Opening statements were expected Wednesday afternoon in Galveston in the civil trial over the attack at Santa Fe High School in May 2018.
A lawsuit accusing the parents of a former Texas high school student of negligence for not securing weapons he allegedly used in a 2018 shooting at his campus that killed 10 people was set to go before a jury on Wednesday, July 31, 2024.
The lawsuit is seeking to hold Pagourtzis and his parents, Antonios Pagourtzis and Rose Marie Kosmetatos, financially liable for the shooting. The families are pursuing at least $1 million in damages.The lawsuit accuses Pagourtzis’ parents of knowing their son was at risk of harming himself or others.
“We look forward to obtaining justice for the victims of the senseless tragedy,” said Clint McGuire, an attorney representing the families of five students who were killed and two others who were injured.In a court filing, Roberto Torres, who is representing Pagourtzis in the lawsuit, denied the allegations against his client, saying that “due to mental impairment or illness, did not have sufficient capacity to have a reasonable degree of rational understanding of or control over his actions.
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