A judge has ruled that staff and administrators at a Michigan high school cannot be sued for a mass shooting that killed four students and injured seven, AP reports.
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Oakland County Circuit Judge Mary Ellen Brennan said that teachers and administrators are protected by government immunity and thus cannot be sued over the shooting,"Ethan Crumbley’s act of firing the gun, rather than the alleged conduct of the individual Oxford defendants, was 'the one most immediate, efficient, and direct cause of the injury or damage,'" Brennan wrote in the order.
But Crumbley, whose parents refused to take him home but were told to take him to counseling within 48 hours, was allowed to return to class without a search of his backpack, just hours before he opened fire.Attorney Ven Johnson, who represents the families of the victims, told AP they plan to appeal the ruling.
"We maintain that governmental immunity is wrong and unconstitutional, and the law should be changed immediately," Johnson said.
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