Grant v. Board of Retirement

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Kern County refusing to issue a writ of mandate requiring the Board of Retirement of the Kern County Employees ’ Retirement Association to grant to .Hugh P. Grant a service-connected disability retirement. The basis of the judgment of the superior court is that the refusal of the board, after a formal hearing, to grant such service-connected disability retirement is supported by substantial evidence to the effect that the petitioner’s disability did not arise out of, and was not incurred in, the course of his employment by the County…