• Rather v. Worrell

    Publication Date: 2003-03-28
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lloyd N. Bell and Linley Jones, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Walter B. McClelland Mabry & McClelland LLP, and Brian M. Dossena Stokes, Lazarus & Carmichael LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A02A2215

    Plaintiff failed to exercise due care for her own safety when she chose to negotiate a step onto a stage at a senior residential home, rather than waiting for assis

  • Boaz v. Latson

    Publication Date: 2003-03-28
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John A. Roberts and Brandy C. Snyder The Roberts Law Firm, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Albert B. Wallace, Stephen B. Wallace Albert Bailey Wallace PC, and William R. Latson, Jonesboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A1663

    The 4-year statute of limitation was not tolled on the plaintiff's fraud claim because the defendant did not prevent him from discovering an allegedly fraudulent promissory

  • Carter v. McKnight

    Publication Date: 2003-03-28
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter D. Adams, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Brad S. McLelland and Bradley J. Watkins Whelchel, Brown, Readdick & Bumgartner, Brunswick, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A1794

    The plaintiffs failed to exercise the greatest possible diligence in serving the defendant outside the applicable limitation periods on their personal injury and property damage c

  • In the Interest of N.Q.

    Publication Date: 2003-03-28
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen B. Taylor Harry, Pavilack & Assocs., Statesboro, 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 and Laura W. Hyman, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Anne R. Moore, Statesboro.

    Case Number: A02A1822

    The mother's failure to comply with any DFACS case plan and her insistence that DFACS lacked authority to interfere with her r to raise her children supported the termination of her parental r

  • Haynes v. Kingstown Properties Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-03-28
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert B. Turner and Ashleigh R. Madison Savage & Turner, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christian J. Steinmetz III Wiseman, Blackburn & Futrell, Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A1719

    The evidence did not show that the defendant had actual or constructive notice of any alleged defect in an apartment stove which caught fire, injuring the plai

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  • Parke v. Fant

    Publication Date: 2003-03-21
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Weinstock and Elizabeth M. Jaffe Weinstock & Scavo PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey B. Bogart, Susan A. Hurst Bogart & Bogart PC, Atlanta, and David J. Turner Jr., Manchester, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A1911

    The trial court correctly applied the liberal time limitation of O.C.G.A. § 1-3-1 d, in assuming jurisdiction under the UCCJA to hear a custody dispute after the mother moved the children out of

  • Brown v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-03-21
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence Lewis, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Alvera A. Wheeler, Senior Assistant District Attorney, and Peggy A. Katz, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A1809

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in failing to sever defendant's trial, even though he pursued a consensual sex de and one co-defendant presented an alibi de

  • Little v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-03-21
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Morgan III, Abbeville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Denise D. Fachini, District Attorney, and Jana M. Bruner District Attorney's Office, Cordele, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A1990

    The trial court properly admitted defendant's inculpatory statements to the GBI agent, which he made them in connection with a consensual polygraph examination after he was informed of and waived hi

  • Gulf States Underwriters of La. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-03-21
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert L. Berry Jr. and Kristy L. Cordle Brinson, Askew, Berry, Seigler, Richardson & Davis, Rome, for Gulf States Underwriters. William L. Lundy Jr., Cedartown, for Bennett. Michael T. Thornton, Atlanta, for Thomas. Other party representation: Lee Southwell State Bd. Workers Compensation, Atlanta, and Joseph T. Leman Coppedge, Leman & Ward PC, Dalton.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A02A1858; A02A1859

    The Workers' Compensation Board lacked jurisdiction to consider plaintiff's claim against an insurance agent who sold the underlying accident policy to plaintiff's employer since no statutory author

  • Dildine v. Town & Country Truck Sales Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-03-14
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric S. Fortas Krohn & Moss LT, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeremy A. Moulton and John W. Moulton Moulton & Massey, Conyers, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A2419

    No jury question remained as to whether the defendant breached an implied warranty of merchantability associated with a car sold to the plaintiff since the plaintiff's own expert testified that he c