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Abby Zwerner was awarded $10 million by a jury after she was shot by a 6-year-old boy in a Virginia classroom

Zwerner sued the school's former assistant principal for failing to prevent the shooting

She had sought $40 million in the lawsuit

A jury awarded $10 million to the former first-grade teacher who was shot by a 6-year-old boy in a classroom in 2023.

Abby Zwerner filed a lawsuit naming former assistant principal Ebony Parker as a defendant in the wake of the 2023 shooting that wounded the former. The verdict, which was reported by CNN and WTKR , was reached on Thursday, Nov. 6.

Zwerner was shot at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Va., by the 6-year-old boy.

The lawsuit claimed that Zwerner suffers from "physical pain and mental anguish" since th

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