by Rich Cruz | Jan 10, 2025
Illinois Appellate Court, First District, November 8, 2024 The Illinois Appellate Court reversed the Pension Board’s which terminated continued disability benefits to the plaintiff. The Plaintiff was awarded a duty disability in 2017 based upon a cervical fusion and...
by Rich Cruz | Jan 10, 2025
Illinois Appellate Court, First District, November 27, 2024 The Illinois Appellate Court, in an unpublished opinion, reversed the Retirement Board’s denial of a duty disability pension and found the plaintiff entitled to a duty disability. In denying a duty...
by Rich Cruz | Jan 10, 2025
Illinois Appellate Court, First District, November 15, 2024 The Illinois Appellate Court, in an unpublished opinion, reversed the Pension Board’s denial of a duty disability pension and determined the Plaintiff’s disability was caused by a duty related incident. The...
by Radja Collins Law | Sep 29, 2024
Appellate Court, 1st District, Decided August 20, 2024 The plaintiff, a Chicago firefighter, filed an application for duty disability benefits. She claimed she was injured during training while performing a “forcible entry evolution” with a Halligan. The Halligan bar...
by Radja Collins Law | Sep 29, 2024
This case concerns whether firefighter Benno Ceyer, who was injured in the line of duty and awarded a line-of-duty disability pension, is entitled to reimbursement for health insurance premiums he paid between October 11, 2008, and February 18, 2015. Under the Public...
