Survivors of the shooting at the Oxford school in Michigan filed two lawsuits for $ 100 million each on Thursday against the educational district, its superintendent and its principal for failing to prevent the massacre in which four students died, according to the announcement. attorney Geoffrey Fieger.
The lawsuits were filed in Detroit federal court on behalf of a student who was injured by a gunshot in the neck on Nov. 30 and her sister, who was with her at the time of the shooting.
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The defendants are the Oxford Community School District;
the superintendent, Timothy Throne;
the school principal, Steven Wolf;
the dean of students;
two counselors;
two teachers;
and a staff member.
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Ten students and a teacher were shot at the Oxford Township School, about 30 miles north of Detroit.
Ethan Crumbley, 15, a sophomore at the school, was arrested at the school and has been charged as an adult with murder, terrorism and other crimes.
His parents, James and Jennifer Crumbley, were later arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter.
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Injury attorneys have expressed doubts that the school district could be successfully sued for allowing Crumbley to continue to attend school despite troubling signs of imbalance, as state law sets a very high bar for holding companies accountable. public schools and other branches of government.
"It must be shown that the administration or teachers were grossly negligent, that is, they did not take into account the possibility of injury," said attorney A. Vince Colella.
