PHILADELPHIA - A Havertown mother and son sued the Haverford Area School District for allegedly violating the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), according to documents filed on March 17 in federal court.
Plaintiff Harrison Sorman was a student of the district starting in 2016. He suffers from several medical conditions and says he has struggled academically due to these conditions.
The defendant found Sorman to be eligible for a Section 504 Service Agreement in 2018, which would provide the accommodations he needed to learn. According to the suit, another student in the special program began threatening Sorman online.
The district was allegedly informed of the threat that the student posed on Sorman. The student then attacked Sorman while they were alone in a classroom together, causing a concussion and a maxillary fracture, the suit says.
The district is accused of failing to seek treatment for Sorman's injuries and failing to contact his mother to inform her of the attack. The school is charged with violating Section 504, violating the Americans with Disabilities Act, negligence and recklessness and loss of consortium.
Sorman and his mother, Constance, are represented by McAndrews, Mehalick, Connolly, Hulse and Ryan PC of Berwyn.