Case Digests

Groth v. Ace Cash Express Inc.

Publication Date: 2005-12-09
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Ruffin, John H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey P. Lutz, Jeffrey Y. Lewis Epstein, Becker & Green PC and Christopher C. Welton, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: . Stephen E. Hudson Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: A05A1496

An assignment agreement and attached guaranty, which the defendants signed in their partnership capacity did not bind them in their individual capac

Furlow v. State

Publication Date: 2005-12-09
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Ruffin, John H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary J. Melton, LaFayette Superior Court, for appellant.
for defendant: Herbert E. Franklin Jr., District Attorney, and John L. O'Dell, Assistant District Attorney, LaFayette, for appellee.
Case Number: A05A0983

The trial court reversibly erred in failing to instruct the jury on the charged counts of child endange

Short v. State

Publication Date: 2005-12-09
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Ruffin, John H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marcus C. Chamblee, Cambridge, for appellant.
for defendant: James D. McDade, District Attorney, and Christopher R. Johnson, Assistant District Attorney, Douglasville, for appellee.
Case Number: A05A1474

Waverly Hall Baptist Church Inc. v. Branham

Publication Date: 2005-12-09
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Ruffin, John H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Wray Eckl and Melanie C. Eyre Drew, Eckl & Farnham, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: . Deron R. Hicks Page, Scrantom, Sprouse, Tucker & Ford, Columbus, for appellees.
Case Number: A05A0893

The trial court had jurisdiction to decide the issue of whether a church's leadership impermissibly denied the appellees' request to hold a meeting to vote and act on church matters, since it was se

Karwacki v. Georgia Dep't of Transp.

Publication Date: 2005-12-02
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Ruffin, John H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: James R. Coppage, Brunswick, and Richard Phillips Phillips & Kitchings, Ludowici, for appellant.
for defendant: . Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Reagan W. Dean, and Claude M. Sitton, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: A05A1186

The plaintiffs presented probative evidence that a 7.5-inch drop-off on the highway shoulder caused the accident, which resulted in their daughter's

Pender v. Doe

Publication Date: 2005-11-18
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Ruffin, John H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hillman J. Toombs Hillman J. Toombs & Assocs. PC, Riverdale, for appellant.
for defendant: Richard A. Marchetti Marchetti & Lomas LLP, Columbus, for appellee.
Case Number: A05A1418

The plaintiff could not maintain a claim for uninsured motorist benefits, since he waited almost one month to report the hit-and-run accident to p

Fay v. Custom One Homes LLC

Publication Date: 2005-11-18
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Ruffin, John H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Russell D. King Dupree, Johnson, Poole & King, Marietta, for appellant.
for defendant: Tara C. Riddle and Eldon L. Basham Moore, Ingram, Johnson & Steele LLP, Marietta, for appellees.
Case Number: A05A1519

The Statute of Frauds, as set forth in O.C.G.A. § 13-5-30 4, did not bar the plaintiff's corporate ownership claim based on an oral agreement as a matter of law, because the defendants admitted thro

State v. Devine

Publication Date: 2005-11-18
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Ruffin, John H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey H. Brickman, Acting District Attorney, and Andrew C. Hall, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellant.
for defendant: Beverly J. Taylor, Decatur, for appellee.
Case Number: A05A0876

The officer's actions in approaching the defendant and in asking if he could pat him down did not rise to the level of a Terry

Parland v. Millennium Constr. Servs. LLC

Publication Date: 2005-11-18
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Ruffin, John H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul T. Robinson Robinson & Dixson, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Teddy R. Price, Decatur, for appellees.
Case Number: A05A1307

The Court remanded for the trial court to reconsider the issue of attorneys' fees and to enter the appropriate findings of fact and conclusions o

Wilson v. Prudential Indus. Properties LLC

Publication Date: 2005-11-18
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Ruffin, John H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert J. Mottern, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Thomas E. Reilly and Andrea D. Blohm Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: A05A1455

Some evidence showed that the appellee/creditor bought the appellant's former property at a foreclosure sale for a price that was equal to or in excess of the property's true