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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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[–] DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.world 156 points 2 years ago (3 children)

You guys saying "well are they wrong?" Are missing the point, the lawyer is attempting to normalize school shootings, and he's trying to do this in order to let the school get away with not taking the appropriate steps to prevent this incident from happening.

[–] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

So this normalization extends than to lawyer offices too right...?

[–] Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago

To be fair how is it the schools fault if muricans are retarded with their gun laws?