A new lawsuit says a Nashville student was attacked and suffered head injuries

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) – A new federal lawsuit against Metro Nashville alleges that a 7-year-old student was attacked at school and sent home with a head injury.

The lawsuit says the child was injured last year when she returned home from Granbery Elementary School with bumps on her head and bruises on her face. His mother, Shannikka Sherrill, said she saw her son vomiting and having difficulty sleeping. She took him to an urgent care center, but was sent to the emergency room because her son had a concussion.

In the lawsuit, Sherrill stated that her son suffers from nonverbal autism and knows that headbanging is part of his autistic behavior. As a result, the lawsuit states that her son has an individual education plan and is required to have constant, individual supervision at school.

Trying to figure out what happened, Sherrill said in the lawsuit that she emailed his teacher asking what happened. The teacher responded that the headbanging was “intense” that day. However, Sherrill noted that two days later, the principal informed her that her son had been attacked and kicked in the head in another way.

The lawsuit states that the student assistant did not report the incident to the teacher or school nurse.

Sherrill further alleged in the lawsuit that her son later suffered other head injuries five times due to lack of supervision and also suffered a traumatic brain injury.

In the lawsuit, Sherrill is seeking $300,000 to cover medical costs related to her son’s injuries.

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