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  • Rodgers v. Rockdale County

    Publication Date: 2001-05-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William W. Lavigno III Lavigno & Schlueter, Conyers, for appellant.
    for defendant: Terry E. Williams Terry E. Williams & Assocs. PC, Lawrenceville, for appellees.
    Case Number: A01A0262

    The knee injury plaintiff allegedly sustained during a pre-employment physical fitness test was not forse

  • In the Interest of C.C.

    Publication Date: 2001-04-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elena M. Mushkin and Eric G. Kocher Georgia Law Center for the Homeless, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Sanders B. Deen, Assistant Attorneys General, and Robert J. Grayson Edwards, Friedewald & Grayson, Marietta, for appellee. Other party representation: Catherine C. Vandenberg Cobb County Legal Aid, Marietta.
    Case Number: A01A0349

    DFACS did not prove deprivation where evidence showed that mother sought treatment for her mental illness and ensured that her child received proper care in the in

  • Preferred Real Estate Equitites Inc. v. Housing Sys. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-04-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hayes M. Dever and Michael F. O'Neill Erck, Dever & Merlin LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David H. Flint, Timothy C. Batten and Kevin T. Caiaccio Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2301

    Notice to the owner of an easement to pay taxes within 60 days or forfeit the easement was insufficient where the notice was not sent by the owner of the burdened pro

  • Anderson v. Bruce

    Publication Date: 2001-04-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph D. Perrotta Northcut, Edwards, Gordon, Perrotta, David A. Webster and Claudia E. Gordon, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joe O'Connor McLain & Merritt PC, and A. Cullen Hammond Hammond, Carter & Watson, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1953

    Plaintiff was entitled to amend her complaint after expiration of the statute of limitation to correct a misnomer which referred to a dead man as the defendant, rather than the executrix of his esta

  • Villareal v. TGM Eagle's Pointe Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-04-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chad A. McGowen, Rock Hill, and Lynda W. Orr Law Offices of Lynda G. Wilson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John F. Blount and Mark T. Dietrichs Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2060

    A property management company's knowledge of electrical problems in some apartments did not give rise to a duty to inspect all of the apartments where the apartments had separate electrical systems,

  • Buckalew v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-04-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael C. Ford Ford & Ford PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leslie C. Abernathy, Solicitor, and Inez D. Grant, Assistant Solicitor, Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1817

    Evidence showing that defendant had a blood alcohol level of .134 less than three hours after the officers saw him operating a boat on a public lake supported his per se convi

  • Johnson v. Riverdale Anesthesia Assocs. PC

    Publication Date: 2001-04-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary Hill Hill and Bleiberg, Atlanta, and Larry K. Evans Evans & Evans, Griffin, for appellant.
    for defendant: . H. Andrew Owen Jr. Harman, Owen, Saunders & Sweeney PC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A2110

    The trial court properly excluded plaintiffs' irrelevant questions regarding what a defense expert would personally have done under the circumstances since the applicable standard of care is one emp

  • Holmes v. Achor Ctr. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-04-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth R. Holmes, Lithonia, proceeded pro se. Milton B. Satcher Jennings, Sparwath & Satcher, Marietta, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A00A2500

    Plaintiff's suit for malicious prosecution raised jury ques as to whether his arrests for simple assault, aggravated stalking and criminal trespass were based on false accusa

  • Hoffman v. AC&S Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-04-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas P. McManamy, Leslie S. Pickett and Charles A. Mathis Jr. Middleton, Mathis Admas & Tate, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Ivan A. Gustafson, Christopher G. Conley Blasingame, Burch, Garrard, Bryant & Ashley, Athens, Michael J. Crist Hawkins & Parnell, Jeffrey A. Burmeister and Stevan A. Miller Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A2409

    Plaintiff failed to raise a jury issue in her asbestos-related injury suit because none of her witnesses could testify that she was exposed to defendants' pro

  • Herman Homes Inc. v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2001-04-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William M. Ray II and Christopher R. Stovall Andersen, Davidson & Tate PC, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: D. Richard Jones III Jones & Walling and Dent Acree, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A1811

    Because the homeowners elected to affirm their purchase agre the merger clause precluded them from relying on alleged misrepresentations made outside of the agre