A California appellate court upheld the termination of a Los Angeles police officer for being absent from work without leave, despite the fact the department had given him incorrect information regarding the requirements for him to return to work after recovering from a work-related injury.
Case: Gurrola v. City of Los Angeles, No. B254721, 08/25/2015, unpublished.
Facts: Richard Gurrola, a Los Angeles Police Department officer, suffered a flare-up of a prior work-related back injury in early October 2011.
Gurrola scheduled an appointment with Dr. Simon Lavi, who had treated the back i...
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