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Police Officers' Lawsuit against the City of San Diego, City Attorney and Other City Officials Survives Defendants' Latest Motion to Dismiss

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (BusinessWire EON) March 19, 2007 --     Greg Petersen, Managing Partner of Castle Petersen & Krause, LLP, commented, "These motions are commonplace and through these motions the court determines and directs Plaintiffs where not proceed. It is not uncommon for experienced attorneys and equally experienced judges to disagree. The court's ruling, which narrows the scope of and simplifies the lawsuit, is welcome and in the best interest of our clients and all parties involved." Mr. Petersen added, "We are extremely pleased to finally have access to the facts contained within the City's long overdue 2003 annual report, which restates 66 items(1) from the City of San Diego's 'Official' 2002 Annual Report, will be incorporated into our case and only serve to strengthen it. The City's 2003 annual report and newly discovered evidence contained in the 3.5 million documents that the City turned over in the eleventh hour after nearly two years of formal requests have changed the landscape of this matter to expand the City of San Diego's liability. The firm will move forward with this new evidence and continue to pursue our clients' claims vigorously."

Castle, Petersen & Krause, LLP first filed a single lawsuit in August of 2005 on behalf of the SDPOA and the individual members. The initial lawsuit included claims against the defendants related to the underfunding of the pension, mishandling of the police officers' pension contributions, retaliation against the officers for their Union's inability to reach a collective bargaining agreement with the City who entered in the negotiations in bad faith, improper closed-door meetings and other claims. Subsequently, the Court split the lawsuit into two cases, separating the claims of the SDPOA (SDPOA v. Michael Aguirre, City of San Diego, et al.) from those of the individuals (Aaron, et al. v. Michael Aguirre, City of San Diego, et al.). Judge Huff's Order on March 8th further clarifies and manages that separation. The order also removed some additional claims from the Aaron case. Generally speaking, Judge Huff determined that some claims are already properly included and addressed by the Union's litigation in SDPOA v. Aguirre, City of San Diego, et al. and should not be included in the claims of the individual officers' in the Aaron matter.

The Aaron, et al. v. Michael Aguirre, City of San Diego, et al. lawsuit has over sixteen hundred named plaintiffs, all current or former San Diego Police Officers, and currently includes claims for:



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Note: This is only a partial list. This list does not include all of the active claims or those claims that are left open to be restated and re-filed.

The SDPOA. v. Michael Aguirre, City of San Diego, et al. lawsuit was filed on behalf of the San Diego Police Officers Association and currently includes claims against the defendants for:



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Note: This is only a partial list. This list does not include all of the active claims or those claims that are left open to be restated and re-filed.

About Castle, Petersen & Krause, LLP

The law firm of Castle, Petersen & Krause, LLP specializes in litigating labor and employment law and business law matters. The firm's areas of focus within labor and employment include civil rights, labor relations, contract negotiations, disciplinary actions, FLSA, California labor law, discrimination, retaliation, wage and hour issues, and wrongful termination. Castle, Petersen & Krause, LLP has a near 30-year history of representing public and private industry employees and their associations in contract negotiations, disciplinary actions, civil rights claims, and class action lawsuits related to wage and hours matters. The firm also has a history of success in recovering overtime wages from public and private employers through FLSA class action litigation, including recent cases against the City of Los Angeles, numerous other public entities and companies in the hospitality and fitness industries. Additionally, Castle, Petersen & Krause, LLP provides its clients counsel in the areas of construction defect, intellectual property, product liability and first and third party insurance litigation, as well as personal injury claims. Castle, Petersen & Krause, LLP is headquartered in Newport Beach, California. More information on Castle, Petersen & Krause, LLP can be found at www.cpk-law.com.

(1) Source: Matthew T. Hall; 2003 audit finally OK'd, San Diego Union Tribune March 17, 2007 Page A1.

(2) Source: http://dictionary.law.com/ n. a civil wrong (tort) in which one converts another's property to his/her own use, which is a fancy way of saying "steals." Conversion includes treating another's goods as one's own, holding onto such property which accidentally comes into the convertor's (taker's) hands, or purposely giving the impression the assets belong to him/her. This gives the true owner the right to sue for his/her own property or the value and loss of use of it, as well as going to law enforcement authorities since conversion usually includes the crime of theft. See also: theft

The definition of "Conversion" is included with the written permission of ALM.

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