• In the Interest of K. N. C. et al, children

    Publication Date: 2003-12-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sheryl D. Fambrough, Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tony D. Coy, Athens, for appellee. Other party representation: David F. Dickinson Dickinson, Mixson & Willis, Monroe, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A1865

    Juvenile court was proper forum to adjudicate custodial grandmother's petition to terminate the mother's parental rights to two of her chi

  • Horne v. Andrews

    Publication Date: 2003-12-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Audrey Johnson, Jonesboro and Carol R. Horne, College Park, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas A. Cox Jr. and Kerry A. Lutz Miller & Martin LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A1482

    Resolution of a pastor's claims regarding published statements about his failure to follow church discipline, failure to participate in a stewardship campaign and improper use of a church cell phon

  • Charina v. Regions Bank

    Publication Date: 2003-12-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jay E. Loeb Olim & Loeb LLP, and David A. Webster, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen M. Forte and Samira Jones Smith, Gambrell & Russell LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A1189

    The trial court properly refused to reform a guaranty agreement after determining that there was no evidence supporting the defendant's claim that he though he was guaranteeing only 20 percent of th

  • Johnston v. Ross

    Publication Date: 2003-12-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John E. Kardos Kardos, Warnes & McElwee, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew J. Hill III and Josh B. Wages Blasingame, Burch, Garrard, Bryant & Ashley, Athens, for appellees.

    Case Number: A03A1130

    Whether the defendant breached a duty created by the applicable housing code that required handrails on steps leading from the front porch of the home he rented to plaintiff was a jury

  • Applebrook Country Day Sch. Inc. v. Thurman

    Publication Date: 2003-12-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph C. Parker Downey & Cleveland, William T. Casey Jr. Hicks, Casey & Barber PC, Marietta, and Christopher A. Townley, Rossville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Renzo S. Wiggins, Ringgold, for appellees.

    Case Number: A03A1252

    The plaintiff's expert erroneously defined the standard of care for day-care providers in terms of customary practices in the day-care industry instead of the established legal standard, which requi

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  • Alexander v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-12-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter E. Van, Thomasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. David Miller, District Attorney, Valdosta, James E. Hardy and James L. Prine II, Thomasville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A2089

    O.C.G.A. § 15-12-163 b 4 requires the state to determine whether the accused is related to any potential juror and § 15-12-164 a 2 requires jurors to be asked whether they have any prejudice or bias

  • Harrell v. Federal Nat'l Payables Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-12-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John A. Christy and Nathan M. Wheat Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Candace N. Smith Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A1213

    No jury question remained as to whether plaintiff's failure to extend a $10 million line of credit to the first plaintiff's real estate management company caus demise of that company and crea

  • Caves v. Columbus Bank and Trust Co.

    Publication Date: 2003-12-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clarence M. Mullin, Columbus, and G. Brian Raley Raley & Sandifer, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nisbet S. Kendrick III, John A. Thomson Jr. Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, Kelly A. Lee Crim & Bassler, Atlanta, and Jerry A. Buchanan Buchanan & Land, Columbus, for appellee. Other party representation: John W. Denney, Columbus, and Leon S. Jones Jones & Walden LLC, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A03A1612

    A guarantor's liability cannot be extended by implic or interpret

  • McClesky v. Vericon Resources Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-12-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George T. Smith Browning & Tanksley LLP, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael A. Dalton and John W. Campbell II Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: John F. Wymer III and Jennifer L. Kirk King & Spalding, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A03A1066

    The plaintiff's action against a company that provided his employer with a background check was barred by the consent form he signed releasing the employer and its agents from liab

  • Smith v. Morris, Manning & Martin LLP

    Publication Date: 2003-11-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Graydon W. Florence Jr., Atlanta, for Smith. John A. Sherrill and Stephen M. Parham Seyfrath Shaw, Atlanta, for Morris, Manning & Martin LLP.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A03A1516; A03A2075

    Noncompliance with the expert affidavit requirement does not render professional negligence actions void at their ince