DeRose v. City of Highland Park

Defendant, the City of Highland Park, appeals the trial court’s judgment in favor of plaintiff, Pierino DeRose, on plaintiff s complaint seeking benefits from defendant under the Public Safety Employee Benefits Act (Employee Benefits Act) (820 ILCS 320/1 et seq. (West 2000)), which entitles certain public employees in certain situations to recover their health care premiums from their employers. On appeal, defendant argues that plaintiff was not responding to an “emergency” (as that term is used in the Employee Benefits Act) when he was injured and is therefore ineligible for benefits under…