Autistic student dragged 250 feet, kicked twice by Fayette school employee, lawsuit says [View all]
The parents of a Tates Creek Middle School student with autism filed a lawsuit against the Fayette County school officials, alleging that he sustained serious injuries in 2018 when he was dragged 250 feet down hallways, kicked twice by an employee and “unsafely” carried up 19 stairs.
The lawsuit filed Sept. 13 in Fayette Circuit Court in Lexington by Courtney Jo Grayson and Donnie Jack Grayson Jr. said the child, identified in the lawsuit only as “T.G.,” was a special needs student, “relatively non-verbal” and “cognitively altered.”
Defendants include two people who worked at Tates Creek Middle School, the Fayette County Board of Education, Superintendent Manny Caulk and Tates Creek Middle principal Eric Thornsbury.
The lawsuit said that as a result of the Sept. 18, 2018, dragging, T.G. was seriously injured physically and mentally. He had injuries to his stomach, back and left shoulder.
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