Bailey v. Retirement Board of Policemen's Annuity & Benefit Fund

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SIMON

delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal requires resolution of two questions. First, does the evidence before the Board of Trustees of the Policemen’s Annuity and Benefit Fund (the Board) support its finding that the police officer’s death was caused by a gunshot wound intentionally and unjustifiably inflicted by his wife 46 days prior to his death? Second, does the intentional and unjustified shooting of a police officer by his wife causing his death preclude her from collecting a widow’s annuity under the State’s pension laws?

A jury found Odessa Bailey, the…