American National Insurance v. Fair Employment & Housing Commission

Opinion

NEWMAN, J.

Succinctly, the proceedings below and facts concerning us here were summarized by the Presiding Justice of Divison Four in the Second District of the California Courts of Appeal as follows:

*606“This is an appeal by an employer from a judgment of the superior court upholding a decision of the State Fair Employment Practice Commission on review by administrative mandamus. The issue before the commission was whether the employer violated Labor Code section 1420 in refusing employment to a man because of his elevated blood pressure which did not impair his ability to work but which…