BUFFALO GROVE v. FIREFIGHTERS' PENSION FUND

No. 2-19-0171.

141 N.E.3d 1200 (2020)

2020 IL App (2d) 190171

The VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF the BUFFALO GROVE FIREFIGHTERS' PENSION FUND and Kim Hauber, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

Opinion filed January 17, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Nichols , Gregory R. James , and Chad R. DeGroot , of Laner Muchin, Ltd., of Chicago, for appellant.

Carolyn Welch Clifford , Michael B. Weinstein , and John E. Motylinski , of Ottosen Britz Kelly Cooper Gilbert & Dinolfo, Ltd., of Naperville, for appellee Board of Trustees of the Buffalo Grove Firefighters' Pension Fund.

Thomas W. Duda and Thomas E. Mazur , of Law Offices of Thomas W. Duda, of Palatine, for other appellee.

Richard J. Reimer and Brian J. LaBardi , of Reimer & Dobrovolny PC, of Hinsdale, for amici curiae Illinois Public Pension Fund Association et al.

Margaret Angelucci and Matt Pierce , of Asher, Gittler & D'Alba, Ltd., of Chicago, for amicus curiae Associated Fire Fighters of Illinois.

Matthew S. Jarka , of Asher, Gittler & D'Alba, Ltd., of Chicago, for amicus curiae Buffalo Grove Professional Firefighters' Association.

Robert J. Smith Jr. , Benjamin E. Gehrt , and Paul A. Denham , of Clark Baird Smith LLP, of Rosemont, for amici curiae Northwest Municipal Conference et al.

Tacy F. Flint and Caroline A. Wong , of Sidley Austin LLP, of Chicago, and Carter G. Phillips , of Sidley Austin LLP, of Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae Illinois Municipal League.


OPINION

¶ 1 The defendant the Board of Trustees of the Buffalo Grove Firefighters' Pension Fund (Board) issued a decision finding that the defendant Kim Hauber, the widow of former firefighter John Hauber (Hauber), was entitled to receive survivor's benefits accruing...

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