Sanders v. Board of Trustees of Springfield Police Pension Fund

In this administrative review action, defendant appeals from an order of the circuit court of Sangamon County which reversed defendant’s denial of plaintiff’s application for membership in the Springfield Police Pension Fund.

Plaintiff began work as a Springfield police officer on September 4, 1979, and applied for membership in the Springfield Police Pension Fund (Fund) on the same date. Relying on the premise that Dr. Philip J. Haggerty, examining physician for the Board of Trustees of the Fund (Board), had found plaintiff physically unfit to perform the duties of a police officer, the Board…