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  • Miles v. Ahearn

    Publication Date: 2000-06-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Christopher S. Brasher, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and James J. Phillips, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael M. Hawkins and Sherry B. Lantz The Chestney Hawkins Law Firm, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0787

    Because any issue surrounding the Department of Public Safety's receipt of arresting officer's statement swearing that he had reasonable grounds to make DUI arrest is outside the scope of the admini

  • In the Interest of V.M.T.

    Publication Date: 2000-06-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brenda Godfrey Baskin & Baskin PC, Joseph T. Justice Clark & Justice, David J. Casey and Bobby G. Adkins Jr., Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thurbert Baker, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, Williams C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen A. Sgrosso and Sanders B. Deen, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: William E. Brewer, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A00A0480, A00A0481

    Mother who could not tell that her child had sustained life-threatening injuries lacks the fundamental skills necessary to care for the child who now has special needs as a result of the extreme phy

  • McNeal Constr. Co. v. Wilson

    Publication Date: 2000-06-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: H. David Moore and Lisa R. Coody Clark & Moore, Warner Robins, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Kirby R. Moore and Bradley G. Pyles Westmoreland, Patterson & Moseley, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A98A0914

    The Court of Appeals adopted the Supreme Court's ruling that the statute of limitation barred defendant's claims on two promissory

  • Watson v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-06-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randolph G. Rich Rich & Smith PC, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and James V. Branch, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0229

    Trial counsel was not ineffective for failing to object to hearsay evidence that was consistent with the defendant's claim that his father-in-law committed the c

  • Thompson v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-06-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph J. Saia Saia, Richardson & Meinken, Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven L. Harris, Solicitor General, Fayetteville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0680

    The trial court should have determined that the Uniform Traffic Citation charging defendant with committing the crime of "no insurance" corresponded with the O.C.G.A. § 40-6-10 b's knowingly operati

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  • Swan Kang Inc. v. Tae Sang Kang

    Publication Date: 2000-06-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David W. Graybeal Jr., Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Kessler, Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0378

    Prospective buyer of store failed to show that the liquidated damages provision in the sales contract was an unenforceable pe

  • Moore v. BellSouth Mobility Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-06-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harmon W. Caldwell Jr., Vincent M. Ferrero and Wade H. Watson III Caldwell & Watson LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gloria L. Johnson BellSouth Cellular Corp., James H. Coil III and Daniel F. Piar Kilpatrick & Cody, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A0709

    Employer's promise that employee would be promoted before the end of the normal waiting period was unenforceable, since the underlying employment contract was for an indefinite time and terminable at

  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-06-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
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    Case Number: A00A0762, A00A0763

    Defendant's previous conviction for a drug offense was admissible as a similar transaction to show he was not merely a bystander to the current drug

  • Power v. Georgia Exterminators Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-05-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
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    Case Number: A99A2182, A99A2183

    New homeowner failed to prove that sellers tried to conceal the fact that the home had recent termite d

  • Glisson v. Freeman

    Publication Date: 2000-05-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerrell T. Hendrix and Carl M. Nelson Jr., Richmond Hill, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard A. Rominger and Lisa R. Richardson Brennan, Harris & Rominger, Savannah, for Carol Freeman. Terry R. Weiss and M. Graham Loomis Long, Aldridge & Norman, Atlanta, for Merrill Lynch.
    Case Number: A99A2319, A99A2480

    Stock broker of joint account with right of survivorship was liable to widow for conversion and breach of fiduciary duty because it failed to confirm executor's assertion that widow wanted account f