Manitoba school division to pay teacher more than $80K following injury involving student

A Manitoba teacher is being paid more than $80,000 by a Virden school division after she was injured following an incident with a student.

A Manitoba teacher is being paid more than $80,000 by a Virden school division after she was injured following an incident with a student.

The incident happened back on Oct. 16, 2015, at Virden Collegiate Institute, which is part of the Fort La Bosse School Division.

A Court of Queen's Bench judge heard that 66-year-old Emma Lou Evanson, who was a substitute teacher at the school, was trying to get into a back door at 8:15 a.m., which was locked, when two students came out the door, knocking Evanson over.

Evanson broke her hip and required surgery. She was in the hospital until Nov. 25 and stayed with her daughter who helped care for her until around Jan. 20, 2016.

The court heard the incident all started because the then 16-year-old student and their teammate arrived at school early because they were going to an out-of-town volleyball tournament and their coach was going to drive them.

The coach asked them to go inside and grab a bag of volleyballs and the students were told to hurry as they were running late.

Once grabbing the balls, the students "speed walked" to the back exit which was near the staff parking lot.