Cappitelli v. Rodewald

This is an appeal by plaintiff Philip Cappitelli, an Arlington Heights fire lieutenant, from an order of the trial court affirming the decision of defendant Board of Fire and Police Commissioners of the Village of Arlington Heights (board). In 1984, the board suspended plaintiff for 120 days without pay because he had refused to take a physical “stress test.”

On appeal, plaintiff alleges that the board did not have the power to suspend him for 120 days, the notice of hearing and charges was improper, the punishment was excessive, the board’s decision is contrary to the manifest weight of the…