Legal Opinion
Jose Garcia v. Village of Mount Prospect, Mount Prospect Police Pension Board, and George Steiner
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 23, 2004No. 02-2869PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
I. History
Jose Garcia, an Hispanic, was a police officer for the Village of Mount Prospect, Illinois from January 1984 until April 1998. During his tenure as a police officer, Garcia contributed to the Village’s pension fund. This fund had been established, along with the Mount Prospect Police Pension Board, 1 by the Village under article 3 of the Illinois Pension Code, 40 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5/1-101 (1998). On April 13, 1998, Garcia suffered a heart attack, leaving him totally and permanently disabled, unable to perform his duties as a police officer. Consequently, on or…
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