Educators ‘outraged’ after attorneys argue 1st-grade teacher shot in school is ‘workplace injury’ - Lemmy.world

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/3089104 [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.