LogFAQs > #973319342

I'm particularly bothered by the district's insistence that they can't be held liable for gross negligence because assaults by students are inevitable. There have been several steps identified here were the district could have done more and chose not to. This is entirely analogous to a factory identifying that one of their high-temperature steam tanks had a structural flaw in it, choosing not to repair that flaw, then when that tank exploded and killed somebody trying to foist that off on worker's comp instead of accepting responsibility for fixing the problem.

Yes, worker's comp exists to protect employers from lawsuits due to work hazards, but it doesn't completely absolve the employer from making efforts to control those hazards. They still have a responsibility to provide a safe workplace.