NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — There’s a new development in the ongoing civil lawsuit filed on behalf of former Richneck Elementary School teacher Abby Zwerner, who was shot and injured by a student in her classroom in 2023.

For over an hour Friday afternoon in Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court in Newport News, attorneys in the $40 million lawsuit appeared in court by Zoom, arguing over motions filed by the defense.

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The defense asked for a continuance, for defendant Ebony Parker not to be deposed before her separate criminal trial related to the shooting, and for Zwerner to continue being deposed but at the courthouse in the presence of the judge.

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