Samuel Spital, a lawyer once best-known for ubiquitous television advertising of his law practice, has withdrawn his application for a permanent disability retirement from San Diego County. Spital, 59, quietly dropped his application earlier this month after several months in which the matter was pending before the county retirement board. Spital worked as a deputy probation officer from November 2001 to August 2002 before he was injured. Spital said he tripped over the trolley tracks in downtown San Diego on March 5, 2002, while on his way to the County Jail to interview an inmate for a probation report. He...