Wade v. City of North Chicago Police Pension Board

Plaintiff, Lawrence Wade, appeals the order of the circuit court of Lake County affirming the decision of defendant, the City of North Chicago Police Pension Board (the Board), denying him a disability pension. The Board denied plaintiff a line-of-duty disability pension (see 40 ILCS 5/3 — 114.1 (West 2002)), in part because Dr. Milgram, one of the three doctors selected by the Board to examine plaintiff, did not certify plaintiff as disabled pursuant to section 3 — 115 of the Illinois Pension Code (Code) (40 ILCS 5/3 — 115 (West 2002)). On appeal, plaintiff argues: (1) the Board denied him a…