The attorney for a Georgia teen amputee said a $25 million lawsuit on his behalf is moving forward despite some recent developments.
The Columbus Police Department closed its investigation into the September 2016 case of Montravious Thomas earlier in April, the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reported.
Police said they found no crime was committed despite claims that a contract teacher in the Muscogee County school system body-slammed Thomas, then 13, allegedly resulting in his right leg being amputated below the knee.
Attorney Renee Tucker said legal plans are not affected and Thomas’ legal team will “continue to litigate the case.”
Also, Tucker said there was “no truth” to a Columbus television report that Thomas sustained his injuries in a car crash prior to the incident at the alternative school.
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“(Thomas) was never involved in a car accident,” Tucker said. “He didn’t arrive at school that day injured.”
Also, the school district has been dropped as a defendant in the suit, although the original defendants remain on an individual basis.
Thomas’ medical bills are more than $600,000, according to the lawsuit that was filed in March 2017.
The amputation was performed at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston in October 2016. It was necessary because part of Thomas’ broken tibia severed veins that provided blood flow to his foot.
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