Taylor v. State Universities Retirement System

Plaintiff, an attorney, obtained an award for his client under the Workers’ Occupational Diseases Act (Diseases Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 48, par. 172.36 et seq.). His client had received disability benefits from the defendant State Universities Retirement System (SURS). According to the terms of section 15 — 153.1(c) of the Illinois Pension Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 108½, par. 15 — 153.1(c)), SURS was entitled to reimbursement of benefits already paid out during the period covered by the Diseases Act award. Plaintiff informed SURS his efforts in pursuing a Diseases Act award had…