DeCASTRIS v. STATE EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM

No. 4-96-0632.

679 N.E.2d 825 (1997)

288 Ill. App.3d 136

223 Ill.Dec. 374

Valeri DeCASTRIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The STATE EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS, and Michael Mory, as Executive Secretary, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

Decided May 2, 1997.

Rehearing Denied June 10, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark D. DeBofsky, Richard Q. Holloway, argued, DeBofsky & DeBofsky, Chicago, for Valeri DeCastris.

James E. Ryan, Atty. Gen. State of Illinois, Chicago, Barbara A. Preiner, Sol. Gen., Chicago, Huma A. Khan, Asst. Atty. Gen., argued, Chicago, for State Employees Retirement System.


Presiding Justice STEIGMANN delivered the opinion of the court:

In March 1994, plaintiff, Valeri DeCastris, an employee of the State Department of Public Health (DPH), filed a claim for nonoccupational disability benefits (40 ILCS 5/14-124 (West 1994)) with defendant State Employees Retirement System of Illinois (SERS). In October 1995, the SERS Board of Trustees (Board) concluded that plaintiff had not shown that she was suffering from a disabling condition and denied...

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