After a three-year legal battle, Clallam County has been ordered to pay a sheriff’s deputy almost $28 million after his rifle unintentionally discharged and fired a live round onto his foot during a March 2020 firearms qualification.
Deputy Matthew Murphy had 10 surgeries in four years in an attempt to save a portion of his right leg, before a doctor was forced to amputate it below the knee in 2024, according to a release from Davis Law Group, which represented Murphy and his wife, Margaret Conway, in court.
A Kitsap County jury declared Clallam County’s negligence to be the cause of Murphy’s injuries last Thursday, assigning the county 95% of the fault and the deputy 5%…