• Swisshelm v. Georgia Dep't of Human Resources

    Publication Date: 2002-03-08
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward J. Coleman III and Carl J. Surrett Surrett & Coleman PA, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Katherine S. Davis, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and James M. Spence, Augusta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A01A1852

    Under the parties' private support agreement, the father was obligated to continue paying for his son's post high school education costs until his son received an undergraduate degree or reached the

  • Robinson v. Hunter

    Publication Date: 2002-03-01
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wilson R. Smith Smith & Jenkins, Vidalia, for appellant.
    for defendant: H. L. Cole, Valdosta, and Dwight H. May May & Horkan, Moultrie, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A2106

    A life tenant in real property was entitled to the proceeds form the sale of timber cut f e property since the timber sales represented the only substantial income the life tenant could expect

  • In the Interest of M. V.

    Publication Date: 2002-03-01
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael R. McCarthy, Dalton, 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, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Richard K. Murray, Dalton, for appellee. Other party representation: Bruce A. Kling and Jerry W. Moncus, Dalton.

    Case Number: A01A1790

    The mother's failure to protect her infant from a deadly beating supported the termination of her parental rights to her surviving chi

  • Farrell v. Human Resources Co.

    Publication Date: 2002-03-01
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David J. Blevins, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rickie L. Brown, Dalton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A1802

    Instead of dismissing plaintiff's breach of contract suit for improper venue, the trial should have transferred the suit to the appropriate state

  • Catrett v. Landmark Dodge Inc.

    Publication Date: 2002-03-01
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Warren R. Power and LeAnne P. Cooper Power & Westbury LLP, Stockbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: David L. Turner and Lea B. Kirschner Schulten, Ward & Turner LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A01A2153

    A jury question remained as to whether the plaintiff justifiably relied on a dealership's false representation that the truck he purchased was a new demonstrator vehicle when in fact the truck was u

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  • Rogers v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-03-01
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert L. Chandler Thompson, Fox, Chandler, Homans & Hicks, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lydia J. Sartain, District Attorney, Alison W. Toller and Lisa A. Jones, Assistant District Attorneys, Gainesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A2398

    The trial court properly admitted evidence of the victim's gender identity disorder since a psychologist offered expert testimony that the victim's efforts to dress and act like a male were consiste

  • State v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2002-03-01
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, and Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter D. Johnson, Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A1707

    The trial court lacked discretion to sentence the defendant to anything other than life without parole on his fourth felony convi

  • Lionheart Legend Inc. v. Norwest Bank Minn. Nat'l Assoc.

    Publication Date: 2002-03-01
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Henry M. Quillian III, Chandler W. Mason and Shattuck Ely Fellows, Johnson & LaBriola LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas M. Barton, Edward D. Burch Jr. Smith, Gambrell & Russell, Atlanta, and John G. Aldridge Jr. McCalla, Raymer, Padrick, Cobb, Nichols & Clark, Roswell, for appellee. Other party representation: John C. Tyler, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A01A1770

    A security interest from an individual to her corporation pledging certain real property in exchange for a $3 million promissory note was a nullity because the individual had previously transferred

  • Arnold v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-02-01
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leonard Danley Danley & Assocs., Douglasville, and William H. Kitchens Jr., Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: James D. McDade, District Attorney, and Gregory R. Barton, Assistant District Attorney, Douglasville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A2080

    Defense counsel was not ineffective for failing to file a timely motion to suppress evidence obtained from a valid investigatory stop and subsequent consent s

  • Watts v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-01-25
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David H. Jones King & King & Jones PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Kevin W. Drummond, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A1084

    The Court of Appeals adopted the Supreme Court's judgment overruling Bowe v. State, 201 Ga. App. 127 1991, and other cases which hold that a defendant has the burden of showing that information was