Launius v. Board of Fire & Police Commissioners

I respectfully dissent for two reasons. First, the findings of the Board in regard to whether an emergency existed on August 14, 1987, are not against the manifest weight of the evidence.

Findings and conclusions of an administrative agency on questions of fact are to be held prima facie true and correct. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 110, par. 3—110.) Where an opposite conclusion is not clearly evident, the decision cannot be reversed; that an opposite conclusion might be reasonable is not sufficient. (Kvidera v. Board of Fire & Police Commissioners (1989), 192 Ill. App. 3d 950, 960, 549 N.E.2d…