within Aetna Mountain.
Two men in Marion County are fighting back against a developer s libel suit, alleging he s trying to silence critics regarding a controversial development project.
On Friday, Nashville attorney Daniel Horwitz filed a response to a libel lawsuit initiated by Thunder Air, the real estate company of John “Thunder” Thornton, on behalf of his client, Joe E. Blevins, and a second response on behalf of Ronnie Kennedy, who is represented by Nashville attorney William J. Harbison.