“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.

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?

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

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.

^{Rose Thayer (Stars and Stripes)}