NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A Chattanooga school has agreed to pay the family of a student charged with a felony under Tennessee's threats of mass violence law $100,000, which is likely the first successful lawsuit over the legislation in the state.

According to the lawsuit, a student at Chattanooga Prep asked if another student was going to "blow up the school, to which an 11-year-old who is autistic responded, "Yeah."

The attorney for the family of the 11-year-old, Justin Gilbert, argued the child had no information that the other student was truly intending to blow up the school; his statement was limited by his social awareness and judgment due to his disability.

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