MARTICH v. ELLIS

No. 80-2583.

100 Ill. App.3d 1098 (1981)

427 N.E.2d 876

JOSEPH MARTICH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WILBUR ELLIS, Chief of Police of the Village of Matteson, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Opinion filed October 20, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. McGuire, of Buffalo Grove, for appellant.

McGrane, Perozzi, Stelter, Gerardi, Brauer & Ross and Burke & Burke, Ltd., both of Chicago (John M. Burke, of counsel), for appellees.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DOWNING delivered the opinion of the court:

Patrolman Joseph Martich, plaintiff, appeals the circuit court's affirmance of a decision of the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners of the Village of Matteson (Board), suspending him for 30 days. We affirm the circuit court. Plaintiff was disciplined for pointing an unloaded shotgun at the head of a fellow officer and pulling the trigger.

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