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  • Carter v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-01-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William C. Head, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1735

    The state is not required to re-serve its discovery materials on each new attorney a felony defendant re

  • Worthy v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-01-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Terry Grandison, Assistant Public Defender, and Lawanda J. O'Bannon, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph J. Drolet, Solicitor General, and Brian K. Ross, Assistant Solicitor, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A2017

    The state authenticated a computerized printout of defendant's driving record through an investigator's testimony that she was trained and authorized to access the Georgia Information Crime Computer

  • BP Exploration & Oil Inc. v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2001-12-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerald L. Mize Jr., George N. Mori, Douglas G. Scribner and Paul J. Kaplan Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for BP Exploration & Oil. Preyesh K. Maniklal, Hardy Gregory Jr., Gary C. Christy Gregory, Christy & Maniklal, Cordele, and Christopher N. Smith, Macon, for Jones. Other party representation: William D. Harrison Mozley, Finlayson & Loggins, Atlanta, and Luanne Clark Moore, Clarke, Duvall & Rogers PC, Albany.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A01A1207; A01A1208

    A n l oil company was not vicariously liable for the plaintiff's injuries at an independently owned gas st

  • Conner v. Hart

    Publication Date: 2001-11-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John D. Hipes Hipes & Norton, Alpharetta, and Joseph C. Peake III Hipes & Norton, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: L. Matt Wilson and David K. Loftin The Wilson Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A0877

    Even if defendant concealed some aspects of selling his partnership's store, plaintiff suffered no injury because defendant never completed the

  • In the Interest of A. B.

    Publication Date: 2001-10-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James J. Anagnostakis, Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Laura W. Hyman, Assistant District Attorneys, Atlanta, and T. Michael Flinn, Carrollton, for appellee. Other party representation: Rita F. Cooper, Powder Springs.
    Case Number: A01A1592

    Clear and convincing evidence supported the termination of the mother's parental rights where she failed to comply maintain a sanitary and stable home as required by her reunification

  • Wiley v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-08-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin C. Jones Webb, Stuckey & Lindsey LLC, Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and Sandra A. Graves, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1026

    Defendant's own testimony that he did not commit the crimes precluded him from asserting an entrapment de

  • Old Republic Union Ins. Co. v. Floyd Beasley & Sons Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-07-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sherry S. Harrell, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William J. Neville Jr. Callaway, Neville & Brinson, Claxton, James R. Gardner Gardner & Bowman LLC, Richmond Hill, and William K. McGowan Franklin, Taulbee, Rushing, Bunce & Brogdon Statesboro, for appellee. Other party representation: Howard E. Spiva, Cecil C. Davis Howard E. Spiva PC, Savannah, Troy W. Marsh Jr., Statesboro, J. Franklin Edenfield Spivey, Carlton & Edenfield PC, Swainsboro, and Wilson R. Smith Smith & Jenkins, Vidalia.
    Case Number: A01A0530

    An automobile exclusion in the insured's CGL policy did not preclude coverage for underlying injuries allegedly caused by the insured's negligence in leaving an empty trailer on the side of the road

  • American Global Dev. Group Inc. v. Sasser & Weatherford Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-05-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard K. O'Donnell Menden & O'Donnell, Roswell, and G. Brian Raley The Raley Law Firm, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Donna W. Howell James S. S. Howell Law Offices, and Dennis K. Calhoun, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A0007

    A separate created by the defendant to purchase property and build a hotel was entitled to a directed verdict in the plaintiff's suit for breach of a real estate contract because the separate

  • In the Interest of C.C.

    Publication Date: 2001-04-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elena M. Mushkin and Eric G. Kocher Georgia Law Center for the Homeless, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Sanders B. Deen, Assistant Attorneys General, and Robert J. Grayson Edwards, Friedewald & Grayson, Marietta, for appellee. Other party representation: Catherine C. Vandenberg Cobb County Legal Aid, Marietta.
    Case Number: A01A0349

    DFACS did not prove deprivation where evidence showed that mother sought treatment for her mental illness and ensured that her child received proper care in the in

  • Johnson v. Riverdale Anesthesia Assocs. PC

    Publication Date: 2001-04-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary Hill Hill and Bleiberg, Atlanta, and Larry K. Evans Evans & Evans, Griffin, for appellant.
    for defendant: . H. Andrew Owen Jr. Harman, Owen, Saunders & Sweeney PC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A2110

    The trial court properly excluded plaintiffs' irrelevant questions regarding what a defense expert would personally have done under the circumstances since the applicable standard of care is one emp