• Norris v. Emanuel County Ga.

    Publication Date: 2002-03-22
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Billy R. Kight and Eric L. Jones, Dublin, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Franklin Edenfield Spivey, Carlton & Edenfield PC, Swainsboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A1913

    The trial court erred in granting summary jud to the defendants based on sovereign immunity where defendants raised only the issue of official immunity in their motion for summary jud

  • ABB Risk Management Serv./Georgia Kaolin v. Lord

    Publication Date: 2002-03-22
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James M. Elliott Jr. and Christina J. Bevill Wall & Elliott, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles W. Snyder Jones, Boykin & Assocs., Savannah, for appellee. Other party representation: Lee Southwell State Bd. of Workers Compensation, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A01A2083

    The superior court erred in reversing the ALJ's finding that the workers' compensation claimant underwent a change in condition where some evidence showed that the claimant performed daily jobs for

  • Sun v. Mercedes Benz Credit Corp.

    Publication Date: 2002-03-22
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert H. McKnight Jr. Freed & Bermen PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Carmichael and Shawn M. Winterich Stokes, Lazarus & Carmichael, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A1822

    A liquidated damages provision obligating the lessee to pay a monthly lease payment in addition to all of the lease payments due and owing under the lease at the time of the lessee's default, was an

  • Conex Freight Sys. Inc. v. Georgia Ins. Insolvency Pool

    Publication Date: 2002-03-22
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Fredric Chaiken Kaufman, Chaiken, Miller & Klorfein, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Blakely H. Frye Gorby & Reeves, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Charles H. Van Freed & Berman, Jo Beth Earl Chambers, Mabry, McClelland & Brooks, Stuart S. Busby Bovis, Kyle & Burch, and Matthew G. Moffett Smith, Howard & Ajax, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A01A2429

    A California company's lease of an Atlanta facility provided some evidence that the company had an insurable interest in property permanently situated in Georgia so that the Georgia Insurers Insolve

  • In re Estate of Garmon

    Publication Date: 2002-03-22
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey B. Talley Jeffrey B. Talley & Assocs. PC, Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Walter Hamberg III and Adam R Gaslowitz Adam R. Gaslowitz & Assocs., Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A1987

    An estate executor was not entitled to reimbursement for the attorneys' fees he incurred in defending a petition for an accounting of estate assets where the evidence clearly showed that the executo

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  • Blake v. Spears

    Publication Date: 2002-03-15
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert S. Sichel, Dunwoody, for appellant.
    for defendant: James E. Goodman, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A2379

    The trial court's error in attempting to enforce a subpoena after granting defendant's application for supersedeas did not require reversal of the trial court's original order finding defendant in c

  • Cole v. Fauk

    Publication Date: 2002-03-15
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald W. Johnson The Johnson Law Firm, Fayetteville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John C. Parker, Robert E. Mulholland, Lisa J. Bucko Savell & Williams, Fredric S. Young, Joan G. Crumpler Barrickman, Allred & Young LLC, Atlanta, and William M. Dallas III Beck, Owen & Murray, Griffin, for appellees.

    Case Number: A01A1896

    The defendants had no reason to anticipate that their 15-year-old son would ignore their instructions not to drive unless he had a parent, his older sister, or other responsible adult in th

  • Ken's Stereo-Video Junction Inc. v. Plotner

    Publication Date: 2002-03-08
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: O. Hale Almand Jr. Almand & Wiggins, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: G. E. Adams, Warner Robins, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A1699

    A non-compete clause that prevented a car stereo and security system installation manager from working for another consumer electronics company in any capacity was overbroad and unenforc

  • Nobles v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-03-08
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kim T. Stephens, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth W. Mauldin, District Attorney, Athens, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Michael E. Hobbs, Deputy Attorney General, and David S. McLaughlin, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A1848

    In ordering the defendant to pay restitution, the trial court erred in failing to include written findings of fact pertaining to the various factors set forth in O.C.G.A. § 17-

  • Merritt v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-03-08
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Thomas S. Clegg and Jeanne M. Canavan, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A2474

    The state failed to prove that defendant was indicted for stealing his first victim's money within the applicable 4-year statute of limit