"Abby Zwerner was shot in January 2023 as she sat at a reading table in her first-grade classroom. She had sought $40 million against Parker in the lawsuit. Zwerner spent nearly two weeks in the hospital, required six surgeries and does not have the full use of her left hand. A bullet narrowly missed her heart and remains in her chest."
"Zwerner's attorneys said Parker failed to act in the hours before the shooting after several school staff members told her that the student had a gun in his backpack. "Who would think a 6-year-old would bring a gun to school and shoot their teacher?" Zwerner's attorney, Diane Toscano, told the jury. "It's Dr. Parker's job to believe that that is possible. It's her job to investigate it and get to the very bottom of it.""
"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 classroom. She had sought $40 million against Parker in the lawsuit."
A jury awarded $10 million to Abby Zwerner, a first-grade teacher shot by a 6-year-old student in January 2023. The verdict found former assistant principal Ebony Parker liable for ignoring repeated warnings that the student had a gun. Zwerner required nearly two weeks in the hospital, six surgeries, and lacks full use of her left hand, with a bullet remaining near her heart. Zwerner sought $40 million originally. The superintendent and principal were dismissed as defendants. Attorneys argued that staff had reported the gun in the student's backpack and that Parker failed to investigate; the defense cautioned against hindsight bias.
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