Kuntz v. Kern County Employees' Retirement Ass'n

Opinion

GARGANO, Acting P. J.

Plaintiff is the widow of Perry M. Kuntz, who died as the result of a pulmonary embolus (a blood clot in the lung) he sustained as a consequence of heart surgery. At the time of his death, Mr. Kuntz had been a member of defendant Kern County Employees’ Retirement Association for many years, and the sole issue is whether there was substantial evidence to sustain the trial court’s finding that the cause of death was not service-connected within the ambit of section 31787 of the Government Code. Stated in another manner, the only question presented in this appeal is…