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  "id": 5332125,
  "name": "Frances R. O'Neill, as wife of Edward O'Neill, deceased, Claimant, vs. State of Illinois, Respondent",
  "name_abbreviation": "O'Neill v. State",
  "decision_date": "1973-08-16",
  "docket_number": "No. 00028",
  "first_page": "529",
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    "name": "Illinois Court of Claims"
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    "parties": [
      "Frances R. O\u2019Neill, as wife of Edward O\u2019Neill, deceased, Claimant, vs. State of Illinois, Respondent."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Per Curiam.\nThis claim, arising out of the death of a policeman killed in the line of duty, seeks payment of compensation to the decedent\u2019s beneficiary pursuant to the provisions of the \"Law Enforcement Officers and Firemen Compensation Act\u201d, [hereafter, \"the Act\u201d] Ch. 48, Sec. 281, et. seq., Ill.Rev.Stat., 1971.\nThe court has carefully considered the application for benefits submitted on the form prescribed and furnished by the Attorney General; a written statement of the decedent\u2019s supervising officer; and a report by the Illinois Attorney General\u2019s office which substantiates matters set forth in the application. Based upon these documents and other evidence submitted at a hearing before the full court on July 11, 1973, the court finds as follows:\n1. That the claimant, Frances R. O\u2019Neill, is the wife of the decedent and is the beneficiary who was designated by him as stated in her application for benefits.\n2. That the decedent, Edward O\u2019Neill, was a policeman employed by the Chicago Police Department and engaged in the active performance of his duties, within the meaning of Sec. 2(c) of the Act, on November 1, 1972.\n3. That on said date Lieutenant O\u2019Neill was on duty in the airport terminal at Midway Airport at approximately 9:15 p.m. and was the senior commanding officer in charge of the airport traffic security for the arrival of Senator George McGovern. Lt. O\u2019Neill\u2019s commander, Captain Edward J. Barry, Traffic Area 3, received a call that George McGovern was to arrive in advance of his scheduled time. He notified Lt. O\u2019Neill to rush to the airport and take charge of and complete the required traffic control procedures. Lt. O\u2019Neill left Traffic Area 3 headquarters at 3900 S. California \"with sirens sounding\u201d. Approximately fifteen minutes after his arrival at the terminal, Lt. O\u2019Neill was stricken and collapsed. Lt. O\u2019Neill died at the airport terminal on November 1, 1972, the death certificate reciting the cause of death as \"acute myocardial infarction\u201d.\n4. That Lt. O\u2019Neill died in the line of duty as defined in Sec. 2(c) of the Act.\n5. That the proof submitted in support of this claim satisfied all of the requirements of the Act, and the claim is therefore compensable thereunder.\nIt Is Hereby Ordered that the sum of $10,000.00 (Ten Thousand Dollars) be awarded to Frances R. O\u2019Neill as wife and designated beneficiary of the deceased police officer, Edward O\u2019Neill.",
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        "author": "Per Curiam."
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    "attorneys": [
      "Frances R. O\u2019Neill, Claimant, by William Gibbons, her attorney.",
      "William J. Scott, Attorney General; Saul R. Wexler, Assistant Attorney General, and Vincent Biskupic, Special Assistant Attorney General, for Respondent."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "(No. 00028\nFrances R. O\u2019Neill, as wife of Edward O\u2019Neill, deceased, Claimant, vs. State of Illinois, Respondent.\nOpinion filed August 16, 1973.\nFrances R. O\u2019Neill, Claimant, by William Gibbons, her attorney.\nWilliam J. Scott, Attorney General; Saul R. Wexler, Assistant Attorney General, and Vincent Biskupic, Special Assistant Attorney General, for Respondent."
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  "file_name": "0529-01",
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