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  • Jackson v. Ford

    Publication Date: 2001-10-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Taylor W. Jones Taylor W. Jones & Assocs., and Richard E. Harris, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Warren W. Willis Jr. Morris, Manning & Martin, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A01A1023

    Defendant's oral promise to pay plaintiff incentive compensation for substantial work was too indefinite to be legally enforc

  • Carswell v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-10-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua D. Earwood, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: T. Joseph Campbell, District Attorney, and Donald S. Smith, Assistant District Attorney, Calhoun, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A0984

    Defendant's conviction for possession of a firearm du he commission of a crime could not stand because the evidence did not support a finding that the gun was within arm's reach of his person d

  • Edmondson v. Gilmore

    Publication Date: 2001-10-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Galen A. Mirate, Valdosta, and Melinda M. Katz, Thomasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . George M. Saliba II, Gregory A. Voyles, Valdosta, and Charles R. Reddick, Homerville, for appellees.
    Case Number: A01A0838

    The trial court properly dismissed a Georgia couple's adoption petition which would have required relitigation of an Alabama couple's right to adopt the child in que

  • Jackson v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-10-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian M. House, Ringgold, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert E. Franklin Jr., District Attorney, and Jennifer E. Hildebrand, Lafayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A0878

    The state failed to prove that the diphenhydramine pills seized from defendant's house did not comply with FDA labeling requirements or that they were not available for purchase over the co

  • Stover v. Tipton

    Publication Date: 2001-10-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Oliver H. Doss Jr. Doss & Doss, Blue Ridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: . David E. Ralston, Blue Ridge, for appellees.
    Case Number: A01A1248

    Res judicata did not bar plaintiffs' claim that they acquired a prescriptive easement across defendants' private way because their cause of action did not arise until defendants attempted to obstruc

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  • Kmart Corp. v. Morris

    Publication Date: 2001-10-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. Grant Alston & Bird, and Nowell D. Berreth, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jonathan C. Peters, Michael T. Carithers and Allen S. Willingham Love & Willingham LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A01A1166

    Evidence that the premises owner knew an automatic door would open towards incoming patrons under certain circumstances supported a finding that its knowledge of the danger was superior to plaint

  • SEC Inc. v. Puckett

    Publication Date: 2001-10-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald R. Donovan, Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mason B. Rountree The Rountree Law Firm, Dallas, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1191

    Plaintiff failed to show that he was covered by the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act because he presented no evidence that he or his employer were sufficiently engaged in interstate commerce or the

  • Stronghaven Inc. v. Ingram

    Publication Date: 2001-10-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George W. Long III, Adam S. Katz Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, Atlanta, and Gabor Balassa, Chicago, Ill., for Stronghaven. Edward F. Danowitz Jr. and Kim G. Meyer, Atlanta, for Ingram.
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    Case Number: A01A1612; A01A1613

    A jury issue remained as to whether plaintiff's former employer waived timely performance of a stock repurchase option when it retained plaintiff's stock assignment forms without informing him that

  • Matheson v. Stilkenboom

    Publication Date: 2001-10-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas L. Henry, Clarkesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel L. Parr Sr. Carey, Jarrard & Walker, Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1472

    In plaintiff's injury suit, the trial court erred in failing to recharge the jury after they twice expressed uncertainty and confusion regarding the definition of negli

  • White v. The Bd. of Comm'rs of McDuffie County, Ga.

    Publication Date: 2001-10-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ziva P. Bruckner and Paul H. Dunbar III Capers, Dunbar, Sanders & Bruckner, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Peter R. Olson, G. Carey Nelson III Jenkins & Nelson, Cartersville, and Samuel A. Fowler Jr. Fowler & Wills, Thomson, for appellees.
    Case Number: A01A1509

    The plaintiffs failed to show that a conflict of interest influenced the County Board of Commissioners' decision to approve the County Development Authority's rezoning applic