Hooker v. Retirement Bd. of the Firemen’s Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago

Illinois Supreme Court PLAs
Civil Court
Pensions
Citation
PLA issue Date: 
November 28, 2012
Docket Number: 
No. 114811
District: 
1st Dist.
This case presents question as to whether trial court properly granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment in action by two widows of firefighters, who claimed that Bd. improperly failed to include duty availability pay (DAP) in firefighters’ “current salary” when calculating widows’ annuities under section 6-140 of Ill. Pension Code. Appellate Court, in reversing trial court, found that DAP must be included in calculation of said annuities. In its petition for leave to appeal, Bd. argued that Appellate Court misinterpreted language of Pension Code and had improperly enhanced benefits without requiring corresponding contribution by widows to fund enhanced benefit.