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Paterson Student Injured Running From Bees Awarded $85K Settlement Paterson Student Injured Running From Bees Awarded $85K Settlement
Paterson Student Injured Running From Bees Awarded $85K Settlement A former Paterson High School student who fell over a pothole while running from a swarm of bees and was injured in 2016 has been awarded $85,000 as part of a settlement, NJ.com reports. Luis Silverio, 20, was awarded the funds in addition to the $100,000 he was awarded by the Paterson Board of Education last lear. Paterson's City Council voted in favor of the settlement as part of an agreement Silverio would drop his claim agains the city, according to Mayor Andre Sayegh. Silverio, then 16, was in an outdoor gym class at Westside Park, when he fell while running from the bees th…

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