NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — 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.

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A Virginia jury has awarded $10 million to a former teacher in a lawsuit that accused an administrator of ignoring warnings that a 6-year-old student had a gun before the teacher was shot

Jurors returned the verdict Thursday against Ebony Parker, a former assistant principal at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News

Abby Zwerner was shot in January 2023, and a bullet damaged her left hand and remains in her chest

Parker was the only defendant in the lawsuit

The jury returned its decision against Ebony Parker, a former assis

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