Educators ‘outraged’ after attorneys argue 1st-grade teacher shot in school is ‘workplace injury’
Educators ‘outraged’ after attorneys argue 1st-grade teacher shot in school is ‘workplace injury’
The Newport News Education Association President condemned the premise of the school division’s motion to dismiss Abigail Zwerner’s pending $40 million lawsuit.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/3089104
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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Workplace injury?? It's a school, not a fucking shooting range.
I'd love to see the data on deaths at shooting ranges vs schools. And by "love" I mean that I'll probably be queasy to learn more people die at schools than shooting ranges.
i mean...there is a LOT more security/safety measures in a shooting range Because there are a lot more guns. even if someone went on a killing spree they would be shot by one of the other dozen people holding a loaded weapon. not defending school shootings.
I expect nothing else but for the judge and prosecution to absolutely dunk on that defense
By a kindergartener as well. 20 years ago this would have been an Onion headline.
To be fair, that's true for most US headlines these days:
- coup-leader repliblican favorite for president.
- Pro-life movement causes infant and maternal mortality to rise.
- Debt ceiling negotiations will start about 4 weeks before deadline.
well.....