A Shenandoah Valley computer technician has been ordered to pay more than $1,000 in attorney’s fees for violating an agreed order to provide advertising for the company that took him to court. A federal judge found the advertising provided under ...

Tagged with: Contract Federal Courts Judge Michael F. Urbanski

A Harrisonburg U.S. District Court says defendant WhitePages has immunity under the Communications Decency Act from a tort suit filed by plaintiff, who alleges injury from receiving “thousands of unwanted telephone calls after defendant incorrectly listed his address and telephone ...

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

A female lieutenant may try her claim that defendant regional jail authority retaliated against her in violation of Title VII by firing her shortly after she complained that she had been denied a chance to attend annual training conferences due ...

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

In this case arising out of the receipt of unauthorized distribution of DIRECTV satellite programming to thousands of viewers at Massanutten Resort, orchestrated by defendants Randy Coley and East Coast Cablevision, the Harrisonburg U.S. District Court has determined that these ...

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

A Harrisonburg U.S. District Court denies a stay or transfer of a suit challenging the constitutionality of Virginia marriage laws barring same-sex marriage. Plaintiffs assert in their class-action complaint violations of their rights under the Due Process and Equal Protection ...

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

Car on moneyA Chester woman injured in an automobile accident is asking to “stack” uninsured motorist coverage from policies belonging to her wife, whom she wed in Washington, D.C., and to her wife’s parents, who live with the couple.

Tagged with: DOMA Federal Courts Insurance Judge Michael F. Urbanski Richmond Circuit Court

Adopting the magistrate judge’s recommendation, a Harrisonburg U.S. District Court dismisses plaintiff’s age discrimination complaint for failure to demand available relief; the pro se plaintiff has a plausible claim but she failed to meet minimum pleading standards when she asked ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge B. Waugh Crigler Judge Michael F. Urbanski U.S. District Court - Western District

A guardian for a plaintiff who allegedly suffered severe and permanent brain damage as a result of a series of untreated seizures when he was a pretrial detainee arrested for swearing and public intoxication may sue defendant jail officers and ...

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

In plaintiff’s suit alleging injuries from an accident arising from a design defect that led to the sudden acceleration of her 2010 Ford Edge vehicle without application of the accelerator, plaintiff has stated claims for breach of implied warranty and ...

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

Plaintiff grandparents who filed a pro se suit against defendant public school district alleging school officials failed to protect their two grandchildren from bullying, intimidation and harassment by fellow students see their suit dismissed, as a Harrisonburg U.S. District Court ...

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