CDF Firefighters v. Maldonado

Opinion

LEVY, J.

Respondent, CDF Firefighters (CDFF), the labor union for firefighters employed by the State of California, filed a complaint for breach of contract against two of its former members, appellant Richard A. Maldonado and Michael Pittman. The complaint alleged that appellant and Pittman had breached their contractual relationship with CDFF by failing to pay the fines that CDFF had levied against them. After six years of litigation, the $22,789.96 *161fine levied against appellant was found to be invalid and thus appellant was granted a partial judgment on the pleadings. Thereafter,…