BELL v. RETIREMENT BD. OF FIREMEN'S ANNUITY

No. 1-09-0497.

924 N.E.2d 1164 (2010)

Sylvia BELL, et al., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The RETIREMENT BOARD OF the FIREMEN'S ANNUITY AND BENEFIT FUND OF CHICAGO, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

February 19, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald T. Bertucci, Donald T. Bertucci, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Mary Patricia Burns, Esq., Vincent D. Pinelli, Esq., Blanca R. Dominquez, Esq., Burke Burns & Pinelli, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.


Presiding Justice TOOMIN delivered the opinion of the court:

In this appeal, we are asked to determine whether the Retirement Board of the Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago (Board) correctly determined that section 6-140 of the Illinois Pension Code (40 ILCS 5/6-140 (West 2006)) does not require payment of benefits to widows retroactive to the date of their husbands' deaths, and whether the Board's notice informing plaintiffs of its adverse decision complied...

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