Mulack v. Hickory Hills Police Pension Board

The Hickory Hills Pension Board (Board or Pension Board) appeals from an order of the circuit court which held that injured police officer Gerald Mulack, plaintiff, was not required to submit to surgery in order to receive a line-of-duty pension under section 3 — 114.1 of the Pension Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 108x/2, par. 3 — 114.1). The appellate court has jurisdiction under Illinois Supreme Court Rule 301 (134 Ill. 2d R. 301).

Plaintiff raises two issues for our review: (1) whether the Board erred as a matter of law by holding that the plaintiff must submit to reasonable treatment in…