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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Ben Finley and Denise Lavoie

School board wants workers comp for teacher shot by boy, 6

The Virginian-Pilot

The Virginia school district where a 6-year-old shot his teacher argues that her injuries fall under the state's workers compensation act and cannot be addressed through her $40 million lawsuit, according to court documents filed Wednesday.

Abigail Zwerner was “clearly injured while at work, at her place of employment, by a student in the classroom,” the Newport News School Board stated in response to her lawsuit, which it wants dismissed.

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