Former student suing Portland Public Schools after class injury causes amputation [Video]

PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) – A former Franklin High School student and his parents are suing Portland Public Schools after they say his finger was mutilated during a woodshop class in 2022.

The family is also suing the woodshop teacher and the school nurse.

The lawsuit, which was filed in May, says the student was using a power tool called a “router” to carve a small piece of wood unsupervised after a brief demonstration from the teacher. Court documents say the router “grabbed his finger and mutilated, severed, and disfigured it.”

The lawsuit also claims the machine didn’t have a safety feature that could have prevented the injury.

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