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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ed White

Michigan court ends effort to sue Oxford school staff over 2021 mass shooting

School Shooting Michigan - (The Flint Journal)

The Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed appeals by families of students killed or wounded at Oxford High School in 2021, ending efforts to hold employees partly responsible for the mass shooting.

Under Michigan law, immunity is a high hurdle to overcome in lawsuits against a government body, including public school staff. Lawyers typically have to show that gross negligence occurred.

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