In the post-judgment phase of this lit­igation arising out of the unauthorized distribution of DIRECTV satellite pro­gramming to viewers at Massanutten Resort that resulted in a judgment of $2,393,000 against defendants Randy Coley and East Coast Cablevision LLC, a Harrisonburg ...

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

In a federal employee’s suit alleging a coworker defamed him by reporting to her supervisor that plaintiff “always carries a gun in the workplace,” the Harrisonburg U.S. District Court ac­cepts a magistrate judge’s recommenda­tion and says the U.S. can be ...

Tagged with: Judge Joel Hoppe Judge Michael F. Urbanski Tort U.S. District Court - Western District

A plaintiff’s allegation that defendant coworker at the Radford Army Ammu­nition Plant sexually assaulted her on employer’s premises cannot support her respondeat superior claim against em­ployer; there is no allegation that the defendant employee was performing em­ployment duties at the ...

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

A plaintiff who settled her claims un­der the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act with a later owner of her consumer debt is bound by the confession of judg­ment executed by the parties and plain­tiff may not sue prior owners of ...

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

In a commercial food packaging com­pany’s suit alleging defendant insur­ance broker failed to acquire a stop loss insurance policy for the 2014-2015 coverage year, the company may sue the broker for breach of an insurance agency contract, but the Roanoke ...

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

A plaintiff who alleges he was injured when an elevator he used dropped at a high rate of speed in the Poff Federal Building wins remand of his personal injury suit to state court; the Roanoke U.S. District Court says ...

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

An interstate trucking broker in Geor­gia is subject to specific jurisdiction ina Harrisonburg U.S. District Court in a wrongful death action alleging the negli­gent hiring and retention of a driver of a load of frozen chicken had an extensive criminal ...

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

The 4th Circuit affirms denial of ha­beas relief for the capital murder con­victions and death sentence of William Charles Morva, a Virginia defendant who escaped from detention and fatally shot a hospital security guard and a po­lice officer; petitioner has ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Criminal Judge Michael F. Urbanski

A plaintiff who lost her wrongful death products liability suit after her husband’s death in a riding lawn mower rollover accident will not have to pay a $23,069 bill of costs submitted by defen­dant manufacturer, says a Harrisonburg U.S. District ...

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

A Roanoke woman’s employment lawsuit against her former employer may be head­ed to arbitration. Or it may not. Whether she accepted the company’s job offer through an online portal is a question of fact, said the judge, who will hold ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Michael F. Urbanski