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he facts of this case are gut-wrenching. A former employee bypasses security, sneaks into a workplace, and brutally attacks his ex—an employee sitting at her desk. The injuries were horrific. The question for the court wasn’t whether this was awful (it was), but whether the employer could be held liable under negligence law for failing to prev
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uo;s why. TL;DR: A federal appellate court held that an employer was not liable for negligence after a former employee violently attacked a current worker at the facility. The court reasoned that—even if there were lapses in security—this calculated,