Bowlin v. Murphysboro Firefighters Pension Board of Trustees

The plaintiff, Kenneth Bowlin, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Jackson County that, upon administrative review, affirmed the decision by the defendant Murphysboro Firefighters Pension Board of Trustees (the Board), denying the plaintiff’s application for duty-disability pension benefits under section 4 — 112 of the Illinois Pension Code (the Code) (40 ILCS 5/4 — 112 (West 2000)). For the reasons that follow, we find that the opposite conclusion is clearly evident and that therefore the Board’s decision is against the manifest weight of the evidence; accordingly, we reverse.

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