Injured Student Files Lawsuit Against City for Bullying - SchoolBook A middle school student is suing the city for $16 million, claiming that school employees failed to protect him from two other students in the school cafeteria who punched him repeatedly in the face. The incident left Kardin Ulysse, an eighth grader at Junior High School Roy H. Mann in Brooklyn, blind in his right eye, his father said at a news conference on Tuesday. Kardin and the father, Pierre J. Ulysse, filed a notice of claim Tuesday seeking damages from the city's Department of Education for Kardin's injuries and medical expenses, along with a claim of earnings losses for Mr. Ulysse related to the incident. "They were beating him, kicking him, punching him in the face many, many times," said Mr. Ulysse. There is no guarantee he will see again. He said Kardin has had two eye surgeries and needs a transplant. The claim gives an account of the assault on the morning of June 5, and paints a picture of school staff members as "negligent" and "inept." The claim asserts that school employees "did nothing to stop or prevent" the assault and "failed to obtain proper emergency medical treatment." When asked why Kardin was targeted for the bullying, the father said he didn't know other than they didn't like him and he was "a loner." He also said this was not the first time his son was beaten and bullied at the school, and that other students have suffered from bullying incidents there. A woman who answered the phone at Roy. H. Mann said the principal, Jacek Polubiec, was not at school on Tuesday and that the school had "no comment at this time." Marge Feinberg, a spokeswoman for the Education Department, said the city had not received the notice of claim Tuesday afternoon. But she added that education officials take the incident very seriously, along with the issue of bullying in general. The principal reported the incident and the police were called, she said. The school also called Kardin's father, who accompanied his son to the hospital. Ms. Feinberg said that police arrested the two alleged perpetrators, both seventh graders, and that the incident is under investigation. Jorteh Senah contributed reporting.