Sullivan v. Retirement Board of the Firemen's Annuity & Benefit Fund

PRESIDING JUSTICE HOFFMAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Thomas D. Sullivan III, sought administrative review from a decision of the Retirement Board of the Firemen’s Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago (Board), denying his application for duty-related disability benefits. (40 ILCS 5/6 — 151 (West 1992).) The trial court affirmed the denial of benefits and plaintiff now appeals from this judgment, raising the following issues: (1) whether the Board’s decision was contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence; (2) whether the Board denied plaintiff a fair hearing and due…