CAROLYN FAYE FRYE, Claimant v. STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent
Case summary
Claimant appealed the denial of compensation under the Line of Duty Compensation Act for her decedent's death, arguing that all active duty deaths should be treated equally. The court affirmed the denial, holding that Illinois law, not federal definitions, governs the claim.
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THIS CAUSE comes on to be heard on the claimant’s “appeal” of the decision entered herein on January 31, 2006, due notice having been given, and the Court being advised, FINDS: In our decision of January 31, 2006 we denied compensation and found that the claimant’s decedent was not “killed in the line of duty” as defined in the Line of Duty Compensation Act. In response to that decision the claimant sent in a letter, which reads as follows:
Carolyn Frye CLAIM NUMBER 05-CC-1133 is appealing the decision of denial of Line of Duty Compensation Act. It is my belief that all active duty deaths be treated equally. It is disappointing to learn that there are selected measures on provisions that improve and sustain the quality of life for military service members and their families. Here is some Government information defining the line of duty. Enclosure (45) please read (sic).
Attached were documents pertaining to the investigation of the vehicle traffic accident and the definition of “line of duty deaths” used by the federal government for purposes not related to this claim.
We express sympathy to the claimant. However, regardless of the claimant’s beliefs, this claim was made pursuant to law of the State of Illinois and not the federal government and the definitions are just not the same. We are constrained to follow Illinois law.
It is therefore ordered that the decision of January 31, 2006 is affirmed.