Deputy files civil lawsuit against 9-1-1 caller after he was injured during assault at her home

[TransitJohn]

This is fucked up. So now not only do cops not have any duty to protect you whatsoever, they want YOU to be personally liable if they're hurt on the job. Fucking cops.

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- It's something you would probably least expect after calling 9-1-1 during an emergency -- a lawsuit. If a deputy was hurt, would you be financially responsible?


A deputy is now suing a woman who called for help during an emergency. It all stems from a deputy-involved shooting that happened in Katy last year.

The deputy says he was injured when she made that call from her subdivision. In this lawsuit, he claims the homeowner failed to adequately warn 9-1-1 of the dangerous situation he was walking into.

The lawsuit just filed in Harris County is raising some eyebrows.

Sheriff's deputy Brady Pullen is suing a woman named Camina Figueroa after a 9-1-1 call the deputy responded to at Figueroa's Katy home back in December.

The lawsuit claims Pullen was violently and physically attacked by a man who'd allegedly been using bath salts as a drug for several days.

"Look, it's unprecedented" Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia said. "So we're allowing our legal staff to manage this case and we'll see where it takes us."

Sheriff Garcia wouldn't say much about Pullen's civil lawsuit but called the filing by his deputy unprecedented.

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=9207650

[jberryhill]

1. Insurance companies

I haven't posted this in a while, so I'll make this one a reminder.

What you have here is a dispute between two insurance companies. None of the people involved is likely to give a crap.

The insurer for the county wants the insurer for the homeowner to pick up the tab for the deputy's injuries. The home insurer refused, so off to court they all go.

[Lee-Lee]

2. Mixed feelings

When you do the job you accept the risk.

But at the same time people doing stuff that knowingly increases the risk is bad also. And people do it all the time. I remember one call we went on where the mom just called in that her son was being disruptive. She failed to mention that "disruptive" was trying to stab his parents with a knife, because she didn't want the response to be "harsh".

So here I am responding to what I am told is just a typical bratty teenager having a fit call, only to find out it is a mentally disturbed (with a long history of mental issues the parents never addressed properly) 200 pound, 6'+ 19 year old with a knife, having a psychotic episode, attempting to kill anyone who comes close.

[Niceguy1]

3. if I was on the jury

Amd it was proven that the danger was intentionally misrepresented I would have no problem awarding damages

[CBGLuthier]

4. He should sue whoever trained him as it is clear he sucked at his job.

But as the first reply says this is all being driven by insurance companies and lawyers.