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Educators ‘outraged’ after attorneys argue 1st-grade teacher shot in school is ‘workplace injury’ (www.denverpost.com)

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NEWPORT NEWS — The Newport News Education Association President condemned the premise of the school division’s motion to dismiss Abigail Zwerner’s pending $40 million lawsuit.

The motion was filed last week by attorneys representing the School Board and argues that Zwerner, who was shot in her classroom at Richneck Elementary in January by a 6-year-old student, is only entitled to file a worker’s compensation claim because the injury she sustained from the shooting is a “workplace injury,” and that the shooting was a hazard of the job.

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[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I wonder if you're a postal worker and get shot by another postal worker if it's a workplace injury. If that's a workplace hazard.

[–] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Isn't any injury at a workplace by definition, a workplace-injury?

The question is who is liable? Seems like people think the employee is liable by default if it's branded a workplace injury.