Former Richneck Elementary School teacher Abby Zwerner appears in court in Newport News, Virginia, on Monday, November 3. Pool

Final arguments will be made on Wednesday in the $40 million lawsuit filed by a former Virginia teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old student in a case that could set a dramatic precedent for who to blame when school shootings occur.

Abby Zwerner is suing Ebony Parker , the former assistant principal at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, who is accused of neglecting to act when multiple people raised concerns about the student having a gun on campus.

Parker’s attorneys have argued that no one could fathom that a child so young would bring a gun to school and carry out a shooting.

“You will be able to judge for yourself whether or not this was fo

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