McInerney v. State

This claim arose from the death of a police officer employed by the Chicago Police Department, Chicago, Illinois. The Claimant seeks payment of compensation as the decedent’s beneficiary pursuant to the provisions of the “Law Enforcement and Firemen Compensation Act”, (hereafter, the Act). Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 48, par. 281 et seq.

The court has carefully considered the application for benefits submitted on the form prescribed and furnished by the Attorney General, a written statement of the decedent’s supervising officer, and a report by the Illinois Attorney General’s office. Based on…