The Illinois Appellate Court has published its ruling holding that two Marion police pension board members' statements about a former officer showed that they had prejudged his disability claim.
The court said the board violated Joshua Mahan's right to an impartial tribunal by failing to remove those board members before deciding to terminate his disability pension. The decision in Joshua Mahan v. Marion Police Pension Board et al. was initially handed down Sept. 2 and formally published Tuesday.
In addition to finding it improperly influenced by bias, the court also held that the bo...
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