It is Metropolis Versus County in Injured Officer Subrogation Swimsuit| Employees Compensation Information

Friday, December 18, 2020 | 71 | 0 | 1 min read

What if a deputy sheriff injures a city police officer during a fight with a suspect? In this case, an employee compensation for the police officer, then a disqualification lawsuit against the county sheriff’s department.

In Danville, Kentucky, the Kentucky League of Cities Labor Compensation Fund filed a lawsuit against the Boyle County Sheriff’s office earlier this month. According to the Advocate-Messenger newspaper, the lawsuit seeks reimbursement of compensation payments made to Danville police officer Aaron Sparks after he was injured by an assistant sheriff.

The April incident took place, the newspaper reported: A suspect fled Deputy Kody Cloud and crashed his vehicle into a house. The Danville police showed up to help. But when the suspect resisted arrest, Cloud brandished his flashlight, which caught Officer Sparks in the hand.

Sparks was treated for the injury, filed a claim, and received compensation.

Now the League of Cities Compensation Fund argues that the MP acted negligently and that the sheriff’s office did not properly train him.

The “Comp Fund” is entitled to recover from the BCSO and the defendant [Derek] Robbins, in his official capacity as Boyle County Sheriff, the value of all payments he has made and continues to make to or on behalf of Officer Sparks … plus costs, pre- and post-sentence interest at the statutory rate, and attorney’s fees, ”reads in the lawsuit.

“It is not uncommon to see such surrenders,” said Temple Juett, insurance director for the Kentucky Association of Counties.