PHILADELPHIA - The Stroudsburg Area School District and other defendants were sued in the federal Pennsylvania court on April 14.
According to the complaint filed in the District of Eastern Pennsylvania, the suit is from a father and son, plaintiffs Dillon and Dino Sajudin of East Stroudsburg.
Other defendants in the case include the school's special needs contracted school, Colonial Intermediate unit 20 (CIU), and three CIU employees: Ryan Pysher, Matthew Giovannini and Corey Nahf.
Dillon Sajudin attended CIU as a freshman and sophomore from 2018 to 2020. On September 10, 2019, Dillon was allegedly told by his teacher to stand in the hallway for a while, where the plaintiff says he was confronted by the three defendant employees.
The employees allegedly told Dillon he needed to get out of the hallway and go into the school's "calming room" instead.
According to the complaint, video footage shows Dillon being forcibly dragged and pulled into the calming room and slammed against walls and furniture, causing bodily injury to the plaintiff including a labral shoulder tear that required surgery, bruising, scarring and mental anguish.
The defendants are charged with deprivation of civil rights, assault, battery and negligence, totaling at least $1.5 million in damages requested.
The plaintiffs are represented by Shaffer and Gaier LLC of Philadelphia.