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A King County jury on Thursday awarded $8 million to a former Seattle Public Schools student who was punched in the face by his middle school math teacher in 2018.

The verdict came after three days of deliberation and nearly a month of testimony last month in Superior Court in Seattle.

The jury found that Seattle Public Schools was responsible for the injuries Zakaria Sheikhibrahim, 21, sustained as a result of the January 2018 incident where Ja

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