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  • Mitchell v. Cambridge Property Owners Assoc. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2005-10-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John M. Brown, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew J. Kilpatrick II Kilpatrick & Folk, Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0924

    A driveway is a "structure" within the common meaning of that term, as well as the homeowners' association's restrictive cove

  • DeRossett Enters. Inc. v. General Elec. Capital Corp.

    Publication Date: 2005-09-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David D. Rawlins, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sidney S. Haskins II King & Spalding, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1099

    The trial court erred in awarding attorneys' fees to the defendant without a hearing and without supporting the award with the requisite fin

  • Bearden v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-09-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Virginia W. Tinkler, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, Elisabeth G. MacNamara and Leonora Grant, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1140

    Other evidence corroborated the accomplice's testimony that the defendant committed three smash-and-grab burgl

  • McNeely v. The Home Depot Inc.

    Publication Date: 2005-09-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John W. Greer III, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Warner S. Fox and Kimberly D. Stevens Hawkins & Parnell LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A05A1156

    The defendants had probable cause, under the circumstances, to suspect that the plaintiff was involved in a scheme to steal money from a Home Depot store and that he hid a money bag in the transfer

  • Massey v. Butts County

    Publication Date: 2005-09-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Newton M. Galloway and John C. Torri Galloway & Lyndall LLP, Griffin, for appellant.
    for defendant: N. Kent Lawrence, Douglas R. Ballard Jr. Fears, Lawrence & Turner PC, and Denise F. Hemmann, Jackson, for appellees.
    Case Number: A05A1030

    The plaintiff lacked standing to challenge the county board of zoning's grant of a building permit for a barn that allegedly violated certain setback zoning provisions, since he did not allege or sh

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  • Kirby v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-09-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelly A. Dial, Georgia Public Defender, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas J. Campbell, District Attorney, Calhoun, and Donald S. Smith, Assistant District Attorney, Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1345

    The evidence supported a finding that the defendant was a party to the manufacture of methamphetamine in his leased

  • Dale v. Keith Built Homes Inc.

    Publication Date: 2005-09-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Manley F. Brown, John C. Clark, Philip M. Brown, Jarome E. Gautreaux O'Neal, Brown & Clark PC, Macon, Leighton B. Deming Jr., Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: . J. Kenneth Moorman and Nancy G. Cook Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial LLC, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Matthew L. Hilt Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske LLP, John L. Kimmey III Germano, Kimmey & Cheatwood PC, James A. Meaney III Allen, Kopet & Assocs., Atlanta, Cubbedge Snow III, Thomas P. Allen III Martin & Snow, Macon, Jeffrey L. Cox, Henry L. Young Jr., Dawsonville, and Charles R. Adams III Adams & Adams LLP, Fort Valley.
    Case Number: A05A1433

    The general contractor's alleged failure to enforce its no-drinking on the job policy did not increase the risk of harm to third pe

  • Cranford v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-09-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William J. Sussman, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dennis C. Sanders, District Attorney, and Durwood R. Davis, Assistant District Attorney, Thomson, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0826

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in qualifying an officer as an expert on the damage a shotgun blast would cause to a car window based on his experience as a certified firearms instruct

  • Love v. The Money Tree Inc.

    Publication Date: 2005-09-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ralph F. Simpson Simpson & Cross, Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: . David G. Crockett, Atlanta, and George C. Floyd Floyd & Lambert, Bainbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0363; A04A0468

    O.C.G.A. § 9-9-2 c 3 acted to invalidate the insurance company's arbitration agreement with its in

  • State v. Cochran

    Publication Date: 2005-09-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael H. Crawford, District Attorney, Clarkesville, and Deborah S. Wilbanks, Assistant District Attorney, Toccoa, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy P. Healy, and Nina M. Svoren Healy & Svoren, Toccoa, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0959

    A reliable confidential informant witnessed an individual enter the defendant's home with $40 and quickly return with a rock of crack co