Jones v. Board of Trustees of the Police Pension Fund of the City of Bloomington

              NO. 4-07-0687 Filed 9/15/08
IN THE APPELLATE COURT
OF ILLINOIS
FOURTH DISTRICT
PATRICK JONES,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE POLICE
PENSION FUND OF THE CITY OF
BLOOMINGTON; an Illinois Administra-tive
Agency and KAREN BAKER, DAN
DONATH, CHARLES CROW, FRANK HAINES,
and CURT OYER, Members of the Board
of Trustees,
Defendants-Appellants.
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Appeal from
Circuit Court of
McLean County
Nos. 06MR243
06MR276
Honorable
Charles G. Reynard,
Judge Presiding.
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JUSTICE MYERSCOUGH delivered the opinion of the court:
Plaintiff, Patrick Jones, applied to the Board of
Trustees of the Police Pension Fund of the City of Bloomington
(Board) for a disability pension pursuant to article III of the
Illinois Pension Code (Pension Code) (40 ILCS 5/3-101 through 3-
152 (West 2006)). The Board denied Jones a line-of-duty disabil-ity
pension but granted him a nonduty disability pension.
In August and October 2006, Jones filed complaints for
administrative review naming the Board and members of the Board--
Karen Baker, Dan Donath, Charles Crow, Frank Haines, and Curt
Oyer--all collectively referred to as "the Board," as defendants.
On administrative review, the circuit court reversed
the Board's decision. The Board appeals, arguing that its
decision to deny Jones a line-of-duty disability pension was