Burnsed v. State Board of Control

Opinion

EVANS, Acting P. J.

—This is an appeal by the California State Board of Control (Board) from a peremptory writ of mandate issued on the petition of Chris Lee Burnsed (Burnsed). The writ issued to command the Board to set aside its decision denying Bumsed’s claim for restitution under the Victims of Violent Crime Act (the Act) (Gov. Code, § 13959 et seq.) and to award Burnsed the amount of his claim. The Board contends that in determining Bumsed’s loss for the purpose of restitution under the Act, it properly offset the amount of lost wages by the amount of permanent disability payments…