MacDonald v. Board of Trustees of Park Ridge Police Pension Fund

Plaintiffs father was a retired police officer who received a retirement pension from defendant, the Board of Trustees of the Park Ridge Police Pension Fund (the Board). After plaintiffs father died, plaintiff applied to the Board for a survivor’s disability pension, claiming that at the time of plaintiffs father’s death, plaintiff was a dependent of his father due to a physical and/or mental disability. The Board held hearings on plaintiffs application, after which plaintiffs application was denied. Plaintiff appealed to the circuit court, which reversed the Board’s decision and awarded…