Richneck teacher Abby Zwerner’s lawsuit heading to court [Video]

On Friday, the Virginia Court of Appeals declined to hear the Newport News School Board’s appeal that could have stopped the lawsuit from going to trial.

The decision comes more than a year after Zwerner was shot by her Richneck Elementary School student in her classroom.

In November, Judge Matthew Hoffman sided with Zwerner’s attorneys to allow the case to go to trial, rejecting the school board’s claim that Zwerner’s only remedy for her injuries was filing a workers’ compensation claim.

Though the judge allowed the school board to appeal his ruling before the trial in what’s called an ‘interlocutory appeal,’ the division now will have to wait until the trial ends to take that argument to the appeals court.

Zwerner’s attorneys applauded the decision.

“The higher court has spoken—we will go to trial. …