Hatch v. Ward

Petitioner, a civil service employe of the State of California, appeals from a judgment which denies her petition for writ of mandate to compel payment of her salary for a period which is the equivalent of 90 working days. During such period (from August 1,. 1943, through December 10, 1943) petitioner was necessarily absent from her regularly assigned duties in the Los Angeles office of the Industrial Accident Commission in order to care for her seriously ill mother. Prior to the occasion in question petitioner, under the provisions of rule 14a of the State Personnel Board (hereinafter quoted…