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  "id": 2714969,
  "name": "In re Application of Katherine O'Connell",
  "name_abbreviation": "In re O'Connell",
  "decision_date": "1979-12-04",
  "docket_number": "No. 00162",
  "first_page": "326",
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    "name_abbreviation": "Ill. Ct. Cl.",
    "id": 8793,
    "name": "Illinois Court of Claims"
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    "name_long": "Illinois",
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      "In re Application of Katherine O\u2019Connell."
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      {
        "text": "Per Curiam.\nClaimant filed her application for benefits on October 26, 1978, as the result of the death of her husband, James E. O\u2019Connell, on May 20,1978. At the time of his death, he was patrolman, 1st Class, assigned to duty in the 19th Police District, City of Chicago.\nInvestigation by the Attorney General resulted in obtaining a statement of decedent\u2019s supervising officer which brought forth the fact that on May 20, 1978, decedent was on squadrol duty from 12:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. About 3:00 a.m. on May 20,1978, Officer O\u2019Connell was attempting to subdue an offender and as a result of the exertion, he suffered a heart attack.\nDecedent was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center, and there passed away as the result of cardiorespiratory arrest. Operative procedures at the Center disclosed the presence of a massive ventricular aneurysm.\nThe investigation discloses that there is no evidence which would show, or tend to show, that decedent\u2019s death was the result of willful misconduct or intoxication.\nWe are of the opinion that Officer O\u2019Connell was killed in the line of duty as defined in section 2(e) of the Law Enforcement and Firemen Compensation Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 48, par. 282(e)), and that proofs taken by the Court at the hearing herein satisfy all of the requirements of the above statute, and we find that the claim is compensable as provided therein.\nIt is hereby ordered that the sum of $20,000.00 be, and is hereby awarded to Katherine O\u2019Connell as the surviving spouse of James E. O\u2019Connell in accordance with the provisions of Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 48, par. 283.",
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        "author": "Per Curiam."
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    "head_matter": "(No. 00162\nIn re Application of Katherine O\u2019Connell.\nOpinion filed December 4, 1979."
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