KELLER v. RETIREMENT BD. OF FIREMEN'S ANNUITY AND BEN. FUND OF CHICAGO

No. 1-91-0168.

614 N.E.2d 323 (1993)

245 Ill. App.3d 48

185 Ill.Dec. 189

Geraldine KELLER, Vivian Nolan, Cora Shankman, Margaret Spellman, and Bettie Ann Wilkes, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The RETIREMENT BOARD OF the FIREMEN'S ANNUITY AND BENEFIT FUND OF CHICAGO, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

Rehearing Denied May 11, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fagel & Haber, Chicago (Maynard B. Russell, Steven J. Teplinski, James A. Roth, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Kevin M. Forde, Ltd., Chicago (Kevin M. Forde, Marshall E. Lesueur, Katrina Veerhusen, Ava Borrasso, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellees.


Presiding Justice TULLY delivered the opinion of the court:

This cause was originally brought as a class action for injunctive relief against defendant, alleging that the reduction in the amount of annuity benefits paid to the widows of Chicago firefighters pursuant to the Illinois Pension Code, and in reliance upon a municipal ordinance mandating the retirement of firemen at the age of 63, was in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act ("ADEA") (29...

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