{"id":359201,"date":"2026-09-28T21:28:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T21:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/359201\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T21:28:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T21:28:19","slug":"cliffside-park-boe-sued-after-student-suffers-broken-arm-in-alleged-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/359201\/","title":{"rendered":"Cliffside Park BOE Sued After Student Suffers Broken Arm In Alleged Assault"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The lawsuit was filed in Bergen County Superior Court on Wednesday, Sept. 23, by a minor identified as A.L., through guardian Katherine Garcia, against the Cliffside Park Board of Education, also known as the Cliffside Park School District.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The child was participating in activities with another student at Public School #6 on May 20, 2025, when the other student physically assaulted the child, according to the complaint.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The district failed to provide adequate supervision and safety measures to protect the child from foreseeable harm, the suit says.<\/p>\n<p>The child fell and suffered fractures to the right distal radius and ulna, bones in the forearm, requiring medical treatment, the complaint says.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit accuses the district of failing to properly supervise both students, monitor student interactions, provide a reasonably safe environment, and implement or enforce appropriate safety procedures.<\/p>\n<p>Garcia and the child are seeking damages for the injuries and losses, along with interest and legal costs. They have also requested a jury trial.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Daily Voice has reached out to district officials for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"e-click-here-follow-btn\" data-testid=\"bottom-paragraph\">\n            <a class=\"e-email-signup\" js-follow-button=\"\" data-testid=\"article-click-here-to-subscribe\">Click here<\/a><br \/>\n            to follow Daily Voice  and receive free news updates.\n          <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The lawsuit was filed in Bergen County Superior Court on Wednesday, Sept. 23, by a minor identified as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359202,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-359201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}