Denied a worker’s compensation claim, Center Middle teacher Jesse McClain, of 6973 Ron Park Place, has filed a suit against Boardman Township and Boardman Local Schools seeking damages resulting from injuries he suffered on Apr. 3, 2013, while participating in an ‘active shooter’ scenario that was held at Boardman High School.
      Also named in the suit is Scepter Investigation, who planned and supervised the emergency training drill that resulted in vastly improved communications and emergency readiness between the school district and the Boardman Police Department.
      In the suit, that seeks at least $125,000, McClain says he entered Boardman High School during the drill and was “willfully, purposely, intentionally, recklessly, wantonly and without cause tackled to the floor...suffering serious, debilitating and permanent injuries,” including a non-displaced right hip intertrochanteric fracture, and a surgical neck fracture of the right proximal humerus.
      The suit says “The tackling incident...is due at least in part to employee negligence and physical defects” that caused McClain to suffer “permanent traumatic and significant life-altering injuries.” McClain says as a result of the ‘tackling incident’ he will continue to endure great pain and suffering and incur medical and rehabilitation expenses, suffer lost wages and impairment of his earning capacity, and be unable to perform many usual functions.”
      Seeking at least $25,000 of the $100,000 is McClain’s wife, Katherine. In the suit she claims she suffered the loss of her husband’s care, comfort, services and consortium in the past and will continue to suffer those losses in the future.
      In order to participate in the emergency drill, McClain signed a waiver that was drawn-up by the Mahoning County Prosecutor’s Office.