Former Richneck Elementary School teacher Abby Zwerner waits for court to begin on October 30, 2025, in Newport News, Virginia. Stephen M. Katz/The Virginian-Pilot/Tribune News Service/Getty Images

The $40 million civil trial brought by Abby Zwerner, a teacher shot by a 6-year-old student, against former Assistant Principal Ebony Parker, who is accused of ignoring warnings that the student had a gun, resumes Monday morning.

The case, which could set a precedent for holding school officials criminally accountable, comes ahead of Parker’s criminal trial next month on eight counts of felony child neglect.

On Thursday, the jury heard Zwerner testify that she thought she was going to die.

“I thought I was dying. I thought I had died,” the former first-grade teacher said as she recounted

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