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A judge has approved the St. Louis Park school district's agreement to pay $200,000 to the families of the victims of a deadly landslide at a St. Paul park.  
 
	

The St. Paul Pioneer Press reports the Hennepin County district judge approved the agreements Monday. The district will pay $80,000 each to the families of 9-year-old Haysem Sani and 10-year-old Mohamed Fofana, who died during a school field trip last May.
 
	

The family of Devin Meldahl, now 11, who was seriously injured, will receive $40,000.
 
	

MPR News first reported the settlement two weeks ago

, but the district refused to release details, citing student privacy laws. Legal settlements involving minors need court approval, though, and those documents are public.


The district's $200,000 settlement is far smaller than 

the one the families reached with the city of St. Paul

, which runs the park. It totaled $1 million.
 
	

Neither the school district nor the city admitted liability.
 
	

Haysem family attorney Paul Godlewski says the Haysems plan to use the settlement to establish an orphanage in their native Ethiopia.

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A Hennepin County district judge approved the agreements Monday. The district will pay $80,000 each to the families of 9-year-old Haysem Sani and 10-year-old Mohamed Fofana, who died during a school field trip last May.

Judge approves landslide victims' settlement

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