• Melvin v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-01-05
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Vernita L. Lee, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. David Miller, District Attorney, and Bradfield M. Shealy, Assistant District Attorney, Valdosta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A2318

    The jury was authorized to conclude that the defendant was a lookout for the gunman, not an innocent bystander, during the robbery of a convenience store

  • City of Atlanta v. Arnold

    Publication Date: 2001-01-05
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Susan P. Langford and Bruce P. Johnson City of Atlanta Dep't of Law, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Todd K. Maziar, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A1056

    An injured police officer who quit work to receive a disability pension could not show that he was entitled to a resumption of temporary disability benefits based on a change in condition because he

  • Anthem Casualty Ins. Co. v. Murray

    Publication Date: 2001-01-05
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel C. Hoffman Young, Thagard, Hoffman, Scott & Smith, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas L. Gibson Gibson & Spivey, Neal L. Conner Jr. Kopp & Conner PC, Waycross, Blanche R. Miller Hawkins & Parnell, Atlanta, and Joan P. Shaker Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A1501, A00A2304

    Given the conflicting evidence as to whether the employee was fully compensated for his catastrophic on-the-job injuries, the worker's compensation insurer was not entitled to summary judgment on it

  • Harrison v. Winn Dixie Stores Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-01-05
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth W. Brosnahan Peterson & Harris, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard A. Watts, Megan W. Grout Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers and Lee Southwell State Bd. of Workers' Comp., Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A00A1572

    The grocery store employee who was seriously injured in an accident while traveling from one store to another to work an unscheduled shift was not entitled to workers' compensation benefits because

  • Toal v. DeKalb Med. Ctr. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-01-05
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. Rawls, V. Robert Denham Jr., Sara K. Sledge and Holly A. Pierson Powell, Goldstein, Frazier & Murphy, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thurbert Baker, Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Per B. Normark and Dennis R. Dunn, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A00A1654, A00A1655

    Georgia's 1996 Medicaid reimbursement plan was invalid because the Georgia Department of Medical Assistance adopted the plan without make the findings necessary to insure that the plan provided for

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  • McCall v. McCall

    Publication Date: 2001-01-05
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Pilar J. Penn, Stone Mountain, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. Boyd Warner, Mayoue & Bates PC, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A1178

    Because the mother had sole legal custody of the children by virtue of her divorce decree, the tr urt improperly modified custody during a contempt proceeding initiated by the father when the t

  • Head v. DeKalb County

    Publication Date: 2001-01-05
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Susan M. Garrett, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Frank E. Jenkins III, Peter R. Olson Jenkins & Nelson, Cartersville, Andrea C. Jones and G. Douglas Dillard Dillard & Galloway, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A00A1035

    The plaintiff's suit seeking a declaration as to the legal effect of the county Board of Commissioners' action on a rezoning petition was not an appeal of a zoning decision because the plaintiffs w

  • Faulkner v. Hood

    Publication Date: 2000-12-15
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James N. Butterworth, Cornelia, for appellant.
    for defendant: . J. Douglas Stewart Stewart, Melvin & Frost, Gainesville, for appellees.

    Case Number: A00A1089

    Defendant's agreement to purchase pro for plaintiffs at a public sale was unenforceable because the parties never agreed on how much defendant would pay for the pro

  • Thomas Mote Trucking Inc. v. PCL Constructors Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-12-01
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A00A1528, A00A1529

    The trial court should have calculated the reasonable rental value of a machine which defendant converted because plaintiff elected to demand a verdict for the return of the machine and its

  • Burns v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-11-17
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven E. Phillips, Public Defender, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard, District Attorney, and Christopher M. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A1486

    Because defendant's conviction was based on both direct and circumstantial evidence, any error in the trial court's failure to give his requested charge on the degree of proof necessary for a convic