Court Opinion

ID: 9739674
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 20:19:21.563049+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:24:13.404561
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JUSTICE RAKOWSKI, dissenting: The Commission concluded that claimant knew the men were police officers from the beginning. Claimant had been shown the officers’ badges and had been repeatedly told to remove the dog or risk going to jail. Although claimant’s testimony paints a different picture, it was for the Commission to judge credibility and draw inferences from the facts. The question is one of fact and properly the province of the Commission. Because there is substantial evidence which supports the Commission’s decision, it cannot be said that the claimant’s opposite conclusion is clearly apparent. Because I believe that the Commission’s decision is not against the manifest weight of the evidence, I would affirm the judgment of the circuit court. McCULLOUGH, P.J., joins in the dissent.