Pleuss v. City of Seattle

Plaintiff Donald Pleuss seeks review of a judgment refusing to issue a writ of mandate requiring the City of Seattle and the Firemen’s Pension Board to pay plaintiff a disability pension; to invalidate plaintiff’s purported resignation as a fireman from Seattle’s Fire Department; and to restore plaintiff to his position as a fireman.

Plaintiff joined the Seattle Fire Department in January 1967. While serving as a fireman, he was injured in January 1968. After treatment, he returned to work in September 1968. Upon returning, the chief of the fire department summoned plaintiff to his office.…