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Lawsuit: Years Of Bullying, Lack Of Administrative Action Led To Westfield Teen's Suicide Lawsuit: Years Of Bullying, Lack Of Administrative Action Led To Westfield Teen's Suicide
Lawsuit: Years Of Bullying, Lack Of Administrative Action Led To Westfield Teen's Suicide The parents of a Union County teenager who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 2018 are suing the Westfield School District saying bullying and lack of administrative action contributed to their son's death. Carthoris “Carter” Uziel died by suicide when he was a 15-year-old sophomore Westfield High School in June of 2018, after nearly a decade of verbal and physical bullying by his peers, according to the suit, filed by his parents Gene and Frances Uziel on June 16 in Union County Superior Court. In addition from being called racial slurs and stalked, Uziel was thrown agains…

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