• Torgesen v. Torgesen

    Publication Date: 2005-07-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James R. Acrey, Cornelia, for appellant.
    for defendant: M. Steven Campbell, Cornelia, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A0705

    Where was not of the essence, the parties were required to perform their duties under a settlement agreement within a reasonable

  • Duvall v. Bledsoe

    Publication Date: 2005-07-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Warren N. Coppedge Jr. and Joseph B. Evans Coppedge & Leman PC, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: . William F. Jourdain and Jonathan Bledsoe Minor, Bell & Neal, Dalton, for appellee. Other party representation: James D. Meadows, Michelle M. Rothenberg-Williams Balch & Bingham LLP, Mark D. Halverson Boyd & Greene LLC and Robert L. Berry Jr. Brinson Askew Berry Seigler, Rome.

    Case Number: A05A0554

    Although an attorney with the firm representing the plaintiff in a medical malpractice action had represented the defendant in connection with his divorce and the creation of a trust for his childre

  • Jackson v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-07-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles C. Grile, Pooler, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, and Arvo H. Henifin, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A0195

    The defendant gave contradictory accounts of the events that occurred on the night that he and the gunman waited in a stolen car for the shooting victim to come

  • Cantera v. American Heritage Life Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2005-07-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James G. Tunison Jr., Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . G. G. Joseph Kunes Jr. Kunes Law Office, Tifton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A0743

    The trial court erred in granting summary judgment to the defendant in an interpleader action regarding the amount due under three life insurance policies issued on his wife because there is a genui

  • The Serv. Merchandise Co. v. Hunter Fan Co.

    Publication Date: 2005-07-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wayne D. McGrew III and Kim M. Ruder Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Semler & Stair LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard W. Hendrix Finch, McCranie, Brown & Thrash, and Glenn C. Tornillo Casey, Gilson & Williams PC, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A0382

    A 1998 purchase agreement contract did not control the issue of indemnity in connection with the sale of a defective air purifier that was manufactured by appellee and sold by appellant, and which a

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  • Sprayberry Crossing Partnership v. Phenix Supply Co.

    Publication Date: 2005-07-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric A. Szweda, Leonard M. Garside III, Douglas A. Henderson and Steven J. Hewitson Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard A. Horder and Jill Warner Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A0762

    The defendant was not entitled to j.n.o.v. following a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff in an action to recover for hazardous waste contamination because evidence that the defendant spilled pe

  • Grand v. Hope

    Publication Date: 2005-07-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert S. Stubbs III Banks, Stubbs & Neville, Cumming, and Dana A. Azar, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ginni Hope, Woodstock, proceeded pro se.

    Case Number: A05A0538

    The plaintiff, who alleged that his ex-wife made fraudulent misrepresentations that induced him to adopt her two daughters, cannot recover child rearing expenses and child support costs that he was

  • Ford v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-07-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald F. Samuel and William C. Lea Garland, Samuel & Loeb, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A0616

    The trial court did not err in admitting the transcript of an on-line chat between the defendant and a sergeant, who posed as a 14-year-old girl, sinc ssion of the transcript was analogous to t

  • Flott v. Southeast Permanente Med. Group Inc.

    Publication Date: 2005-07-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael B. King, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason P. King and Michael A. Pannier Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PC, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A0503

    The plaintiff's intentional misleading of the defendants and the trial court regarding her expert witness' withdrawal from the case justifies the imposition of the severe sanction of dismissal for d

  • Currid v. DeKalb State Court Probation Dep't

    Publication Date: 2005-07-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel L. Starks Martin & Jones, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. Ware Office of the County Attorney, and Wade W. Mitchell Miller, Hamilton, Snider & Odom LLC, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Jennifer L. Dalton, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A05A0149

    A jury question remained as to whether the county was grossly negligent, reckless or committed willful misconduct when it assigned the decedent to ride on the back of a garbage truck to fulfill his