TRIPP v. SWOAP

Docket No. S.F. 23423.

17 Cal.3d 671 (1976)

552 P.2d 749

131 Cal. Rptr. 789

KATHLEEN TRIPP, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DAVID B. SWOAP, as Director, etc., Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

August 3, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Elizabeth Palmer, Assistant Attorney General, Jerome M. Behrens and John J. Klee, Jr., for Defendant and Appellant.

Carl L. McConnell, Peter Reid and Byron Mellberg for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Craig H. Scott and Richard M. Pearl as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

SULLIVAN, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment awarding plaintiff Kathleen Tripp retroactive payment of welfare benefits with attorneys' fees and prejudgment interest.

On July 25, 1972, plaintiff presented an application for benefits under the aid to the needy disabled program (ATD)1 based on a disabling injury to her back sustained in 1970. The...

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