Officer Injured in Shoot-Out with Suspected Bank Robber Can't Get Employer-Paid Insurance

The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that a police officer who suffered a hand injury in a shoot-out with a bank robbery suspect was time-barred from filing a claim for payment of his health insurance premiums 12 years after he took a duty disability retirement from the force. Case: Hancock v. Village of Itasca, No. 13-CH-1987, 05/02/2016, published. Facts: David E. Hancock worked as a police officer for the Village of Itasca. In April 1991, he was involved in an exchange of gunfire with a bank robbery suspect. Hancock suffered broken bones in his right hand when a shotgun roun...