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Denial of Duty-Disability Pension for Firefighter Goes Against Weight of Evidence

Friday, August 1, 2025 | 0

The Illinois Appellate Court overturned a denial of a duty-disability pension for an injured firefighter as being against the manifest weight of the evidence. Case: Boyles v. Bolingbrook Firefighters’ Pension Fund, No. 3-24-0548, 07/24/2025, unpublished. Facts: Steven Boyles worked as a firefighter-paramedic for the Village of Bolingbrook for more than 20 years. In September 2021, he injured his lower back while helping lift an injured person on a stretcher. In April 2022, after Boyles had completed courses of physical therapy and work-conditioning/work-hardening therapy to no av...

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