BARRINGER v. RET. BD. OF FIREMEN'S ANNUITY AND BENEFIT FUND

No. 1-99-0933.

738 N.E.2d 960 (2000)

316 Ill.App.3d 1175

250 Ill.Dec. 491

Robert BARRINGER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. RETIREMENT BOARD OF the FIREMEN'S ANNUITY AND BENEFIT FUND OF CHICAGO, Joseph F. Quinn, President of the Retirement Board of the Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago, William J. Wilkinson, James F. Nolan, Trustees of the Retirement Board of the Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago, Norman S. Holland, Secretary of the Retirement Board of the Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago, City Comptroller, Barbara Lumpkin, City Clerk, James J. Laski, City Treasurer Miriam Santos, and Deputy Fire Commissioner Vice President James T. Joyce, Ex-Officio Trustees of the Retirement Board of the Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

September 29, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley H. Jakala, Berwyn (Stanley H. Jakala, of counsel), for Appellant.

Burke, Burns & Pinelli, Ltd., Chicago (Mary Patricia Burns and Edward J. Burke, of counsel), for Appellees.


Presiding Justice QUINN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Retirement Board of the Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago (Board) denied plaintiff Robert Barringer's application for occupational disease disability benefits. The circuit court upheld the Board's decision. On appeal, plaintiff contends that the Board's decision was against the manifest weight of the evidence.

The record reveals that on January 7, 1997, plaintiff, who was employed...

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