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  • Bartelt v. Convergence.com Corp.

    Publication Date: 2007-11-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen P. Fuller Davidson & Fuller, Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Peter Q. Bassett and Kelly C. Wilcove Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A07A1361

    The term costs does not include deposition costs for purposes of those costs assessed against a losing party in a civil matter under O.C.G.A. § § 9-11-54 d and 9-

  • Lincoln Elec. Co. v. Gaither

    Publication Date: 2007-07-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randall J. Butterfield King & Spalding, Jennifer G. Cooper Gambrell & Stolz LLP, Anthony L. Cochran Chilivis, Cochran, Larkins & Bever, Atlanta, C. Wilson DuBose Winkler & DuBose, Madison, and Mary Parsons Fulkerson, Feder & Wollam LLP, Houston,Texas, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John D. Steel Matthews & Steel, Atlanta, Brian H. Barr Levin, Papantonio, Thomas, Mitchell, Echsner & Proctor PA, Pensacola, Fla., Grant Kaiser The Kaiser Firm, John E. Williams Jr. Williams Baily Law Firm, Houston, Texas, and Walter Umphrey Provost Umphrey Law Firm, Beaumont, Texas, for appellees. Other party representation: James L. Hollis Balch & Bingham LLP, Charles B. Marsh, Kenneth M. Barre Swift, Currie, McGhee & Heirs, John M. Hawkins Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, Robert B. Hocutt Nall & Miller, Robert C. Buck Childers, Buck & Schlueter LLP, Stevan A. Miller Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP, Charles J. Cole Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney LLP, Andrew M. Gibson Alston & Bird, Atlanta, C. Ronald Ellington, Athens, and Mikal Watts The Watts Law Firm LLP, Corpus Christi, Texas.
    Case Number: A07A0177

    The claims of over 350 plaintiffs in ten law suits against defendant electric companies' for their alleged injures as the result of exposure to welding fumes were improperly joined under O.C.G.A. §

  • Lincoln Elec. Co. v. Gaither

    Publication Date: 2007-07-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randall J. Butterfield King & Spalding, Jennifer G. Cooper Gambrell & Stolz LLP, Anthony L. Cochran Chilivis, Cochran, Larkins & Bever, Atlanta, C. Wilson DuBose Winkler & DuBose, Madison, and Mary Parsons Fulkerson, Feder & Wollam LLP, Houston, Texas, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John D. Steel Matthews & Steel, Atlanta, Brian H. Barr Levin, Papantonio, Thomas, Mitchell, Echsner & Proctor PA, Pensacola, Fla., Grant Kaiser The Kaiser Firm, John E. Williams Jr. Williams Baily Law Firm, Houston, Texas, and Walter Umphrey Provost Umphrey Law Firm, Beaumont, Texas, for appellees. Other party representation: James L. Hollis Balch & Bingham LLP, Charles B. Marsh, Kenneth M. Barre Swift, Currie, McGhee & Heirs, John M. Hawkins Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, Robert B. Hocutt Nall & Miller, Robert C. Buck Childers, Buck & Schlueter LLP, Stevan A. Miller Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP, Charles J. Cole Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney LLP, Andrew M. Gibson Alston & Bird, Atlanta, C. Ronald Ellington, Athens, and Mikal Watts The Watts Law Firm LLP, Corpus Christi, Texas.
    Case Number: A07A0177

    The claims of over 350 plaintiffs in ten law suits against defendant electric companies' for their alleged injures as the result of exposure to welding fumes were improperly joined under O.C.G.A. §

  • Argentum Int'l LLC v. Woods

    Publication Date: 2006-07-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael H. Cummings II, Clayton, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Edward E. Strain III Cathey & Strain, M. Keith York Kimzey, Kimzey & York, B. Chan Caudell Caudell & Hotard LLC, Cornelia, and Charles W. Stephens Stephens & Shuler, Gainesville, fro appellees.
    Case Number: A06A0698

    Some evidence supported the plaintiffs' fraud claim, since the first individual defendant attempted to transfer title to a patent for a multi laminate silver nylon wound dressing out of the defendan

  • EHCA Dunwoody LLC v. Daniel

    Publication Date: 2006-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. Grant and Derin B. Dickerson Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brent S. Hudspeth, Christopher J. McFadden, Decatur, Heber Simmons III and Chris Henderson Simmons Law Group PA, Jackson, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A2141

    The plaintiff developed severe interstitial cystitis IC from use of a latex catheter, which the medical center inserted into her while she was under its care, even though she informed the medical ce

  • Department of Transp. v. Meadow Trace Inc.

    Publication Date: 2005-07-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Atlanta, R. David Syfan and Thomas L. Fitzgerald Hulsey, Oliver & Mahar, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frank Armstrong III Stewart Melvin & Frost LLP, Gainesville, T. Michael Tennant Alston & Bird, Tim Carssow and Ian Landgreen Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A04A1353

    A condemned parcel of property in Hall county continues to have a right of access to Highway 129, since a notation in the property's plat of "Req'd R/W & L.A.," without definition or explanation

  • Fulton-DeKalb Hosp. Auth. v. Reliance Trust Co.

    Publication Date: 2004-12-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bernard Taylor and Joshua B. Belinfante Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Don C. Keenan and Allan L. Galbraith The Keenan Law Firm, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A04A0912

    O.C.G.A. § 19-7-5 does not create a private cause of action if a physician fails to report suspected child

  • Vaillant v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2004-05-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tracey A. Moran, East Point, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Marcus Howard Bird & Mabrey PC, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: William D. Temple Temple, Strickland & Counts, Decatur, and Bradley K. Donnell McAfee & Taft PC, Oklahoma City, Okla.
    Case Number: A04A0600

    Plaintiff's only written notice of her injury claim against the city-an "Air Talk" form, which she mailed to an airport's customer service manager-did not substantially comply with statutory anti-li

  • Harrell v. Federal Nat'l Payables Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-12-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John A. Christy and Nathan M. Wheat Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Candace N. Smith Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1213

    No jury question remained as to whether plaintiff's failure to extend a $10 million line of credit to the first plaintiff's real estate management company caus demise of that company and crea

  • 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