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COOPER v. RIVER FOREST FIRE. PENSION BD.

No. 85-1083.

157 Ill. App.3d 944 (1987)

510 N.E.2d 1222

HARRY W. COOPER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. THE RIVER FOREST FIREMEN'S PENSION BOARD OF THE VILLAGE OF RIVER FOREST et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Opinion filed July 2, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard S. Ratcliff, of Chicago, for appellant Village of River Forest.

LeRoy W. Gudgeon, of Northfield, for other appellants.

Dennis M. Farrell, of Phoenix, Arizona, for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE PINCHAM delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Harry W. Cooper, a firefighter since 1951, received an off-duty injury in 1973 and was granted a nonduty disability pension by defendant River Forest Firemen's Pension Board of the village of River Forest (board). At the time of the injury Cooper was 47 years old and had 21 years and 11 months of active service.

In 1981 Cooper wrote the board that he would permanently...

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