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Sep. 19, 2009
Same-Sex Partner Wins LAPD Pension
The same-sex partner of an LAPD officer killed in last year's Metrolink crash will receive her deceased partner's pension even though the two never formally documented their relationship, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge has ruled.
Daily Journal Staff Writer The same-sex partner of an LAPD officer killed in last year's Metrolink crash will be allowed to receive her deceased partner's pension even though the two never formally documented their relationship, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge has ruled. The case, Gerritsen v. City of Los Angeles is believed to be the first case in which the Los Angeles Fire and Police Pensions, the body that administers...
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