05/25/2006) IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA No. S129794 May 25, 2006 JOHN STEPHENS, PLAINTIFF AND APPELLANT, v. COUNTY OF TULARE ET AL. , DEFENDANTS AND RESPONDENTS. Ct. App. 5 F044123 Tulare County Super. Attorneys for Respondent: Kathleen Bales-Lange, County Counsel, Ron Rezac, Chief Deputy County Counsel, and Crystal E. Sullivan, Deputy County Counsel, for Defendants and Respondents. Kathleen Bales-Lange, County Counsel (Tulare) and James G. Line, Deputy County Counsel, for Tulare County Employees' Retirement Association as Amicus Curie on behalf of Defendants and Respondents. Facts John Stephens began working for the Tulare County Sheriff-Coroner as a detention specialist III in December 1994. Stephens applied for a disability retirement with the Tulare County Employees' Retirement Association (TCERA) on November 18, 1998.

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