Legal Opinion
Stec v. Oak Park Police Pension Board
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided September 28, 1990No. 1-89-2578PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Egan
The issue before us is whether a police officer who resigns after applying for a disability pension is barred from that pension because of his resignation. The defendant, Oak Park Police Pension Board (the Board), held that he is so barred, and the circuit court agreed.
The plaintiff, Thomas Stec, was hired by the Oak Park Police Department (the Department) as a patrol officer for the Village of Oak Park on May 2, 1977. He served in various capacities as a patrol officer and assumed increasing responsibility over the years.
On March 17, 1988, William Kohnke, the chief of police for the Village…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Hahn v. Police Pension Fund of City of WoodstockAppellate Court of Illinois · 1985
- Fenyes v. State Employees' Retirement SystemIllinois Supreme Court · 1959
- Di Falco v. Board of Trustees of the Firemen's Pension FundIllinois Supreme Court · 1988
- People v. WardAppellate Court of Illinois · 1989
- Freberg v. Board of Trustees of Firemen's Pension Fund of City of Highland ParkAppellate Court of Illinois · 1970
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Iwanski v. Streamwood Police Pension BoardAppellate Court of Illinois · 1992
- People v. TittlebachAppellate Court of Illinois · 2001
- Daily v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, POLICE PENSION FUND OF SPRINGFIELDAppellate Court of Illinois · 1993
- DiFiore v. Retirement Board of the Policemen's Annuity & Benefit FundAppellate Court of Illinois · 2000
- Jagielnik v. Board of Trustees of the Police Pension FundAppellate Court of Illinois · 1995
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