by Radja Collins Law | 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Illinois Appellate Court, First District, November 27, 2024 The Illinois Appellate Court, in an unpublished opinion, reversed the Retirement Board’s denial of a duty disability pension and found the plaintiff entitled to a duty disability.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 Radja Collins Law | 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Illinois Appellate Court, First District, November 15, 2024 The Illinois Appellate Court, in an unpublished opinion, reversed the Pension Board’s denial of a duty disability pension and determined the Plaintiff’s disability was caused by a duty related incident.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...
by Radja Collins Law | Sep 29, 2024
Illinois Appellate Court, 1st District June 28, 2024 This case involved plaintiff Michele M. Blasz’s (“Blasz”) appeal for duty disability benefits, which the Pension Board denied. Blasz had been a police officer and was injured in a 2008 car accident while driving...
