Garietz v. City of Oakland

Opinion

TAYLOR, J.

Plaintiffs, as individuals and on behalf of all others similarly situated, appeal from a judgment denying their petition for writ of mandate and declaring that the full amount of an award of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeals Board (hereafter WCAB) for permanent disability or for a death benefit, without any reduction for attorneys’ fees allowed therein, may be legally credited and offset against a disability retirement or death allowance granted to the same individual for the same injury, illness or death, by defendants and respondents, the City of Oakland, its auditor and…