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  • The Lamar Co. LLC v. The State of Ga.

    Publication Date: 2002-07-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David H. Flint, Mark W. Forsling and Scott W. Peters Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason P. Wright, James M. Hunter, Mary L. Glassberg Holland & Knight LLP, and Beryl H. Weiner Weiner, Yancey, Dempsey & Diggs LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A02A0299

    The lessee of condemned property was entitled to an award of attorneys' fees based on the state's actions in unnecessarily expanding condemnation proceedings involving the lease property without sub

  • Blake v. Spears

    Publication Date: 2002-07-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert S. Sichel, Dunwoody, for appellant.
    for defendant: James E. Goodman, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0480

    The trial court's grant of supersedeas on a prior contempt order suspended all further proceedings while the prior case remained on a

  • Lumpkin v. Mellow Mushroom

    Publication Date: 2002-07-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brent J. Savage and Christopher D. Britt Savage, Turner & Pinson, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Edward R. Stabell III and Kristine B. Shehane Brennan, Harris & Rominger, Savannah, for appellees. Other party representation: Larry I. Smith Thompson & Smith PC, Augusta.
    Case Number: A02A0359

    An establishment that sold beer to a minor was not liable for his death in a fall from a friend's jeep because the serving of alcohol is not the proximate cause of any injury inflicted by the intoxi

  • West v. Village Ford-Mercury Inc.

    Publication Date: 2002-07-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph E. East, Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Matthew R. Lawrence, Valdosta, and Scott C. Crowley Crowley & Billiard, Waycross, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0827

    Plaintiffs' negligent entrustment theory against a car dealership failed because the dealership sold the vehicle in question before its driver collided with plaintiffs

  • Rushing v. Gold Kist Inc.

    Publication Date: 2002-07-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerald M. Edenfield, William R. Bryant and Marc M. Bruce Edenfield, Cox, Bruce & Classens, Statesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: John A. Dana, Sandersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0522

    Defendant agreed to be bound by a co-op's subsequently adopted arbitration policy when he signed a membership agreement with the co-op which was subject to the co-op's existing charter and by-laws,

  • Fidelity Nat'l Title Ins. Co. v. Matrix Fin. Servs. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2002-07-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George M. Kent Jr. Shapiro Fussell Wedge Smotherman Martin, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott H. Michalove and Peter L. Lublin McCalla, Raymer, Padrick, Cobb, Nichols & Clark, Roswell, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0641

    An insured suffered a loss under its title insurance policy where two security deeds were filed on the disputed property before the insured filed its deed and no court had declared the prior deeds in

  • Printis v. Bankers Life Ins. Co. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2002-07-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sidney L. Moore Jr., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas M. Byrne and Thomas W. Curvin Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0094

    O.C.G.A. § 33-31-4 a allows the amount of credit life insurance on a to include the total amount payable over the course of the

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-05-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James B. McGee III McGee & McGee, Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard E. Currie, District Attorney, Waycross, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0544

    The evidence, although circumstantial, corroborated the codefendant's testimony that the 29 rocks of crack cocaine found in his pocket belonged to the defendant and that the defendant asked him to se

  • Morgan v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-05-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ellis R. Garnett, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, and Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0320

    The trial court did not err in not severing the defendant's trial from that of his codefendant since the codefendant's testimony provided some corroboration for the defendant's explanation that the

  • Robinson v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-05-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael E. Garner, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, and Samuel G. Merritt, Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0356

    Evidence that the defendant charged at the victim with a loaded gun and threatened to kill him supported his conviction for aggravated as