Henry H. v. Board of Pension Commissioners

Opinion

THOMPSON, J.

Appellant Henry H. appeals from the superior court judgment denying his petition for a writ of mandate to compel the Board of Pension Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles (Board) to grant him a disability pension. Appellant contends that he was improperly denied pension benefits on the ground set forth in the charter that the disability “was due to or caused by . . . moral turpitude” (L.A. City Charter, art. XVIII, § 190.12)1 because the charter provisions do not define “moral turpitude;” any moral turpitude herein was a symptom, rather than a cause, of his disability;…