Sameyah v. Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Ass’n, B222290, concerned a plaintiff’s petition for peremptory writ of mandate seeking an order compelling the Board of Retirement (Board) of the Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association to reverse its decision denying her application for service-connected survivor death benefits.  In affirming the trial court’s denial of the petition, the court held that because the presumption set forth in section 31720.6 is a rebuttable one, here, substantial evidence supports the trial court’s decision that the Board rebutted the cancer presumption by making the showing outlined in section 31720.6(c).

Envtl. Prot. Info. Ctr. v. California Dep’t of Forestry & Fire Prot., A108410, concerned a challenge to the trial court’s award of attorney’s fees for the plaintiffs in a long-running legal dispute involving the logging of 211,000 acres of timberland owned by Pacific Lumber Company.  In reversing, the court remanded the matter in concluding that, although the plaintiffs have satisfied the criterion for entitlement to an award of attorney fees as the litigation has resulted in a significant benefit to the general public, the attorney’s fee orders is reversed and remanded for a re-determination of plaintiffs’ entitlement to fees and the appropriate amount of any fee award.

Related Link:

  • Read the Full Decision in Sameyah v. Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Ass’n, B222290
  • Read the Full Decision in Nelson v County of Kern, F059293
  • Read the Full Decision in Envtl. Prot. Info. Ctr. v. California Dep’t of Forestry & Fire Prot., A108410

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