STEPHENS v. COUNTY OF TULARE

No. F044123.

20 Cal.Rptr.3d 503 (2004)

John STEPHENS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. COUNTY OF TULARE et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

Review Granted February 23, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Tusan, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Kathleen Bales-Lange, County Counsel, and Crystal E. Sullivan, Deputy County Counsel, for Defendant and Respondent County of Tulare.

No appearance for Defendant and Respondent Bill Wittman, as Tulare County Sheriff-Coroner.


OPINION

LEVY, Acting P.J.

Government Code section 31725 is a remedial statute enacted to protect county employees who have been dismissed from their jobs due to a work-related disability.1 If the employee is subsequently denied a disability retirement on the ground he or she is not disabled, the statute requires the county to reinstate the employee as of the day following...

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