Antonelli v. Board of Trustees of the Hillside Police Pension Board

Plaintiff Kenneth Antonelli appeals from the judgment of the circuit court affirming an administrative order of the Board of Trustees of the Hillside Police Pension Board (board) revoking his disability pension. He contends that the board’s termination of his benefits was against the manifest weight of the evidence.

Plaintiff, a police officer with the Hillside police department, was granted a duty-related disability pension in March 1981. At a hearing before the board in August 1991, plaintiff appeared without counsel and acknowledged that he had not submitted the most recent required annual…