A Madison woman is suing Limestone County Schools in federal court, alleging educators deprived her son of due process rights after he was suspended in May following “horseplay” with other students in a high school weight room.
Birmingham attorney Roderick Van Daniel filed the suit July 10 in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama on behalf of Alicia Grissom, parent of one of the minors suspended after the incident at East Limestone High School. In court documents, Van Daniel claims the district acted outside its disciplinary policies when it suspended Grissom’s son in May and assigned him to a stint in alternative school when the next year begins.
The suit asks a jury to award $500,000 plus attorney fees and unspecified punitive damages. The school district did not immediately respond to a request for comment.