Legal Opinion
Bowen v. Board of Retirement of Los Angeles County Employees' Retirement Ass'n
California Supreme Court
Decided September 25, 1986No. L.A. 32072PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
REYNOSO, J.
In 1980 the Legislature amended the Government Code section dealing with service-connected disability retirement of public employees.1 The new wording required that employment contribute substantially to an employee’s incapacity before the employee could qualify for *574such retirement. Did the amendment change the test for industrial causation, or merely clarify existing law? As we detail below, we conclude that the causation test was not changed.
Thomas Bowen applied for a service-connected disability retirement under section 31720. The Board of Retirement of the Los Angeles…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- DiGenova v. State Board of EducationCalifornia Supreme Court · 1962
- Abbott v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1958
- Allen v. City of Long BeachCalifornia Supreme Court · 1955
- Balen v. Peralta Junior College DistrictCalifornia Supreme Court · 1974
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3Cited by37 opinions
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