Bell v. Retirement Board of the Firemen's Annuity & Benefit Fund

PRESIDING JUSTICE TOOMIN

delivered the opinion of the court:

In this appeal, we are asked to determine whether the Illinois Retirement Board of the Firemen’s Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago (Board) correctly determined that section 6 — 140 of the Pension Code (40 ILCS 5/6 — 140 (West 2006)) does not require payment of benefits to widows retroactive to the date of their husbands’ deaths, and whether the Board’s notice informing plaintiffs of its adverse decision complied with procedural due process requirements. The underlying proceedings were brought by the widows of Chicago firefighters…