Legal Opinion
Wilkerson v. City of Placentia
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 7, 1981No. Civ. 21772PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
HYDE, J. *
Plaintiff sought a writ of mandate compelling defendant City of Placentia to pay to him lost wages and benefits for the period of his wrongful discharge. The superior court denied the petition, and this appeal followed.
Plaintiff had been hired by the defendant city August 19, 1974, as a fire engineer with the city fire department. He was to be a probationary employee for one year. Before the year was up, he was summarily discharged following his arrest for alleged theft of fire department or city property. These charges were later dismissed by the district attorney after the…
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