· 6/15/2001
Swoope v. Retirement Board of Policemen's Annuity & Benefit Fund
Citations
- 752 N.E.2d 505
- 323 Ill. App. 3d 526
- 256 Ill. Dec. 625
- 2001 Ill. App. LEXIS 440
How courts have described this case
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- remanding case to police Board to give officer’s widow the opportunity to present medical evidence and testimony that her husband’s injury, but for his death, would have prevented him from ever resuming service with the police department
- “agency is presumed to make informed judgments based on its experience and expertise” in applying act it administers “and, thus, substantial deference is given to its interpretation of a statute”
- this principle applies to clearly erroneous standard
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