A Grundy County man was granted over $750,000 this week in Coffee County Circuit Court stemming from an alleged physical assault by a Southern Inn employee and guest last year in Manchester, TN.
Court documents say Robert Luna of Grundy County was living at the motel to be closer to his job driving to Murfreesboro when he was assaulted one day in August 2024. Luna filed the suit after claiming a drunken maintenance man, Terrance DeShields, pulled a gun on him. The suit also claimed Luna was jumped and choked by a hotel guest, then assaulted by the two in an attack that sent Luna to the hospital with internal injuries as well as loss of teeth.
According to court reports, the assault was on Luna after he had come out in front of DeShields while he was going to nearby Wendy’s Restaurant. DeShields reportedly pulled a handgun and threatened Luna upon his return. Luna punched the gun out of his attacker’s hand and tackled him to the ground…