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  • Georgia Dept. of Human Resources v. Coley

    Publication Date: 2001-01-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, John C. Jones, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Bruce M. Edenfield and Robert L. Bunner Gray Hedrick & Edenfield LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John A. Lawson Lawson & Priebe, Jason K. Priebe and Charles E. Cox Jr., Macon, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A1491

    Under the Georgia Tort Claims Act, the state was immune from a suit involving the strangulation of the plaintiff's brother at a state hos

  • City of Atlanta v. Arnold

    Publication Date: 2001-01-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Susan P. Langford and Bruce P. Johnson City of Atlanta Dep't of Law, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Todd K. Maziar, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1056

    An injured police officer who quit work to receive a disability pension could not show that he was entitled to a resumption of temporary disability benefits based on a change in condition because he

  • Anthem Casualty Ins. Co. v. Murray

    Publication Date: 2001-01-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel C. Hoffman Young, Thagard, Hoffman, Scott & Smith, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas L. Gibson Gibson & Spivey, Neal L. Conner Jr. Kopp & Conner PC, Waycross, Blanche R. Miller Hawkins & Parnell, Atlanta, and Joan P. Shaker Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1501, A00A2304

    Given the conflicting evidence as to whether the employee was fully compensated for his catastrophic on-the-job injuries, the worker's compensation insurer was not entitled to summary judgment on it

  • Toal v. DeKalb Med. Ctr. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-01-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. Rawls, V. Robert Denham Jr., Sara K. Sledge and Holly A. Pierson Powell, Goldstein, Frazier & Murphy, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thurbert Baker, Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Per B. Normark and Dennis R. Dunn, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A1654, A00A1655

    Georgia's 1996 Medicaid reimbursement plan was invalid because the Georgia Department of Medical Assistance adopted the plan without make the findings necessary to insure that the plan provided for

  • Watts v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-11-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David H. Jones King & King & Jones PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, Kevin W. Drummond, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1084

    Videotapes seized during a s of defendant's residence were admissible based on the testimony of defendant's alleged common-law wife that she consented to the s

  • Anderson v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-11-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Henry A. Hibbert, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and George W.K. Snyder Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1437

    The victim's identification of the defendant and the fact that her car was found at the house where he was staying supported his convic

  • Sellers v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-09-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elaine T. McGruder, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, George W. K. Snyder Jr., Senior Assistant Attorneys General, Wylencia H. Monroe, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1303

    Any error in the charge on accident and self-defense was harmless since the jury rejected both defenses when it convicted defendant for voluntary manslau

  • Wingate v. Ridgeview Inst. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-08-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard M. Hubert Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel S. Reinhardt and Jennifer A.K. Campbell Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A98A0501

    The Court of Appeals adopted the Supreme Court's decision in Ridgeview Inst. Inc. v. Wingate, 271 Ga. 512 1999, holding that treatment facility properly adhered to the requirements of O.C.G.A. § 37-

  • Lebbage v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-08-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elaine T. McGruder, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, George W. K. Snyder Jr., Senior Assistant District Attorney, and Bettieanne C. Hart, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0395

    Defendant's bipolar disorder did not mandate that he be found guilty but mentall

  • Battle v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-08-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James E. Millsaps, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alan A. Cook District Attorney, and William K. Wynne Jr., Chief Assistant District Attorney, Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0634

    Illustrations provided by trial court during rec to jury did not demand reversal in light of the totality of the rec