Opinion ID: 2556859
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The Douglas Factors

Text: Appellant also contends that the final decision of the arbitrator cannot stand because it failed to include any explicit consideration of the Douglas factors. [5] This contention rests on his assertion that those factors would have made termination an unreasonable penalty when viewed in light of the circumstances of his divorce. As the PERB notes in its brief, however, appellant never raised this argument before the Board. Nor did it raise the issue before the trial court in its petition for review, as the court pointed out in a footnote in its order; for that reason the trial court declined to address appellant's Douglas claim. We decline to consider it for the same reason. On a clearer record we might be in a position to consider the Douglas factors, but on the actual record before us we conclude that appellant has waived his Douglas argument.