Abigail Zwerner, a former teacher, said she feared death and now seeks $40 million from a Richneck Elementary School official in Newport News, Virginia.

Abigail Zwerner, a former teacher, said she feared death and now seeks $40 million from a Richneck Elementary School official in Newport News, Virginia.

Abigail Zwerner sued a school administrator, claiming they had ignored a warning about the gun.

Abigail Zwerner alleged that assistant principal at Newport News elementary school ignored reports that a firearm was on school property

Abby Zwerner was shot by a student inside a classroom in 2023. The judgment comes in a civil lawsuit against a former school administrator.

Abby Zwerner, 28, was shot in 2023 as she sat in a first-grade classroom and sustained life-threatening injuries.

The jury returned its decision against Ebony Parker, a former assistant principal at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News.