'It's not about the money': First lawsuit filed over Sandy Hook massacre as family of traumatized child survivor seeks $100 million

A New Haven attorney is asking permission to sue the state for $100 million on behalf of a student who survived the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

'She was in her classroom, and over the loudspeaker came the horrific confrontation between the fellow who shot everybody and other people,' attorney Irving Pinsky said in the lawsuit filed Thursday.



'Her friends were killed,' the claims states. 'That's pretty traumatic.'



Irving Pinsky filed a $100 million lawsuit on Thursday on behalf of a Sandy Hook Elementary School student

'She was in her classroom, and over the loudspeaker came the horrific confrontation between the fellow who shot everybody and other people,' Pinsky said. 'Her friends were killed. That's pretty traumatic.'

Pinsky said the student has been traumatized by the killings, and accused the state of failing to protect students from 'foreseeable harm.'



Pinsky says it's not about the money. 'It's about living in a world that's safe,' he said. 'The answer is about protecting the kids.' The state has immunity against most lawsuits unless permission to sue is granted. RELATED ARTICLES Previous

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Adam Lanza killed 20 first grade students and six adult staffers at the school before killing himself.

Pinsky said the student has been traumatized by the killings, and accused the state of failing to protect students from 'foreseeable harm.'



'As a consequence, the claimant-minor child has sustained emotional and psychological trauma and injury, the nature and extent of which are yet to be determined,' the claim says. 'As a consequence, the claimant-minor child has sustained emotional and psychological trauma and injury, the nature and extent of which are yet to be determined,' the claim says.

The state enjoys 'sovereign immunity' against most lawsuits unless permission to sue is granted.

Pinsky said he hopes to review the evidence and prove that the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary were foreseeable.

