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

submitted 1 year ago by DevCat to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 125 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Well, okay then. Did the school do everything it could to mitigate this professional hazard?

Let's see the "school shooting" part of the risk assessment, the prevention steps taken, the training, and so on.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

Time to bring in OSHA

[–] AbidanYre 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do the ALICE drills count?

[–] TheHighRoad 8 points 1 year ago

Oops, better watch what you say; I hear the licensing for that training is $100k+ now.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Yeah, this argument is likely going to backfire for the school.