On Oct. 8, 2011, German citizen Michael Sprick was struck by a Hostess bread truck while traveling in Pulaski County. The bread truck driver alleged that he had been forced off the road and into Sprick by a phantom vehicle. ...

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A federal judge has approved a $21 million settlement, with $7 million in attorneys’ fees, for the severely injured victim of a collision between a bread truck and a bicycle. The settlement is “one of the largest personal injury settlements ...

Tagged with: Federal Courts Judge Michael F. Urbanski Judge Robert S. Ballou Million-Dollar Settlements Personal Injury

In this suit by a volunteer firefighter who alleges he resigned his position as treasurer of the nonstock Fire Department corporation and was suspended as a member after he raised issues about lack of funding and inadequate resources, the Harrisonburg ...

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In this products liability suit filed by the estate of a man who died after hernia surgery from an alleged overdose of Dilaudid from a misprogrammed pain pump, a Roanoke U.S. District Court says there is no basis in federal ...

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

The estate of a man who died from an alleged overdose of Dilaudid from a misprogrammed pain pump prescribed after the man’s hernia surgery may try its products liability action against the manufacturer of the pain pump; even though the ...

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A woman who said she was fired for cooperating in an investigation of her supervisor can sue for emotional distress as part of her state law claim for wrongful discharge, a federal magistrate judge in Harrisonburg says. Susan Bocock alleges ...

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In plaintiff power company’s suit alleging defendant owners of shorefront property in Franklin County are building a dock that violates plaintiff’s property rights, the Roanoke U.S. District Court denies defendants’ motion seeking the court’s recusal, but exercises its discretion to ...

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

An employer’s concerns about plaintiff welder’s work limitations of being unable to look up for lengths of time or weld overhead were concerns for a safe workplace, not pretexts to avoid hiring him because of his prior neck injury, and ...

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In a borrower’s fourth lawsuit to avoid foreclosure on his home, a Danville U.S. District Court dismisses all of plaintiff’s claims except a claim that he tendered a $127,150.20 payment to the bank, as recorded in a print-out, but failed ...

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A time-share salesman for the Massanutten resort who was demoted, then terminated and designated ineligible for rehire cannot show adverse employment action was based on his complaint of discrimination in favor of another salesman who had a romantic relationship with ...

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