Legal Opinion
O'LOUGHLIN v. Village of River Forest
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided March 28, 2003No. 1-02-0404PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Reid
The plaintiff, Brendan O’Loughlin, appeals the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to the defendant, the Village of River Forest, Illinois (River Forest), and the denial of his cross-motion for summary judgment. The sole issue raised on appeal is what is meant by the term “catastrophic injury” under the Illinois Public Safety Employee Benefits Act (820 ILCS 320/10(a) (West 1998)) (the Act). For the reasons that follow, we reverse the decision of the trial court.
THE FACTS
O’Loughlin was employed as a police officer for River Forest in July 1988. On January 16, 1997, O’Loughlin injured his…
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