Jurors on Wednesday ruled in favor of the families of two of
the Virginia Tech
shooting victims, Erin Peterson and Juila Pryde. The familes had sued the state following the 2007 shootings at Virginia Tech.
Jury members decided that Virginia Tech was negligent for slow notification of the campus on April 16, 2007, after two students were found murdered in a dorm room.
shooting victims, Erin Peterson and Juila Pryde. The familes had sued the state following the 2007 shootings at Virginia Tech.
Jury members decided that Virginia Tech was negligent for slow notification of the campus on April 16, 2007, after two students were found murdered in a dorm room.
The Pride and Peterson families were awarded $4 million. Normally, damages are capped at $100,000 dollars in civil cases of this nature but lawyers for the plaintiffs filed a motion to maintain the jury's full $4 million dollar award.
Virginia Tech spokesman Mark Owczarski said after the verdict
that the school would review the case with the attorney general's office before
deciding on any further appeal options.
