Trial Court Did Not Abuse Discretion in Considering New Evidence, Remanding Case

A trial court did not abuse its discretion when it reviewed new medical reports finding that a man was unable to return to work and in ordering San Francisco’s retirement system to review his related retirement application, a California appeals court ruled. Justin W. Webster was injured in the course of his employment as a San Francisco police officer. An administrative law judge denied his request for industrial disability retirement after finding that the retirement system’s medical expert relied on objective evidence and was more persuasive than Webster’s ...