Nowak v. City of Country Club Hills

Plaintiff police officer suffered line-of-duty injury while attempting to make arrest. Public Safety Employee Benefits Act does not clarify date on which employer must begin paying entire insurance premium for injured employee and his family. As exact date of diabling injury is not always known, City's Section 10(a) statutory obligation to pay entire health insurance premium for officer and his family attaches upon date of determination that officer's injury was "catastrophic", i.e., that officer was permanently disabled, would never return to work, and should receive line-of-duty disability pension. (KILBRIDE, FREEMAN, GARMAN, KARMEIER, BURKE, and THEIS, concurring.)