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Case Name | Sameyah v. Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association | |
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Date | 11/19/2010 | |
Note | A county retirement board successfully rebutted a presumption that a deputy sheriff's lymphoma arose out of and in the course of employment, the 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled. | |
Citation | B222290 | |
WCC Citation | WCC 36852010 CA |
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION ONE No. B222290 November 19, 2010 KAREN SAMEYAH, PLAINTIFF AND APPELLANT, v. LOS ANGELES COUNTY EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ASSOCATION, DEFENDANT AND RESPONDENT. APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. By her petition, Sameyah sought an order compelling the Board of Retirement (Board) of the Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association (LACERA) to reverse its decision denying her application for service-connected survivor death benefits. In January 2004, Sameyah's husband died of Burkitt's lymphoma, after serving for seven years as a deputy sheriff with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. (Pellerin v. Kern County Employees' Retirement Association, supra, 145 Cal. App. 4th at p.
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