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

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE ROMITI

delivered the opinion of the court:

The widow of a deceased fireman who died from service-related injuries filed a petition with the Retirement Board (hereinafter called Board) contending that the amount of the pension paid was being improperly determined. The Board disagreed, and the circuit court affirmed this determination. The principal issue before this court is whether when a statute requires that the widow be paid a percentage “of the current annual salary attached to the classified position to which the fireman was certified at the time of his death” the…