Supreme Court of Illinois

In the matter of a police officer's application for pension benefits based on psychological disability, denial of benefits is affirmed where, in ruling that the plaintiff had failed to sustain his burden of proof to establish eligibility, the pension board's ruling was not against the manifest weight of the evidence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/29/2007
• Published 05/29/2007

Judges

Court

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mathias W. Delort and Aaron G. Allen, of Robbins, Schwartz, Nicholas, Lifton & Taylor, Ltd., Chicago, for appellants., Roger Huebner, Springfield, for amicus curiae Illinois Municipal League., Cary J. Collins and Joseph Crimmins, Hoffman Estates, for amicus curiae Illinois Public Pension Advisory Committee.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jerome F. Marconi, Chicago, for appellee.