In the attacks on the World Trade Center alone on September 11th, 2001, there were 2,606 deaths, and over 6,000 injuries. Assume a worker is injured as she is escaping from the building before the collapse.
1) Would she be able to file a worker’s compensation claim for a job-related injury due to terrorist attacks?
2) Are terrorist attacks foreseeable by businesses operating in tall buildings?
3) What of the victims of the San Bernadino attacks in 2015, are those workers eligible for worker’s compensation?
4) Would the employee be able to sue her employer because of their failure to provide adequate safeguards for a terrorist or mass shooting?