Legal Opinion
Watkins v. City of Santa Ana
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 11, 1987No. G001386PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WALLIN, Acting P. J.
—Thomas Lee Watkins appeals from an order denying his petition for writ of mandate and sustaining, without leave to amend, the demurrer by the City of Santa Ana.
Watkins was employed as a police officer by the City of Santa Ana from April 1972 through June 1981. In August 1982, he applied for workers’ compensation benefits with the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) and for disability retirement benefits with the Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS). The Board of Administration (board) for PERS forwarded the disability retirement application to the city…
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