(Supreme Court of California) - In an action for a writ of mandamus in an underlying dispute involving public employee disability retirement benefits,the Court of Appeals' decision, reversing the trial court's award to plaintiff of prejudgment interest under Civil Code section 3287(a) as piece of his damages to be retroactively calculated from the starting date for his disability retirement allowance, and is affirmed where the trial court erred in its calculation of prejudgment interest.
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