by Bob Walsh
Jim
and Norma Gund live in the middle of nowhere in Trinity County, CA.
Nine years ago they were contact by a Sheriff's Corporal, Ron Whitman,
and asked to do a welfare check on their neighbor, who had made a 911
hangup call.
When they got
there they were attacked by a man armed with a knife and a Taser. He
damn near killed them. They believe they were entitled to some sort of
compensation as they were working as agents for the S. O. at the time.
Yesterday
the California State Supreme Court told them they were ass-out. (They
did get workers comp for the actual injuries.) Apparently there is an
obscure section of state employment law that states specifically that
law enforcement volunteers can't sue an agency for damages under any
circumstances.
The deputy neglected to mention the neighbor, Kristine Constantino, whispered "Help.....help" before the phone went dead.
Ms.
Constantino and her boyfriend, Christopher Richardson, were dead in the
house when the Gunds arrived. Their killer, Thomas Gouverner, nailed
Norma Gund with the Taser then cut her throat as soon as she entered the
house. When her husband Jim entered the house to see what the problem
was he was also attacked. He managed to fight Richardson off and fled.
At the end of a 40 mile chase a tree jumped out in front of
Richardson. The crash killed him.
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