New Mexico teacher had students duel with swords in class, leading to serious injury of teen girl, lawsuit says
A pair of New Mexico high school students dueled with swords in class at the behest of their teacher, badly and permanently injuring a teenage girl, her family said in a lawsuit.
A pair of New Mexico high school students dueled with swords in class at the behest of their teacher, badly and permanently injuring a teenage girl, her family said in a lawsuit.
The civil action was filed by Arnold and Judy Gachupin, the guardians and grandparents of a student — only identified as N.S. — who, it alleges, sustained severed nerves and tendons from a sword fight at Volcano Vista High School in Albuquerque on May 2, 2022.
The suit names Albuquerque Public Schools, Assistant Principal Manuel Alzaga and former chemistry teacher Loviata Mitchell as defendants.
Mitchell took katana- and rapier-style swords to school that day, had students re-arrange desks to form a ring in the middle of class and had pairs of pupils square off, the lawsuit claims.
After the first pair of dueling science students completed their two-minute bout, Mitchell called N.S. and classmate D.M. to fight, the suit says.
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