Legal Opinion
Respers v. University of California Retirement System
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 29, 1985No. Civ. 24169PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SIMS, J.
Plaintiff Ella Respers appeals from a judgment denying her petition for writ of mandate (Code Civ. Proc., § 1094.5). Plaintiff sought to compel respondent University of California Retirement System (hereafter UCRS) to set aside its decision denying disability benefits.
On appeal plaintiff contends: (1) the trial court should have reviewed UCRS’s decision using the independent judgment test rather than the substantial evidence test; (2) the UCRS Board (hereafter Board) abused its discretion by rejecting the findings of its hearing officer as to the credibility of evidence and…
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