A New Haven, Conn. attorney is suing the state on behalf of a 6-year-old girl who survived the Sandy Hook shooting. (davebarger/Creative Commons)

Attorney Irving Pinsky said the potential claim is about improving school security and not the money. In the claim, Pinsky's client sustained emotional trauma after gunman Adam Lanza forced his way into the Newtown, Conn. elementary school and gunned down 20 children and six adults, according to USA Today.

"She was in her classroom, and over the loudspeaker came the horrific confrontation between the fellow who shot everybody and other people," Pinsky said. "Her friends were killed. That's pretty traumatic."

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Pinsky's claim says the state Board of Education, the state Department of Education and the education commissioner failed to take steps to protect the minor children from foreseeable harm.

"As a consequence, the claimant-minor child has sustained emotional and psychological trauma and injury, the nature and extent of which are yet to be determined," the claim says.

The state enjoys "sovereign immunity" against most lawsuits unless permission to sue is granted.

Pinsky declined to reveal more about the 6-year-old's experiences during the shooting because of privacy reasons. He has yet to receive a reply from the state.

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