Jakubec v. Bloomingdale Fire Protection District No. 1

The plaintiff, Stephen Jakubec, Jr., appeals from an order of the circuit court of Du Page County affirming the administrative decision of the defendants, the board of trustees of the Bloomingdale Fire Protection District No. 1 (trustees), specifically, Robert C. Smith, Walter A. Plass and Donald E. Petges, which discharged the plaintiff from the fire department as a result of charges of neglect of duty brought by defendant Richard E. Randecker, the assistant chief of the fire department. The plaintiff raises two issues on appeal: (1) whether the decision of the defendants was against the…