The Eighth District affirmed a domestic-violence civil protection order including a firearms restriction, holding that repeated unauthorized home entries during parenting time constituted domestic violence.
The Eighth District affirmed convictions for domestic violence and aggravated menacing against EMS workers, holding that the defendant’s verbal death threats to first responders constituted separately punishable offenses from the underlying domestic assault.
The Eighth District reversed the trial court’s dismissal of a rape and kidnapping indictment for preindictment delay, holding that the defendant failed to establish actual prejudice from the 16-year gap between the offense and indictment despite the deaths of two potential witnesses.
The Eighth District affirmed temporary custody of an infant to CCDCFS, finding clear and convincing evidence of neglect based on the mother’s pattern of conduct including threats while holding the child, a prior child’s neglect adjudication, and refusal to engage in case-plan services.
The Eighth District affirmed summary judgment for Winking Lizard Tavern and Cintas on a slip-and-fall claim, finding the floor mat hazard was open and obvious and the plaintiff failed to demonstrate a genuine issue of material fact on the attendant-circumstances exception.