Line of Duty Compensation
Survivors of law enforcement officers, firefighters and certain other public-safety workers killed in the line of duty, and workers disabled on the job, apply to the Court of Claims for the statutory benefit. The opinions below are the published decisions in this category.
217Published opinions, 1897–2015
168With a dollar award
$3,522,220Total awarded in these opinions
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By decade
| Decade | Opinions | Awards | Total awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 1 | 1 | $1,000 |
| 1900s | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 45 | 40 | $90,960 |
| 1930s | 49 | 41 | $80,812 |
| 1940s | 8 | 6 | $7,365 |
| 1950s | 7 | 7 | $57,047 |
| 1960s | 5 | 4 | $20,122 |
| 1970s | 39 | 34 | $410,010 |
| 1980s | 26 | 15 | $390,000 |
| 1990s | 20 | 11 | $600,000 |
| 2000s | 8 | 4 | $1,104,760 |
| 2010s | 6 | 4 | $758,844 |
Largest awards
| Case | Date | Outcome | Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| In re Venecia and Fidel Serrano 67 Ill. Ct. Cl. 154 | October 24, 2014 | awarded | $342,088 |
| In re Thania Michell Sayne 64 Ill. Ct. Cl. 306 | July 20, 2012 | awarded | $329,130.36 |
| Debra Sue Hawk Young v. State of Illinois 59 Ill. Ct. Cl. 359 | June 29, 2007 | awarded | $293,888.83 |
| Victoria Coda v. State of Illinois 60 Ill. Ct. Cl. 287 | June 30, 2008 | awarded | $283,129.89 |
| Linda Calhoun and Laurie Harris v. State of Illinois 58 Ill. Ct. Cl. 225 | February 9, 2006 | awarded | $268,703.22 |
| Joanne Cramer v. State of Illinois 60 Ill. Ct. Cl. 264 | June 30, 2008 | awarded | $259,038 |
| In re Bonnar 51 Ill. Ct. Cl. 392 | October 2, 1998 | awarded | $100,000 |
| Carl W. Henry v. State of Illinois 66 Ill. Ct. Cl. 222 | June 12, 2014 | denied | $58,016.23 |
| I N Re Application of Billie Jean Erickson v. State of Illinois 38 Ill. Ct. Cl. 301 | November 18, 1985 | awarded | $50,000 |
| I N Re Application of Connie a. Turpin v. State of Illinois 38 Ill. Ct. Cl. 305 | July 3, 1985 | awarded | $50,000 |
| In re Linda Ford and Beverly McGee 38 Ill. Ct. Cl. 306 | March 18, 1986 | awarded | $50,000 |
| In re Darlene D. Smith 43 Ill. Ct. Cl. 183 | July 12, 1990 | awarded | $50,000 |
| In re W. Allen Winchester 44 Ill. Ct. Cl. 232 | November 19, 1991 | awarded | $50,000 |
| Janice Ryan v. State of Illinois 46 Ill. Ct. Cl. 321 | January 6, 1994 | awarded | $50,000 |
| In re Joanne E. Conklin 47 Ill. Ct. Cl. 427 | May 10, 1995 | awarded | $50,000 |
| In re Janet Drury 47 Ill. Ct. Cl. 437 | August 16, 1994 | awarded | $50,000 |
| Jean Simioni v. State of Illinois 48 Ill. Ct. Cl. 209 | March 30, 1993 | awarded | $50,000 |
| In re Karin L. Degelman 48 Ill. Ct. Cl. 255 | May 23, 1995 | awarded | $50,000 |
| In re Nancy Kolowski 48 Ill. Ct. Cl. 443 | August 23, 1995 | awarded | $50,000 |
| In re Darla Powell 49 Ill. Ct. Cl. 169 | September 27, 1996 | awarded | $50,000 |
| In re Brian Jay Holt 49 Ill. Ct. Cl. 183 | July 3, 1996 | awarded | $50,000 |
| Charles E. Robbins v. State of Illinois 67 Ill. Ct. Cl. 184 | April 27, 2015 | awarded | $29,609.62 |
| Leon Dunham v. State of Illinois 23 Ill. Ct. Cl. 28 | March 26, 1959 | awarded | $26,829 |
| In re Mary L. Burd 33 Ill. Ct. Cl. 309 | December 4, 1979 | awarded | $20,000 |
| In re Frank Score 33 Ill. Ct. Cl. 310 | December 4, 1979 | awarded | $20,000 |
Counts and totals come from the extracted fields of the published opinions in this archive, which may contain
OCR errors; the official volume PDF is the source of record. Volumes 24 and 32 are not yet included.
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