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1/22/2009
James R. Carroll, Jr., Esquire
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NYC to pay $2.75M for softball accident in school gym class
The City of New York Department of Education must pay $2.75 million to a woman who sustained severe facial injuries in a softball accident four years ago, while attending one of the city's public schools.

Chelise Navarro, now 20, was struck in the face by a swung bat during softball drills in gym class at the Bronx's Walton High School. She sued the department of education, alleging that her gym teacher was not supervising the drills. The defense cast blame on the girl who swung the bat, contending that the students had been warned not to execute full swings of the bat. It also contended that Navarro assumed the gym-class activity's inherent risk of injury, but the jury found that the department of education was liable for the accident.

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