by Rich Cruz | Sep 30, 2026
Appellate Court Grants Fire Lieutenant Pensionable Salary at a Rank Never Worked By: Thomas S. Radja Jr. The Illinois Appellate Court reversed the Elgin Firefighters’ Pension Board and held Mark Schneider’s line-of-duty disability pension must be based on Lieutenant’s...
by Rich Cruz | Sep 30, 2026
Denial of Line-of-Disability Affirmed By Appellate Court Where Pension Board Relied Upon Creditable Evidence in the Record By: Thomas S. Radja Jr. In a case handled by Thomas Radja Jr., the Illinois Appellate Court affirmed the East Moline Firefighters’ Pension...
by Tom Radja | Apr 23, 2026
Illinois Appellate Court, First District, 1/29/26 (Unpublished) Issue: Whether the Pension Board had “satisfactory proof” under Section 4-112 of theIllinois Pension Code to terminate a firefighter’s previously awarded line-of-dutydisability pension on the basis that...
by Radja Collins Law | Dec 16, 2025
Failure to Weigh Medical Evidence Properly Results in Reversal of Pension Board Decision In Calleros v. Calumet Firefighters Pension Fund, the appellate court reversed the decision of the Board and the circuit court and remanded with directions to grant Jesus Calleros...
by Radja Collins Law | Jul 23, 2025
Illinois Appellate Court Decision, 1st District – Decided June 27, 2025 Audio Recording of This Case This case was successfully argued by Thomas Radja on behalf of the Schaumburg Firefighters Pension Fund. Click below to start the audio. A link to the audio of...
