7 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 21 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from The Village of Vernon Hills v. Heelan.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Village of Vernon Hills v. Heelan Anchor | green | “an uncontroverted fact that the claimant was catastrophically injured for purposes of section 10(a) of the act.' village of vernon hills v. heelan, 2014 il app (2d) 130823, 20 .” | 3 |
| 2 | The Village of Vernon Hills v. Heelan | green | “as the result of sickness, accident or injury incurred in or resulting from the performance of an act of duty or from the cumulative effects of acts of duty, is found to be physically or mentally permanently disabled for service in the fire department, so as to render necessary…” | 3 |
| 3 | Bremer v. City of Rockford | neutral | “an active firefighter with 5 or more years of creditable service who is found, pursuant to section 4-112, unable to perform his or her duties in the fire department by reason of heart disease, stroke, tuberculosis, or any disease of the lungs or respiratory tract, resulting from…” | 3 |
| 4 | Bremer v. City of Rockford | neutral | “it is an uncontroverted fact that he was catastrophically injured for purposes of section 10(a) of the act.” | 3 |
| 5 | Bremer v. City of Rockford | neutral | “the act's post-employment health insurance benefits do not qualify as 'wages earned and due and owing according to the terms of employment,” | 3 |
| 6 | Richter v. Village of Oak Brook | green | “as the result of sickness, accident or injury incurred in or resulting from the performance of an act of duty or from the cumulative effects of acts of duty, is found to be physically or mentally permanently disabled for service in the fire department, so as to render necessary…” | 3 |
| 7 | Rokosik v. Retirement Board of the Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago | green | “that the requirements for establishing a duty disability and an occupational disability are the same.” | 3 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.