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  • Hoffman v. AC&S Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-04-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas P. McManamy, Leslie S. Pickett and Charles A. Mathis Jr. Middleton, Mathis Admas & Tate, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Ivan A. Gustafson, Christopher G. Conley Blasingame, Burch, Garrard, Bryant & Ashley, Athens, Michael J. Crist Hawkins & Parnell, Jeffrey A. Burmeister and Stevan A. Miller Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A2409

    Plaintiff failed to raise a jury issue in her asbestos-related injury suit because none of her witnesses could testify that she was exposed to defendants' pro

  • In the Interest of A. T. H. and J. D. E.

    Publication Date: 2001-04-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kristopher Shepherd, Athens, 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, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Tony D. Coy, Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2090

    Mother's convictions for felony murder and armed robbery in violation of her established reunification goal supported the termination of her parental r

  • Chaney v. Burdett

    Publication Date: 2001-04-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. Gaulden Jr., Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: . J. William Haley Perrie, Buker, Jones & Morton PC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A1895

    Because the surviving partner elected to continue the business following dissolution of the par ip by operation of law, the deceased partner's widow had no right to compel liquidation of the pa

  • Salinas v. Skelton

    Publication Date: 2001-04-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sylvia R. Jones, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bruce P. Brown, Gregory S. Brow Long, Aldridge & Norman, Joseph R. Cruser Cruser & Mitchell LLP, Sharon L. Rowen Rowen & Klonoski PC and Jennifer M. McBath Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A1973

    A notification letter referring to the presence of asbestos in plaintiff's condominium which defendants produced during discovery was admissible as evidence that they had knowledge of the toxic subs

  • The Kroger Co. v. Strickland

    Publication Date: 2001-04-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas A. Wilde Webb, Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Howard W. Jones Jones & Ledbetter PC, Calhoun, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2581

    A grocery store could be vicariously liable for the acts of an independent contractor if the contracted duty was statutorily req

  • In the Interest of C. D. E., S. M. E. and D. C. E.

    Publication Date: 2001-04-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David L. Whitman and Sandra D. Hicks, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Assistant Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, and William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and John P. Cheeley Cheeley & Joyner LLC, Duluth for appellee. Other party representation: Laura W. Hyman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A00A1914; A00A1995

    The evidence did not support a finding that the children were deprived due to domestic abuse by the father who no longer resided in the mother's

  • In the Interest of B. N. A.

    Publication Date: 2001-03-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Tuck, Chatsworth, 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, Laura W. Hyman, Assistant Attorney Generals, and Cynthia N. Johnson Waycaster, Johnson, Morris & Dean, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1933

    The juvenile court erred in terminating the putative father's parental rights because DFACS never established a reunification plan and visitation schedule as or

  • Watkins v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-03-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven E. Phillips, Public Defender, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, and George W. K. Snyder Jr., Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1959

    Defendant was not entitled to a directed verdict because he blocked the assault victim's avenue of escape and fled with the assa

  • Smith v. Direct Media Co.

    Publication Date: 2001-02-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Lance Smith III, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph E. East, Waycross, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2160

    Because the defendant never gave the plaintiff any indication that he did not consider himself liable for the parties' advertising contract, the defendant was equitably estopped from relying on his

  • Arnold v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-02-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alan J. Baverman, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Timothy B. Lumpkin, Assistant District Attorney, Dana J. Norman, Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2375

    Evidence that defendant threatened to shoot one of the arresting officers supported his convi for felony obstru