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  • Freeman v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

    Publication Date: 2006-09-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Davis K. Loftin, Peter A. Law and Ernest M. Moran Peter A. Law PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Albert J. Decusati McLain & Merritt PC, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Tommy C. Mann Mann & Mann, Macon.
    Case Number: A06A0939

    A factual question remained as to whether the defendant had knowledge of the rolled-up carpet mat lying across an aisle in the defendant's produce department prior to the plaintiff's

  • Williams v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2006-08-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Noel L. Hurley and Tanis R. Miller The Georgia Law Group of Hurley LLC, East Point, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sewell K. Loggins and Brian J. Duva Mozley, Finlayson & Loggins LLP, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0366

    The city's inaction in mailing the plaintiff's negligence complaint to its insurer, but doing nothing to ensure that the insurer received it, did not constitute excusable neglect, which would author

  • In the Interest of S. K. K.

    Publication Date: 2006-08-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Claudia J. Bolin, Darien, Robert H. Baer, Brunswick and Craig T. Pearson Public Defender's Office, Hinesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John T. Durden Jr., District Attorney, Claira E. Mitcham, Assistant District Attorney, and Angel L. Blair District Attorney's Office, Hinesville for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1258

    Reasonable evidence authorized the juvenile court to believe that the juveniles committed the delinquent acts of arson, attempted murder and criminal trespass to authorize the transfer of their case

  • Brown v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-08-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tony L. Axam Axam, Adams & Secret PA, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, Madonna M. Little, Charles R. Sheppard and Rebecca A. Wright, Assistant District Attorneys, Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1399

    The plain error doctrine is limited to capital cases and criminal cases in which the trial judge allegedly intimates an opinion of the defendant's

  • Williams v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2006-07-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Noel L. Hurley and Tanis R. Miller The Georgia Law Group of Hurley LLC, East Point, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sewell K. Loggins and Brian J. Duva Mozley, Finlayson & Loggins LLP, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0366

    The city's inaction in mailing the plaintiff's negligence complaint to its insurer, but doing nothing to ensure that the insurer received it, did not constitute excusable neglect, which would author

  • Simon v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-07-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maris Murcier-Ashley, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Barbara B. Conroy, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0324

    The defendant's e-mail correspondence with the victim was admissible because the victim authenticat

  • Navarro v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-05-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Raymon D. Burns, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Matthew D. Crosby, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0537

    The defendant was not in custody when he answered the officers' knock at an apartment door, invited the officers inside, then admitted that he was at the scene of an aggravated assault and that he s

  • Mabra v. Deutsche Bank & Trust Co. Americas f/k/a Bankers Trust Co.

    Publication Date: 2006-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey H. Schneider and Scott A. Johnson Weissman, Nowack, Curry & Wilco PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John E. Robinson and Gregory H. Blazer McLarty, Robinson & Van Voorhies LLP, Decatur, for appellees.
    Case Number: A05A1890

    The defendant was a bona fide purchaser for value, since the quitclaim deed that the plaintiff's husband forged that purported to transfer the plaintiff's interest in her marital home to her husband

  • In the Interest of K. A. P.

    Publication Date: 2006-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael S. Webb, Assistant Public Defender, Chatsworth, and Bentley C. Adams III Public Defender's Office, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rodney Q. Quarles, Chatsworth, and Philip F. Woodward, Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A2332

    The 25-year-old mother has used drugs since she was 13, she was under the infl of drugs at the termination hearing and she physically threatened her child and his siblings while under the infl

  • Ward v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven E. Lister and Scott W. DePlonty, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and Thomas R. McBerry, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A2288

    The defendant's consent did not validate a search, which was the product of an unlawful dete