• Looney v. M-Squared Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-07-25
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig E. Bertschi Kilpatrick Stockton and George C. Chenggis Richardson & Chenggis, Atlanta, for Looney. Keven K. Kenison Kenison & Dudley and Joel F. Geer, Greeneville, S.C., for M-Squared Inc.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A03A0614; A03A0615

    The plaintiff could not recover for misappropriation of business opportunities it choose not to p

  • Empire Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. Driskell

    Publication Date: 2003-07-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William E. Gray II and Lloyd B. Hedrick Jr. Gray, Hedrick & Edenfield LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott C. Commander Mayfield, Commander & McMenamy LLC, Herald J. Alexander Alexander Law Firm PC and Charles A. Mathis Jr., Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A03A0121

    The trial court did not err in requiring an insurer to pay post-judgment interest on the entire $3.15 million award entered against its insured, even though liability under the policy was limited t

  • Saxton v. Davis

    Publication Date: 2003-07-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eugene D. Butt, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth J. Lander McNalley, Edwards, Bailey & Lander, Monroe, and A. Cullen Hammond Hammond, Carter & Watson, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A0072

    The trial court properly dismissed the plaintiff's injury suit because he failed to exercise the greatest possible due diligence in serving the defendant outside of the statute of limitation after l

  • De'Mon v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-07-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee W. Fitzpatrick, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Ann B. Harris and Amy H. McChesney, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A0396

    The jury was authorized to find that that defendant intended to rape the first victim since the evidence showed that the defendant sexually assaulted a second victim who worked at a subdivision unde

  • In the Interest of D. B. P.

    Publication Date: 2003-07-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William O. Tullis Jr., Blairsville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Laura W. Hyman, Assistant Attorneys General, Stephanie B. Hope, Special Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Robbie E. Colwell, Special Assistant Attorney General, Blairsville, for appellee. Other Party Representation: Riley White, Susan Ledford Union County DFCS, and John Andrews, Blairsville.

    Case Number: A03A0140

    Clear and convincing evidence supported the termination of the mother's parental rights where she continued to abuse drugs, r to end her abusive relationship with one child's putative father,

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  • State v. Schwartz

    Publication Date: 2003-07-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James R. Osborne, District Attorney, and Thomas J. Melanson, Assistant District Attorney, Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: William J. McKenney McKenney & Froelich, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A0163

    The trial court properly suppressed evidence seized from defendants' home as a result of a deputy's illegal observation of defendants through a side w

  • Hang v. Wages and Sons Funeral Home Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-07-03
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard D. Hobbs, Fayetteville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . James T. Budd and Brian W. Sprinkle Mabry & McClelland LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A0438

    Georgia's impact rule precluded an award of ge damages on the plaintiffs' emotional distress claim against a fu home for failing to follow the plaintiffs' instructions for a Buddist fu

  • Lahaina Acquisitions Inc. v. GCA Strategic Inv. Fund Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2003-07-03
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce M. Edenfield, Evan R. Mermelstein Gray, Hedrick & Edenfield LLP, and Kenneth L. Millwood Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Steven L. Polk Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Dorothy Y. Kirkley Kirkley & Payne, and John G. Haubenreich Seacrest, Karesh, Tate & Bicknese, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A0476; A03A0509

    Factual questions remained as to the sum the guarantors paid to settle their obligations in connection with defendant's

  • Aldridge v. Overstreet

    Publication Date: 2003-07-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William L. Preston, Douglas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sidney L. Cottingham, Douglas, for appellees.

    Case Number: A03A0701

    A restrictive covenant prohibiting the defendants from growing or receiving farm subsidies on increased corn and cotton bases cultivated by the plaintiff was unenforc

  • Grooms v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-06-27
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce S. Harvey, David S. West and Jennifer S. Hanson Law Office of Bruce S. Harvey, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Gayle M. Abramson and Elizabeth A. Baker, Assistant District Attorneys, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A0244

    The 11-year-old victim's testimony supported the defendant's convictions for aggravated child molestation and aggravated sexual as