VILLAGE OF VERNON HILLS v. HEELAN

No. 2-13-0823.

14 N.E.3d 1222 (2014)

2014 IL App (2d) 130823

383 Ill. Dec. 611

The VILLAGE OF VERNON HILLS, Plaintiff and Counterdefendant-Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. William J. HEELAN, Defendant and Counterplaintiff-Appellee and Cross-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

July 23, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith L. Hunt and Bradley E. Faber , both of Hunt & Associates, P.C., of Chicago, for appellant.

Charles W. Smith , of Smith, LaLuzerne & Hartman, Ltd., of Waukegan, for appellee.

Brian D. Day and Roger Huebner , both of Illinois Municipal League, of Springfield, amicus curiae.


OPINION

Justice ZENOFF delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 The Board of Trustees of the Vernon Hills Police Pension Fund (Board) awarded a line-of-duty disability pension (40 ILCS 5/3-114.1 (West 2010)) to defendant, police officer William J. Heelan. Thereafter, plaintiff, the Village of Vernon Hills (Village), filed a complaint in the trial court seeking a declaratory judgment that it was not obligated under section 10 of the Public...

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