Gillette v. Wurst

*548 OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

Justice EAKIN.

John Gillette, a middle school teacher, was shot and killed by a student, A.W., while chaperoning an eighth-grade dance. A.W. also shot another student, J.T., who survived without permanent injury. Appellant Utica National Insurance Group is the workers’ compensation provider for General McLane School District, where the decedent worked and was killed. Utica paid fatal claim benefits to John Gillette’s wife, Debbie Gillette (“Gillette”).

Gillette, as executor of the decedent’s estate, commenced a wrongful death action against A.W. and…