Supreme Court of Illinois

Under section 10(a) of the Public Safety Employee Benefits Act, the phrase "catastrophic injury" is synonymous with an injury resulting in a line-of-duty disability under section 4-110 of the Illinois Pension Code.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/20/2003
• Published 06/10/2003

Judges

• Justice THOMAS delivered the opinion of the court:

Court

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• J. Todd Greenburg, Corporation Counsel, Bloomington, for appellant., Roger Huebner, Springfield, for amicus curiae Illinois Municipal League., James Baird, Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois Public Employer Labor Relations Association., Thomas W. Duda, Arlington Heights, for amicus curiae Associated Firefighters of Illinois., Joel A. D'Alba, of Asher, Gittler, Greenfield & D'Alba, Ltd., Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois AFL-CIO.


• For Appellees:
  
• William J. Connor, of Berg, Robeson & Connor, P.C., Springfield, for appellee.