CLALLAM COUNTY, Wash. — A Kitsap County jury has awarded more than $30 million to a Clallam County sheriff’s deputy who lost his right leg below the knee after an AR-15 unintentionally discharged during a mandatory firearms qualification.
On Sept. 17, 2026, the jury returned a $30,176,905 gross verdict for Deputy Matthew Murphy and found Clallam County negligent.
Jurors assigned the county 95% of the fault and Murphy 5% in the firearms-training accident, according to information released by Davis Law Group, which represented Murphy and his wife…