Toner v. Retirement Board of Policemen's Annuity & Benefit Fund

The plaintiff, Elizabeth Toner (plaintiff), brought this action in the circuit court of Cook County under the Administrative Review Law (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 110, par. 3 — 101 et seq.) seeking review of the decision of the defendant, the Retirement Board of the Policemen’s Annuity and Benefit Fund of the City of Chicago (Board), which fixed the pension benefits to which she became entitled upon the death of her husband, John C. Toner (Toner), a retired Chicago police officer. The circuit court reversed the decision of the Board and found that the plaintiff was entitled to an additional…