Coleman v. Retirement Board of the Firemen's Annuity

Plaintiff Gwendolyn Coleman filed a claim for a widow’s annuity with defendant, the Retirement Board of the Firemen’s Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago (Board). The Board ultimately awarded her a duty disability widow’s annuity paid prospectively from the date of a decision issued by this court concerning the eligibility of firefighters’ widows to receive duty-related annuity benefits if the deceased firefighters were permanently disabled in the course of duty. Plaintiff sought administrative review, and the circuit court set aside in part the Board’s administrative decision and directed…