WESSEL v. WILMETTE FIREFIGHTERS' PENSION FUND

No. 1-23-0565.

2024 IL App (1st) 230565

MICHAEL WESSEL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. THE WILMETTE FIREFIGHTERS' PENSION FUND, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

February 9, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott Barber of Barber Law Offices, LLC, of Schaumburg, for appellant.

Lance C. Malina , Allen Wall , Jason Guisinger , and Colleen M. Shannon , of Klein, Thorpe & Jenkins, Ltd., of Chicago, for appellee.

Presiding Justice Mitchell and Justice Navarro concurred in the judgment and opinion.


OPINION

¶ 1 Plaintiff Michael Wessel applied for a non-duty disability with the Wilmette Firefighters' Pension Fund (Wilmette Fund), but the Wilmette Firefighters' Pension Fund Board (Wilmette Board) denied his claim. The question before us on appeal is whether, under...

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