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  • Traicoff v. Withers

    Publication Date: 2001-02-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: L. Bruce Hedrick Gray, Hedrick and Edenfield LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Stephen D. Apolinsky and Lori A. Smith Eastman & Apolinsky LLP, Decatur, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A1844

    The owner and manager of an apartment complex were not liable for the death of plaintiff's husband when he was attacked by another tenant because there was no evidence that the attacker had previous

  • Yoder v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-02-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael D. Reynolds, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, and Roger H. Anderson, Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2391

    The defendant was not entitled to an out-of-time appeal of his convictions for child molestation because he was fully advised of his rights and chose not to file a direct appeal for financial re

  • Ward v. Georgia Dep't of Human Resources

    Publication Date: 2001-01-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jackson E. Cox II Crumbley & Crumbley, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Katherine S. Davis, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Charles L. Cash Jr., McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2162

    The Court of Appeals adopted the judgment of the Supreme Court that the Department of Human Resources erred in filing a petition to establish the mother's obligation to support her oldest child beca

  • Butts v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2001-01-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lester Z. Dozier Jr. Dozier & Sikes LLC, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Bullard IV and Jon-Selby R. Hawk, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1769

    Given the plaintiffs' prior treatment for abdominal and leg pain and her failure to report any injury at the accident scene, the jury could have concluded that she failed to establish that the defe

  • Georgia Dept. of Human Resources v. Coley

    Publication Date: 2001-01-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, John C. Jones, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Bruce M. Edenfield and Robert L. Bunner Gray Hedrick & Edenfield LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John A. Lawson Lawson & Priebe, Jason K. Priebe and Charles E. Cox Jr., Macon, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A1491

    Under the Georgia Tort Claims Act, the state was immune from a suit involving the strangulation of the plaintiff's brother at a state hos

  • La Petite Academy Inc. v. Turner

    Publication Date: 2001-01-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Warren R. Hinds, Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Charles A. Mathis Jr. Middleton, Mathis, Adams & Tate, Nicol J. Hanyard, Atlanta, and Isis Roque, Homestead, Fla., for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A1695

    A 2-year-old's unfortunate injury while riding a tricycle at daycare was not the result of any negligence on the part of the child's teacher or the daycare c

  • Richards v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-01-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Derek M. Wright, Alan M. Shenberg and Shaun C. Willie The Wright Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Keith C. Martin, Solicitor, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1460

    Defendant's withdrawal of his motion for a new trial constituted a disposal of his motion under O.C.G.A. § 5-6-38 a for purposes of determining whether he filed a timely notice of a

  • Henderson v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-01-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lloyd J. Matthews, Hampton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, and Erman J. Tanjuatco, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1993

    The trial court properly allowed the state to impeach defendant's witnesses with certified copies of their prior felony convic

  • Callaway v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-01-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: August F. Siemon III, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William T. McBroom III, District Attorney, Fayetteville, and Daniel A. Hiatt, Assistant District Attorney, Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0947

    To obtain a conviction for insurance fraud, the state was not required to prove that the defendant actually received payment from the insurance co

  • The Continental Ins. Co. v. American Motorist Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2001-01-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James M. Poe Drew, Eckl & Farnham, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: E. Wycliffe Orr and Kristine E. Orr Orr & Orr, Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1267

    The trial court properly determined that a commercial general liability policy, rather than a business automobile liability policy, covered the injuries sustained by the underlying plaintiff when a