California Court of Appeal

Writ of mandate, requiring defendant county to file an application for disability retirement on behalf of injured deputy sheriff who could no longer perform her job duties, is affirmed over claim that defendant had no duty under Government Code section 21153 to file an application for disability retirement because it did not believe that plaintiff was disabled.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/16/2006
• Published 06/14/2006

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Liebert Cassidy Whitmore,Steven M. Berliner, Los Angeles;  and Robert M. Pepper, Jr., County Counsel, for Defendants and Appellants., Faunce, Singer & Oatman, Edward L. Faunce, Temecula and Larry J. Roberts, San Bernardino, for Plaintiff and Respondent.