A former Virginia schoolteacher who was shot by a 6-year-old student two years ago has been awarded $10m (£7.6m) in damages by a jury.
Abigail Zwerner was seriously wounded and required multiple surgeries after the incident. She testified during her trial that "I thought I had died".
Ms Zwerner filed a $40m (£31.5m) lawsuit against the former assistant principal of the school Ebony Parker, saying Ms Parker failed to act when she was warned that the young boy may have brought a gun to school that day.
On Thursday, the panel of three men and four women sided with the former teacher that Ms Parker's lack of action was an act of gross negligence.
In January of 2023, the child fired a single shot at Ms Zwerner as she was teaching her first-grade class at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia. The bullet went through her hand and into her chest.
