Carr v. Board of Trustees of the Police Pension Fund

Plaintiff William Carr filed a complaint against the defendant, the board of trustees of the Police Pension Fund of Peoria, Illinois. The plaintiff alleges that the defendant wrongfully offset the plaintiff’s pension disability benefits by the amount of a workers’ compensation award plaintiff received. The trial court found that the defendant wrongfully modified the plaintiff’s pension benefits.

The defendant contends the following on appeal: (1) that the defendant’s reduction of plaintiff’s pension benefits by the amount he received under the Workers’ Compensation Act was not precluded by…