Tucker v. Board of Trustees of the Police Pension Fund of the Village of Park Forest Illinois

PRESIDING JUSTICE QUINN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff William Tucker, who suffers from bilateral hearing impairment, appeals the decision of defendant Board of Trustees of the Police Pension Fund of the Village of Park Forest, Illinois (Board), which determined that it did not have jurisdiction to hear his request for pension benefits. In this court, plaintiff contends that the Board possessed statutory authority to hear his request and that he is entitled to pension benefits due to his disability.

BACKGROUND

On January 10, 1989, the Village of Park Forest Police Department…