An ultrasound technologist’s “vague concerns” about defendant hospital’s per­formance of certain ultrasounds and bill­ing practices, which primarily related to possible underbilling, were not “protected activity” under the False Claims Act, and the hospital wins summary judgment on plaintiff’s claim that ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Michael F. Urbanski U.S. District Court - Western District

A Harrisonburg U.S. District Court overrules plaintiff borrowers’ objec­tions to a magistrate judge’s recom­mendation to dismiss their suit against defendant mortgage servicer based on various consumer protection laws. Plaintiffs primarily – and prolifically – lodge objections to the report’s find­ings ...

Tagged with: Judge Michael F. Urbanski Real Estate U.S. District Court - Western District

A judge has judicial immunity from plaintiff’s suit complaining about an order to remove him from the courtroom for his conduct in the courthouse, but the Harrison­burg U.S. District Court orders defendant sheriffs to respond to plaintiff’s discovery seeking to ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Michael F. Urbanski U.S. District Court - Western District

A Roanoke U.S. District Court says de­fendant manufacturer has not violated the court’s 2015 injunction ordering it to cease and desist marketing its China-made Ultrasorbs as being made in the U.S. and forbidding it from using any reference to plaintiff’s ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Michael F. Urbanski U.S. District Court - Western District

Two defendants who allegedly used phone calls, letters and email to arrange for plain­tiff, a Virginia resident, to wire money to Ohio as part of a fraudulent scheme for plaintiff to acquire a patent, are subject to plaintiff’s law­suit in ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Michael F. Urbanski U.S. District Court - Western District

Although plaintiff buyer contends he took his 2004 Dodge Durango to Berglund Dodge dealership within a few months of purchas­ing the vehicle and was advised of potential issues with the lower end of the car, he made no attempt to ...

Tagged with: Consumer Protection Judge Michael F. Urbanski U.S. District Court - Western District

A Roanoke U.S. District Court says two counts of defendant coal company’s contract action against Norfolk Southern Railway are barred by the parties’ 2009 settlement of their earlier contract dis­pute; the remaining counts in the coal company’s suit are not ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Michael F. Urbanski U.S. District Court - Western District

It’s often the first sign that a busi­ness could be facing legal trouble. The worrisome news arrives with a vis­it by a U.S. Marshal or government inves­tigator. It’s a Civil Investigative Demand – a request for the company to turn ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Judge Michael F. Urbanski Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District U.S. District Court - Western District

A Harrisonburg U.S. District Court defers action on the government’s motion to enforce a Civil Investiga­tive Demand against Beam Brothers Trucking Inc. seeking documents re­lated to an ongoing civil investigation into whether Beam submitted false claims to the U.S. Postal ...

Tagged with: Administrative Judge Michael F. Urbanski U.S. District Court - Western District

In the wake of plaintiff’s deposition of a state trooper who investigated plaintiff’s accident and testified that defendant was the driver of the tractor trailer that backed up and pinned plaintiff between his pickup truck and the tractor trailer, the ...

Tagged with: Judge Michael F. Urbanski Negligence U.S. District Court - Western District