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Michigan judge dismisses school staff as defendants in lawsuits over mass shooting
https://www.reuters.com/legal/michigan-judge-dismisses-school-staff-defendants-lawsuits-over-mass-shooting-2023-03-04/3 minute read
March 6, 2023 5:02 AM EST | Last Updated 14 min ago
Michigan judge dismisses school staff as defendants in lawsuits over mass shooting
By Steve Gorman
March 3 (Reuters) - A Michigan judge on Friday dismissed a school district and its employees as defendants in two wrongful death lawsuits stemming from a deadly 2021 mass shooting by a 15-year-old student armed with a gun his parents had bought him for Christmas.
Oxford Community Schools and its staff are shielded from such civil litigation by state law under the doctrine of governmental immunity, Oakland County Circuit Judge Mary Ellen Brennan ruled in one nine-page opinion.
Remaining as defendants in the civil lawsuits are the gunman, Ethan Crumbley, who has since pleaded guilty to murder charges, and his parents, James and Jennifer Crumbley, who have been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the shooting.
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