A Virginia teacher who was shot and seriously injured by her six-year-old student sued school officials for $40m in damages, alleging gross negligence in ignoring warnings that the boy had a gun and was in a “violent mood”. Abby Zwerner, a first-grade teacher, was shot in the hand and chest in January by the boy who had accessed his mother’s lawfully purchased weapon.A Virginia teacher who was shot and seriously injured by her six-year-old student sued school officials for $40m in damages, alleging gross negligence in ignoring warnings that the boy had a gun and was in a “violent mood”. Abby Zwerner, a first-grade teacher, was shot in the hand and chest in January by the boy who had accessed his mother’s lawfully purchased weapon.
