Two NYC students traumatized by botched classroom science experiment receive over $1 million
Two students traumatized by a horrifically botched classroom science experiment in 2014 have received over $1 million from the city.
Former Beacon High School student Julia Saltonstall received a $750,000 settlement. Her classmate Sara Salitan received $400,000, documents filed in Manhattan Supreme Court show. The deals were made official Monday, which was to be the first day of a trial over their injuries.
Saltonstall suffered burns on her forearms, including a third-degree burn on her right arm, when teacher Anna Poole screwed up the chemistry “rainbow experiment.” She’d since coped with emotional trauma. Salitan’s injuries were “purely emotional and psychological in nature, including post traumatic stress disorder and depression,” according to a recent filing in the case.
Messages for Saltonstall and Salitan’s attorneys were not returned.
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