by Radja Collins Law | Apr 7, 2025
1st Dist. Appellate Court – Decided 2/6/25 The case involved Plaintiff, Scott Petersen’s appeal of the Oak Lawn Police Pension Board’s decision to deny him disability benefits. Petersen, a police officer since 2011, sustained a shoulder injury in two separate...
by Radja Collins Law | Apr 7, 2025
1st Dist. Appellate Court – Decided 2/20/25Public Safety Officers Benefit Act Case The Plaintiff, Charles R. Ford, a firefighter/paramedic for the Village of Northbrook, suffered a catastrophic shoulder injury while transferring a patient at the hospital. He was...
by Radja Collins Law | Apr 7, 2025
3rd Dist. Appellate Court – 10/30/24 This case involved Aaron Shirley, a former police sergeant, who sued the Clarendon Hills Police Pension Fund after being denied both line-of-duty and non-duty disability pensions. Shirley injured his right shoulder while...
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Illinois Appellate Court, First District, November 27, 2024 The Illinois Appellate Court, in an unpublished opinion, reversed the Retirement Board’s denial of a duty disability pension and found the plaintiff entitled to a duty disability.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...
