SANFORD, N.C. – The husband of a Lee County teacher filed a civil lawsuit Monday, claiming former Lee County Schools Superintendent Jim Mc Cormick used his posi­tion to exploit his wife into a two-year "romantic and sexual relationship."

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The plaintiff, Sher­rill Normann Jr., is seeking damages from Mc Cormick for having an affair with his wife, Margaret Dossenbach Normann, a technology facilita­tor at Deep River Elementary.

 

The suit claims that Sherrill Nor­mann enjoyed "a relationship of genuine love and affection" with his wife before the affair with Mc Cormick. 

 

The suit alleges that Mc Cor­mick knew Normann was married, but "willfully, intentionally, wrongfully, maliciously and unjustifiably" interfered with the Normanns' relationship.

 

According to court documents, the plaintiff is asking for puni­tive damages in excess of $10,000 each for the alien­ation of marital affection and injury to his emotional health. It asks another $10,000 each of compensa­tory and punitive damages for the suffering caused by "criminal conversation" between Mc Cormick and Normann.

 

Due to the amount of damages being requested by the plaintiff, the case will be heard in a superior court by a jury.

 

According to the suit, the Normanns are still married and Margaret Dosenbach Normann is still an employee at Deep River Elementary.