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.

  • aceshigh@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    James Graves, the president of the Newport News teachers union

    Graves said, “These lawyers have started a significant hurricane in our district by saying that being shot is part of what teachers signed up for.”

    this is grim but when i saw his last name, the first thing i thought of was nominative determinism theory (hypothesis that people tend to gravitate towards areas of work which reflect their names.)

    lastly, at what point does something become labeled a “work hazard”? i’m looking forward to seeing how this case pans out. also, i wonder how insurance companies are going to react to this.