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  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-07-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven P. Berne, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Wesley C. Ross District Attorney's Office, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0528

    The trial court's error in excluding expert testimony on the voluntariness of defendant's statement was harmless, given the evidence of defendant's

  • Williams v. The Flintkote Co.

    Publication Date: 2002-07-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark F. Dehler, Michael E. Perez Mark F. Dehler LLC, Decatur, Hardy Gregory Jr. Gregory, Christy & Maniklal, Cordele, and John E. Guerry Ness, Motley & Loadholt, Mt. Pleasant, S.C., for appellant.
    for defendant: . Anandhi S. Rajan Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A0782

    An asbestos manufacturer was entitled to summary judgment in the plaintiffs' injury action because there was no evidence that the plaintiffs were in proximity to the defendant's product during it

  • Yang v. Washington

    Publication Date: 2002-07-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Neal H. Howard, William D. James Neal H. Howard PC and Joann Brown-Williams, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Hunter S. Allen Jr. and Gary R. McCain Allen & Weathington PC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A0274

    The trial court's error in refusing to allow the plaintiff an opportunity to voir dire the defendants' expert was harmless, given the expert's qualifica

  • Aukerman v. Witmer

    Publication Date: 2002-07-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James L. Paul and Eric C. White Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gary A. Barnes, Nancy E. Gordon Gambrell & Stolz LLP, Robert D. Feagin Decker & Hallman, Atlanta, and James H. Webb Jr. Webb, Stuckey & Lindsey, Peachtree City, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0077; A02A0716

    The plaintiff was not entitled to summary judgment on the defendants counterclaim for breach of fiduciary duty because there was some evidence that plaintiff engaged in unauthorized and unlawful acc

  • Baca v. Baca

    Publication Date: 2002-07-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul S. Weiner, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Renata D. Turner, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0119

    Issues involving temporary child custody and support which were tied into a family violence protective order were not moot, even though the 6-month protective order had expired, because these issues

  • Dodson v. Dean

    Publication Date: 2002-07-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Luann M. Evans, Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael E. McLaughlin, Atlanta, and Gilder Howard, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0417

    The trial court properly denied the parties' untimely recusal motion which they filed more than five days after learning of the grounds for the motion and less than 10 days before the final hearing

  • James v. Vineville Christian Towers Inc.

    Publication Date: 2002-07-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas F. Jarriel Lane & Jarriel, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lisa M. Edwards and Richard A. Epps Jr. Martin, Snow, Grant & Napier, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0559

    Defendant lacked actual or constructive notice of a virtually invisible hole on its pre

  • Grossman v. Brown & Webb Builders Inc.

    Publication Date: 2002-07-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles F. Peebles and Kennon Peebles Jr., Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: George L. Welborn Downey, Cleveland, Parker & Williams, Marietta, and David T. Markle, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A0145

    Defendants were entitled to summary judgment on the plaintiff's warranty claim because the evidence did not raise a question of fact as to what the alleged written warranty co

  • Beaton v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-07-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lloyd A. Levitt Levitt & Levitt, Chattanooga, Tenn., for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert E. Franklin Jr., District Attorney, Lafayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0174

    Evidence that defendant fired a shot through a house door when he knew that there were multiple persons outside the house supported his convictions for multiple counts of reckless co

  • Ades v. Werther

    Publication Date: 2002-07-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hayes M. Dever, Michael F. O'Neill and Alison D. Arce Dever & Merlin LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Ross, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0458

    The trial court erred in granting summary judgment to the plaintiff based on the theory of unjust enrichment where the evidence showed the existence of a con