Overview
- After the plaintiff rested Thursday, the defense is scheduled to present key witnesses Monday in Newport News Circuit Court.
- Parker’s attorneys argue she had no legal duty to intervene and that the shooting was unavoidable, opposing claims she ignored warnings about a gun.
- Testimony last week detailed Abby Zwerner’s post-traumatic stress disorder and lasting hand damage despite six surgeries.
- Judge Mathew Hoffman has indicated a goal of concluding the civil trial by Thursday, Nov. 6.
- Parker faces a separate criminal trial next month on eight felony child-neglect counts, and any civil award would likely be paid by the school district’s insurer.