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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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[–] HellAwaits@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Trying to downplay a mass shooting? IDK Einstein, you tell me.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 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.