Moreland v. Retirement Board of the Policemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of the City of Chicago

Summary

The court held that the pension statute requires the Board to obtain an opinion on the claimant’s disability status from at least one Board-appointed physician, but does not require that physician to find the claimant disabled. The Board remains the ultimate decisionmaker and properly denied benefits after crediting competent medical evidence that Moreland could perform full, unrestricted duty; the appellate court therefore erred in applying the prior catch-22 analysis. The court reversed the appellate judgment, affirmed the circuit court, and affirmed the Board’s denial of benefits.