Trial Court Tosses Deputy's Contest to Employer's Claim for Credit

A federal trial judge this week threw out a lawsuit by a former deputy for the Sacramento Sheriff's Department seeking to stop the county of Sacramento from claiming a credit against the permanent total disability benefits it owes him for his injuries from an on-duty helicopter crash, in light of his receipt of a $26 million settlement from the helicopter's manufacturer.Eric Henrikson was the sole survivor of a July 2005 helicopter crash which killed fellow deputies Joseph Kievernagel and Kevin Blount. He sustained multiple blunt force injuries, brain damage and was comatose for m...