Hoffman v. Board of Retirement of Los Angeles County Employees' Retirement Ass'n

Opinion

REYNOSO, J.

This is a companion case to Bowen v. Board of Retirement, ante, page 572 [229 Cal.Rptr. 814, 724 P.2d 500], Like the employee in Bowen, Angelita Hoffman applied for a service-connected disability retirement under Government Code section 31720.1 The Board of Retirement of the Los Angeles County Employees’ Retirement Association (Board) denied her request, instead granting her a nonservice-connected disability pension. Subsequently, the superior court denied her writ petition for a service-*592connected pension. The Court of Appeal reversed, concluding that the superior court…