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.

    • @TerryMathewsEnglish
      27•1 year ago

      Yes. If it’s a workplace injury, OSHA has the authority to come in and dictate mitigation measures.

      Clearly this isn’t true.

      • queermunist she/her
        0•1 year ago

        There are mitigation measures! Unfortunately, OSHA can only dictate mitigation measures inside the workplace.

      • queermunist she/her
        -1•1 year ago

        They’re downplaying it because this is normal.

        Getting mowed down by a mass shooter is a workplace hazard because this is a shithole country where mass shootings happen daily.

      • Pandantic [they/them]English
        5•1 year ago

        Stabbed with a pencil? Sure. Hit with a chair a kid threw? Okay. Harmed with an actual weapon? That they searched the kid for and didn’t find? Nope, sorry. I can’t accept that work hazard.