Sellards v. Board of Trustees

PRESIDING JUSTICE JIGANTI

delivered the opinion of the court:

The board of trustees of the Rolling Meadows Firemen’s Pension Fund (board) reduced Charles W. Sellarás’ disability pension benefits that he was receiving under the Pension Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 1081/2, par. 1 — 101 et seq.) by the amount of payments that he was receiving under the Workers’ Compensation Act. Sellarás sought administrative review in the circuit court of Cook County, where the decision of the board was affirmed.

Sellarás joined the Rolling Meadows Fire Department in 1967 and was accepted in the pension fund in…