The allegations in a criminal complaint that a defendant teacher attempted to kiss a student over her initial objection, coupled with his allegedly physically and verbally coercive conduct in detaining the student inside his home, was sufficient to establish the existence of a prima facie case of attempted sexual contact. The court found that sexual abuse could include situations where an older and presumably stronger defendant, in a position of authority by virtue of being a teacher, forcibly detains a student inside his home and "asks" her to perform a sexual act. Any issue as to whether defendant brought his face close to student's because he was "awaiting her response" was an issue for the trier of fact, to be reserved for trial.

A workers' compensation claimant, who was a teacher that was injured while chaperoning a group of students from her employer's school to a school sanctioned convention, was performing a service to her employer at the time of the injury such that the injury was "work-related" and compensable under workers' compensation law. Even though the employer did not require the claimant's attendance at the convention, the claimant attended the convention as a sponsor of a school-based club, was paid while in attendance, and was required to obtain the principal's permission to attend. Moreover, the claimant's participation in extra-curricular activities was strongly encouraged by the employer, and the employer derived benefit from the claimant's attendance at the conference.