Florida State University is asking for a lawsuit filed by a former student paralyzed in a 2014 shooting at the university’s Strozier Library to be dismissed, asserting the school is not liable for the “action of a madman.”

Farhan “Ronny” Ahmed filed a lawsuit in June against FSU in Leon County Circuit Court, seeking damages in excess of $15,000 for pain and suffering, disability and medical expenses.

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