Passarella v. Board of Trustees of Firemen's Pension Fund

This is an appeal by the Board of Trustees of the Firemen’s Pension Fund of the Village of Melrose Park, from a judgment order entered in the Circuit Court of Cook County, reversing the action of the said Board of Trustees denying plaintiff’s application for a widow’s and children’s pension, under the provision of the Firemen’s Pension Fund Statute, Ill Rev Stats, c 108½, § 4-114 (1965), which pertinent provision reads as follows : “If a fireman dies in the fire service as a result of any illness or accident which had its inception while he was in such service with pay . . .

The deceased,…