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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A first-grade Virginia teacher who was shot & seriously wounded by her 6-year-old student filed a lawsuit Monday seeking $40 million in damages from school officials, accusing them of gross negligence for allegedly ignoring multiple warnings on the day of the shooting that the boy had a gun & was in a “violent mood.”

Abby Zwerner, a 25-year-old teacher at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia was shot in the hand & chest on Jan. 6 as she sat at a reading table in her classroom. She spent nearly 2 weeks in the hospital & has had 4 surgeries since the shooting.

No one, including the boy, has been charged in the shooting. 

In the lawsuit, Zwerner’s attorneys say all of the defendants knew the boy “had a history of random violence” at school & at home, including an episode the year before, when he “strangled & choked” his kindergarten teacher.

“All Defendants knew that John Doe attacked students & teachers alike & his motivation to injure was directed toward anyone in his path, both in & out of school & was not limited to teachers while at the school,” the lawsuit states.

School officials removed the boy from Richneck & sent him to another school for the remainder of the year, but allowed him to return for first grade in the fall of 2022, the lawsuit states. He was placed on a modified schedule “because he was chasing students around the playground with a belt in an effort to whip them with it,” & was cursing staff & teachers, it says. Under the modified schedule, one of the boy’s parents was required to accompany him during the school day.

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The parents of Gabby Petito have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the police department in Moab, Utah, where the slain travel blogger & her boyfriend Brian Laundrie were questioned about a possible domestic dispute weeks before she was reported missing.

The lawsuit is seeking at least $50 million in damages.

The suit alleges that if the Moab police had followed a Utah law on domestic violence, "Gabby would still be alive today," James McConkie, one of the attorneys representing the family, said.

Moab police questioned Petito & Laundrie on Aug. 12, 2021, during their cross-country road trip after a 911 caller reported seeing a "gentleman slapping the girl."

Petito told police, "I definitely hit him first," & that he grabbed her face, scratching her.

Police labeled the incident as a "mental/emotional break" rather than a domestic assault.

Petito was reported her missing on Sept. 11, 2021. Her body was found about a week later in Wyoming's Bridger-Teton National Forest, with a coroner ruling that she had died of "blunt-force injuries to the head & neck, with manual strangulation."

Laundrie, who was later found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Florida's Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park, wrote in a notebook that he killed Petito.

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Source: ABC News

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Although Chadwick Boseman knew for years he had terminal cancer, we now know he died without writing a will, but he made a key move months before his death to financially protect his wife.

The "Black Panther" star's widow, Taylor Simone Ledward, has filed probate docs, obtained by TMZ, in which she asks to be named administrator of Chadwick's estate. Taylor has to file the docs in probate court because he did not leave a will.

That seems odd considering Chadwick was diagnosed with colon cancer 4 years ago, and knew it was terminal. However, that also puts his marriage to Taylor, who he reportedly dated since 2015, in a new light ... and here's why.

They got engaged in late 2019, and reportedly tied the knot at some point in 2020. That's important because when a person dies without a will and without children, their surviving spouse inherits all the assets of the probate estate.

According to the docs, Taylor gets nearly $1 million in personal property and assets, but that's not a true reflection of Chadwick's wealth and success. Most likely the majority of his assets are held in separate private trusts.

In the docs, Taylor notes Chadwick is also survived by his 2 parents.

As you know, he was diagnosed with stage III colon cancer in 2016 and it progressed to stage IV as he silently battled through it. Chadwick died in his home surrounded by his wife and family.

Source: TMZ

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