Former Virginia Teacher Awarded $10 Million After Being Shot in School by 6-Year-Old Student
A jury awarded Abby Zwerner $10 million in a case she filed against her school’s vice principal after she was shot by a six-year-old student on January 6, 2023.
Breitbart News reported that the six-year-old boy shot Zwerner, noting that the child’s mother was later charged and convicted of making false statements during the purchase of a gun.
ABC News noted that Zwerner filed a lawsuit, claiming that assistant principal Ebony Parker “failed to act after being informed multiple times that her student had a gun on the day of the incident and did not let staff search him before the shooting.”
Zwerner and Parker resigned following the shooting.
On Thursday, the jury awarded Zwerner a $10 million settlement with interest accrued since June 1, 2024.
One of Zwerner’s attorneys spoke to the press outside the courtroom, saying, “I remember just three years ago, almost to this day, first hearing Abby’s story and thinking this could have been avoided…So now I hear a jury of her peers say they agree this tragedy could have been avoided.”
Zwerner, who still has a bullet lodged in his chest, was demanding $40 million.
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