Post by @wlaatje@social.edu.nl

“A judge dismissed a lawsuit from a civilian engineer in the #Military Sealift Command after it was determined that her report of being raped in her own bed aboard a #Navy transport ship was within her duties and must be treated as a worker’s comp claim.

#withinHerDuties #army #woman

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2026-08-25/lawsuit-workers-comp-sexual-assault-navy-ship-22658787.html

Stars and Stripes

Lawsuit over sexual assault aboard Navy transport ship dismissed as worker’s comp issue

The order handed down this month closed an attempt by a civilian engineer to get justice for an assault she said threw her life into shambles.

#withinherduties #army #woman #navy #military

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Callisto

@callisto@disabled.social 20 min. ago

@wlaatje Pardon me for not looking up the statute and interpreting case law ... but doesn't this also require a finding that the rapist was acting within the scope of *his* duties?!

Faraiwe

@faraiwe@mstdn.social 21 min. ago

@wlaatje JFC

samiamsam

@samiamsam@mastodon.social 22 min. ago

@wlaatje

*primal screaming*

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