Parents of teens hurt in chemistry class fireball file suits

The parents of two teenagers injured last January when a chemistry class experiment triggered a fireball explosion have filed lawsuits against the city.

In papers filed Tuesday in Manhattan Supreme Court, the parents of Julia Saltonstall and Sara Salitan, both of Manhattan, say Saltonstall suffered scarring burns on her hands, face, body and arms and Salitan had respiratory and throat injuries. Both girls continue to cope with psychological stress from the incident at Beacon High School.

The Saltonstall family is seeking $10 million in damages, according to city records. There was no specific amount cited in the Salitan family court papers.

Last month, the parents of Alonzo Yanes, a Bronx student whose ear was melted by the fireball, filed a $27 million suit.

All the suits blame city school administrators for allowing a dangerous Rainbow experiment to be performed at all, let alone in a room that was not a properly equipped science lab.

That kind of experiment is now forbidden in city schools.

We will review these lawsuits, a spokesman for the city Law Department said.

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Parents of teens hurt in chemistry class fireball file suits