US EditionAbigail Zwerner wins $10 million in lawsuit over being shot by 6-year-old in Virginia school
Jury found former assistant principal grossly negligent after ignoring warnings about a student with a gun; 76% of school shooters get guns from home, advocacy group said.
- A jury awarded Abby Zwerner $10 million after she was shot by a 6-year-old student in 2023, despite warnings to school administrators about the threat posed by the boy.
- Zwerner sued former assistant principal Ebony Parker for $40 million, claiming Parker ignored warnings about the boy's potential violence.
- Zwerner managed to evacuate her students from the classroom before being shot in the hand and chest.
- Zwerner no longer works for the school district and has stated that she has no plans to teach again.
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Jury awards $10 million to a former teacher who was shot by a 6-year-old student
A jury in Virginia awarded $10 million Thursday to a former teacher who was shot by a 6-year-old student, siding with her claims in a lawsuit that an ex-administrator ignored repeated warnings that the child had a gun. The jury returned its decision against Ebony Parker, a former assistant principal at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News. Abby Zwerner was shot in January 2023 as she sat at a reading table in her first-grade classroom. She…
A former teacher shot by her 6-year-old student wins a $10 million jury verdict
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A jury in Virginia on Thursday awarded $10 million to a former teacher who was shot by a 6-year-old student and later accused an ex-administrator in a lawsuit of ignoring repeated warnings that the child had a gun.The jury returned its decision against Ebony Parker, a former assistant principal at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News.Abby Zwerner was shot in January 2023 as she sat at a reading table in her first-grade …
Ex-teacher shot by 6-year-old student wins $10M jury verdict
A jury in Virginia on Thursday awarded $10 million to a former teacher who was shot by a 6-year-old student and later accused an ex-administrator in a lawsuit of ignoring repeated warnings that the child had a gun.
In the US state of Virginia, a jury has ruled that a former assistant principal must pay $10 million (€8.6 million) in damages to teacher Abby Zwerner, who was shot in her classroom by a six-year-old student in January 2023.
Teacher Abigail Zwerner receives $10 million in compensation after six-year-old students in Virginia are injured.
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