Ouch! Parents file $1.7 million lawsuit over excessive spanking

In rural Morgan County, Tenn., the parents of a kindergarten boy who was paddled eight times for allegedly throwing crayons and rocks have filed a $1.7 million lawsuit.
The defendants in the lawsuit include the Sunbright Elementary School principal who swatted the boy, Elizabeth Boyd, along with the Morgan County director of schools and Morgan County itself, reports Knoxville NBC affiliate WBIR. The parents, Sandra Hall and Jason Williams, say their son, Lukas Williams, endured deep bruising and inflammation as a result of the repeated spankings. He was five years old when the paddling incident occurred. Lukas allegedly became so traumatized by the experience that he did not want to return to school.