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Nov 6, 2023

VA Trial Court Says Teacher Shot by 6-Year-Old Student May Proceed Against School District in Tort

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Last Friday (November 3, 2023), a Virginia trial judge ruled that a Newport News (Virginia) elementary school teacher, who was shot by a six-year-old student who had brought his mother’s...

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