Legal Opinion
City of Palo Alto v. Service Employees International Union
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 29, 1999No. H019017PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ELIA, J.
—The City of Palo Alto (City) appeals from an order confirming an arbitration award in favor of Danton Camm, a former city employee, and denying the City’s petition to vacate the award. Camm was fired from the City’s utilities department for threatening to shoot another employee, Brian Bingham, and the members of his family. The arbitrator ordered that Camm be reinstated to his former position.
On appeal, the City argues that the trial court erred by failing to vacate the arbitration award because (1) California has a paramount public policy requiring employers to provide a safe…
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