DiFoggio v. Retirement Board of the County Employees Annuity & Benefit Fund of Cook County

This appeal requires us to determine the extent that duty disability benefits received under the Illinois Pension Code are offset (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. IO8V2, par. 9 — 159(c)) against benefits received under the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 48, par. 138.8). Based on the plain language of the Pension Code, we hold that duty disability benefits under the Code are offset against any amount paid or recoverable under the Workers’ Compensation Act.

BACKGROUND

The record contains the following undisputed facts. Plaintiff, Frank DiFoggio, worked as a plumber at…