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Filskov v. Board of Trustees of the Northlake Police Pension Fund

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided April 5, 2011No. 1-09-3151PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harris

Justice Connors concurred in the judgment and opinion.

Presiding Justice Cunningham dissented, with opinion.

OPINION

On October 5, 2007, plaintiff, police officer Earl Filskov’s assigned duty was to patrol the streets looking for gang activity. After finishing preparing station reports he returned to his police vehicle along with two other officers. While entering the rear seat he suffered an injury to his foot. He applied to the Northlake Police Pension Fund (Pension Board) for a line-of-duty disability pension benefit or, in the alternative, a not-on-duty disability pension benefit. The…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
  2. City of Belvidere v. Illinois State Labor Relations BoardIllinois Supreme Court · 1998
  3. AFM Messenger Service, Inc. v. Department of Employment SecurityIllinois Supreme Court · 2001
  4. Marconi v. Chicago Heights Police Pension BoardIllinois Supreme Court · 2007
  5. Wade v. City of North Chicago Police Pension BoardIllinois Supreme Court · 2007

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3Cited by7 opinions

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