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 foreseeable

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