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A mother is suing a Wisconsin school district after she said her son contracted COVID-19 from a classmate.

A mother is suing a Wisconsin school district after she said her son contracted COVID-19 from a classmate.

Been somewhere else. how do you prove that her son was infected in school? >> i already have been speaking with experts in the field and they feel pretty confident theyll be able to write a report or to testify, depending on how everything goes, that the infection was most likely at the schools. >> thank you, both. i know there is a lot of parents who are going to be watching this case and we reached out to the school and they did not have a comment. gina kildahl, frederick melms, thanks to both...

And joining me now is gina kildahl, the plaintiff and her attorney, frederick melms. thank you so much, both of you, for being with us. gina, tell us about your son, how hes doing, and how you believe he got infected. >> my son is doing very well. fortunately he was asymptomatic from covid. i am concerned about long-term effects that covid could have on his health. whether or not he had symptoms. but i do believe that he contacted covid from school. there were several emails and calls that went ...

>> frederick, what are the legal grounds here? >> yeah, we got a couple of different arguments, the first is that the school is effectively creating this risk of infection which provides them the responsibility to take some mitigation measures and try to protect the students. the second claim were making is due to a special relationship between the school and the students they have their responsibility as well. and finally were arguing that the school is effectively hosting a daily super spreade...

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