A plaintiff who seeks insurance coverage for fire damage to his home has his suit against the carrier dismissed as time-barred under the policy’s two-year contractual limitations period; the tolling period of Virginia’s nonsuit statute cannot extend the time for ...

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

In this products liability and negligence action arising out of an explosion at an automotive ball-bearing plant in Blacksburg, the Roanoke U.S. District Court denies defendants’ second set of motions for summary judgment, filed on remand from the 4th Circuit. ...

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

Real estate sellers who were sued by a title company that paid a claim to their buyers for an alleged problem with drafting of an access easement have their third-party complaint against the lawyer who drafted the easement and his ...

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

In plaintiff’s suit alleging his employer violated the Americans with Disabilities Act in failing to accommodate his medical condition arising from a serious work-related injury requiring prescription pain medication, a Roanoke U.S. District Court will not apply issue preclusion based ...

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

Although plaintiff visited her male coworker at his home in the evenings at least three times, and accepted gifts from him, including cards, flowers and regular cups of coffee and lunches, the Roanoke U.S. District Court nevertheless cannot award employer ...

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A couple on the hook for a faulty easement in a real estate deed will get another chance to sue their lawyer after their first suit was deemed untimely. A Roanoke federal judge made it clear in a Nov. 10 ...

Tagged with: Federal Courts Judge Michael F. Urbanski Legal Malpractice Real Estate

In this products liability suit arising from the death of a landscape employee who was killed when a 2007 Hustler Z zero-turn radius riding mower rolled over, a Harrisonburg U.S. District Court grants summary judgment to defendant Excel Industries, manufacturer ...

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Plaintiff ultrasound technician who twice discussed with her supervisor at defendant hospital the billing “inconsistencies” arising from the hospital’s alleged practice of using billing codes for ultrasound services despite not producing the full number of images indicated by the billing ...

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

In plaintiff’s suit challenging defendant county board of supervisors’ practice of regularly opening its meetings with board-led sectarian prayers, the Danville U.S. District Court grants in part plaintiff’s third motion for attorney’s fees and awards 50 percent of the requested ...

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

In her “third bite at the apple,” plaintiff still has failed to discover defendant driver’s address and to serve the refiled personal injury complaint against the driver, and the Harrisonburg U.S. District Court declines to extend the deadline for service ...

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