Klekamp v. City of Burbank

Plaintiffs Thomas Klekamp, Ted Klekamp, Steve Merva and Nick Cinquepalmi filed this declaratory judgment action seeking additional compensation from the City of Burbank (Burbank) for their employment as firefighter /paramedics rather than firefighters. The trial court entered summary judgment in favor of Burbank and plaintiffs appeal.

The issue on appeal is whether or not plaintiffs were entitled, as a matter of law, to compensation at the salary level of firefighter/ paramedics for the work they performed during their first two years of employment by defendant.

We affirm and file our decision…