O'Callaghan v. Retirement Board of Firemen's Annuity & Benefit Fund of Chicago

The plaintiff, Emmett O’Callaghan, appeals from the circuit court’s judgment affirming defendant Retirement Board of Firemen’s Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago’s (Board’s) denial of his applications for duty disability benefits and ordinary disability benefits under sections 6 — 151 and 6 — 152 of the Illinois Pension Code (Code) (40 ILCS 5/6—151, 6—152 (West 1996)), respectively. The plaintiff contends that (1) the Board’s decisions were against the manifest weight of the evidence, (2) the Board erroneously failed to apply the language of sections 6 — 151 and 6 — 152 of the Code, and (3)…