Ricca v. City of Baton Rouge

CRAIN, Judge.

This is an appeal taken by the City of Baton Rouge and Marvin Castello, Chief, Baton Rouge Fire Department, (appellants), from a judgment of the trial court issuing a writ of mandamus directing appellants to reinstate Timothy Ricca (appel-lee) to his employment.

The instant matter arises as a result of injuries received by appellee on or about August 29, 1979, when he was enrolled in a firefighting school at LSU and was injured in an explosion and fire. Appellee received severe burns over approximately 65% of his body.

Following recuperation, appellee returned to employment with…