Legal Opinion
Petrillo v. Bay Area Rapid Transit District
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 12, 1988No. A035682PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MERRILL, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment denying a Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) police officer’s petition for a writ of mandamus. The petition sought to compel BART either to direct the Board of Administration of the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) to pay industrial disability retirement benefits to the officer or to reinstate the officer to his former position. We reverse the judgment for the reasons which follow.
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On the afternoon of January 16, 1979, appellant, who had been a police officer for BART for six years, was dispatched to the Richmond BART station.…
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