A North Salem High School graduate is seeking $2.4 million from the Salem-Keizer School District after cutting off his finger during a wood shop class in 2022.

Erick Jimenez Landeta filed the lawsuit Sept. 12 in Marion County Circuit Court. He claims he was not properly trained or supervised on operating a planer, a device that cuts boards or lumber, which resulted in his injury during class Sept. 23, 2022.

The Statesman Journal first reported on the lawsuit .

“During operation of the planer, (Jimenez Landeta)’s left hand was seized by the planer’s cutter head, mangling his index and ring fingers and completely amputating his middle finger down to the metacarpal bone. The damage to his hand was catastrophic,” the suit claims.

Jimenez Landeta was 15 at the time.

His attorney, Higin

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