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School Board Wants Comp for Teacher Shot by Boy

Tuesday, May 2, 2023 | 0

The school district that employed a teacher who was shot by a 6-year-old boy says her $40 million lawsuit is not adequate to address her injuries and that workers' compensation is the proper remedy. Abigail Zwerner was “clearly injured while at work, at her place of employment, by a student in the classroom,” the Newport News School Board said in response to her lawsuit, which it wants dismissed, according to a report by the Associated Press. The 25-year-old teacher was shot in the hand and chest on Jan. 6 in her first-grade classr...

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