EVERETT — A mother filed a lawsuit against the Edmonds School District after alleging the tip of her son’s finger was severed in a metal door in 2023 at Cedar Way Elementary School in Mountlake Terrace.

The complaint alleges the school and the child’s special education teacher’s negligence led to the injury. Court documents allege Cedar Way failed to follow the Individualized Education Plan and Behavioral Intervention Plan set up for the child, who was diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, sensory processing disorder and generalized anxiety disorder.

Around noon April 12, 2023, the then 10-year-old child was the only student in the classroom, court documents said. His special education teacher was supervising him alongside a general class

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