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HOOKER v. RETIREMENT BD.

Docket No. 114811.

4 N.E.3d 15 (2013)

2013 IL 114811

378 Ill. Dec. 416

Daniel HOOKER et al., Appellees, v. The RETIREMENT BOARD OF the FIREMEN'S ANNUITY AND BENEFIT FUND OF CHICAGO, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied January 27, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Patricia Burns , Edward J. Burke , Vincent D. Pinelli and Madeleine S. Podesta , of Burke Burns & Pinelli, Ltd., of Chicago, for appellant.

Martin O. Holland , of Evergreen Park, for appellees.

OPINION

Justice BURKE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Theis, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Kilbride, J., joined.

¶ 1 Section 6-140(a) of the Illinois Pension Code (40 ILCS 5/6-140 (West 2008)) defines the terms of the annuity available to a widow of a fireman whose death was the result of a performance of an act of duty. The primary issue presented in this case is whether a form of fireman's compensation known as "duty...

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