California County Pays $7 Million to Couple Seriously Injured in a Knife Attack

Trinity County officials have agreed to pay $7 million to a couple that was seriously injured in a knife attack after a sheriff’s deputy asked them to check on their neighbor and they came upon the scene of a double homicide.

In their federal civil lawsuit against the county, James and Norma Gund of Kettenpom maintained sheriff’s Cpl. Ronald Whitman misled them into believing their neighbor might be having a weather-related problem at her home and told them to go to the woman’s house to see if she needed help.

The Gunds were not told by Whitman that their neighbor was likely in danger, according to their lawyer, Benjamin Mainzer.

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