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  • Jackson v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-04-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul Fryer, Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Brown Moseley, District Attorney, and Anthony E. Paulsen III, Assistant District Attorney, Bainbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2259

    Even if the defendant's a violated his Fourth Amendment rights, he was not entitled to a new trial because he did not claim that his conviction rested upon evidence seized as a result of his a

  • Mullinax v. Miller

    Publication Date: 2000-04-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William G. Hasty Jr. and Jonathan A. Pope, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Edwin Marger, Jasper, for appellees. Cheryl Sams, Talking Rock, proceeded pro se.
    Case Number: A99A2038

    In a case of first impression, the Court determined that the defendant was not liable for contributing background information for a published article that accused the plaintiffs of stealing property

  • Heath v. Sims

    Publication Date: 2000-04-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harmon W. Caldwell Jr. and Wade H. Watson III Caldwell & Watson, and Melissa S. Price, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tom Pye Chestnut & Livingston PC, Doraville, for appellees.
    Case Number: A99A2055

    Since the probate court has exclusive jurisdiction over all matters involving t ates of deceased persons, the superior court lacked jurisdiction to hear a beneficiary's damages claims based on

  • Manzi v. Cotton States Mut. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2000-04-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles A. Gower, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Edward L. Long Jr. Willis, McKenzie & Long, LaGrange, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2021

    The plaintiff lost her right to seek uninsured motorist benefits because her insurance policy required her to notify the defendant within 60 days of her accident with the uninsured driver and she fa

  • GFA Bus. Solutions Inc. v. Greenway Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2000-04-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert G. Brazier, Irwin W. Stolz Jr., Seaton D. Purdom Gambrell & Stolz, Atlanta, and Christopher R. Stovall Andersen, Davidson & Tate, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael W. McElroy Harman, Owen, Saunders & Sweeney PC, Michael T. Thornton, Atlanta, and Pamela M. Richards-Greenway, Warner Robins, for appellee. Other party representation: Charles M. Goetz Jr. Goetz, Tibbs & Zahler and Philippa V. Tibbs Gleaton, Persons, Egan & Jones, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A99A2373

    An insurance company could be liable for breach of a contract to procure insurance where its authorized agent accepted insurance premiums from the plaintiff and then pocketed the money instead of pa

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  • Bolden v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-04-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William C. Head, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph J. Drolet, Solicitor General, and June D. Green, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A98A1828

    The Court of Appeals adopted the Supreme Court's judgment reversing the defendant's DUI conviction because the state improperly commented on the credibility of its only wi

  • In the Interest of C.G.B.

    Publication Date: 2000-04-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard R. Schlueter, Conyers, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen A. Sgrosso, Dennis R. Dunn, Laura W. Hyman, Assistant Attorneys General, and Albert A. Myers III Mumford, Myers & Mooney, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Jeremy A. Moulton Moulton & Massey, Conyers.
    Case Number: A99A2231

    The trial court presumably disregarded inadmissible hearsay evidence from a DFACS caseworker's notes and the court-appointed special advocate's reports when it determined that termination of the mot

  • Sullivan v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-04-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel C. Chapman III, Conyers, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and Thomas R. McBerry, Assistant, District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2213

    Although th ndant contended that many people had a motive to rob the victim, the fact that the victim was a drug dealer was not admissible because it did not raise a reasonable inference that t

  • Wynn v. Arias

    Publication Date: 2000-04-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph A. Roseborough, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James F. Stovall III King, Taylor & Stovall PC, Tucker, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2276, A99A2414

    Although the plaintiff contracted with the defendants for the construction of a custom home, she could not maintain a claim based on their negligent construction of the home since she never purchas

  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-04-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley C. House, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, and Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A1625

    The defendant was not harmed by the state's failure to disclose the pretrial statements of three juveniles since the officer who interviewed the juveniles testified that they initially denied any pa