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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What does it mean that the parent is judgment proof. Because he’s a minor? I thought states were starting to go after parents of shooters… I’ve always heard that if a child is hurt on my trampoline I’m liable. But not in this case?[/quote]

It means that they have no means to pay a judgment and if pressed will likely file for bankruptcy.

I heard that the parents of other kids are also [b]suing the school and the teacher who was shot. [/b]Don’t know if any suit has been filed. [/quote]

Why would they sue the teacher?   That's insane![/quote]

Because the teacher knew about the gun and didn’t make what they believe were reasonable efforts to prevent the shooting. It might be a means to attempt to get around legal immunity issues if the school has to defend her. Don’t really know their theories and strategies. I would normally think of a teacher as judgment proof but she has no apparent income yet is not working which makes it a murky situation. [/quote]

Teachers' unions traditionally are supposed to defend teachers in a case.  I don't know if she was a member or not--but that was the unions' big selling point to teachers--to protect you if you are sued.

Are you sure they are suing the teacher and not the school system?  Seems to me that it is the administrators who are mostly at fault--other than the mother, of course.[/quote]

NP here. I read too that a group of parents of students who were in the classroom were considering suing the teacher for the reasons already stated. I would think the public backlash would be serious and I read that a few months ago and haven't read anything re it again. I believe one of the parents has a daughter who was threatened individually by the shooter earlier in the day and she had complained about the boy to the teacher and the teacher told her to sit down.

I definitely think suing the teacher is the wrong approach. It was reported on wavy.com which is a local tv station's website.[/quote]

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