Lawsuit filed by teacher shot by 6-year-old student in Virginia.

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Lawsuit filed by teacher shot by 6-year-old student in Virginia.
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A first-grade teacher who was shot by a 6-year-old student in Virginia has filed a $40 million lawsuit against her school district, alleging administrators were told the boy brought a gun to school prior to the shooting and "had a history of random violence," yet did nothing to stop him from harming her. The teacher, Abigail Zwerner, 25, filed the civil lawsuit Monday morning in Newport News, Virginia, Circuit Court, accusing her former schools superintendent, principal and assistant principal of multiple counts of negligence, gross negligence and reckless breach of assumed duty of care.

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