A Roanoke U.S. District Court rejects plaintiffs’ expert opinions on the origin of a fire at an automotive ball-bearing plant that injured plaintiffs, certified hazardous waste removal technicians employed by a third party that was hired by the plant to ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) The overturning of Virginia’s gay marriage ban places the legal fight over same-sex unions increasingly in the hands of federal appeals courts shaped by President Barack Obama’s two election victories. It’s no accident that Virginia has become a ...

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A long-running dispute in Harrisonburg federal court between a local cable company and DIRECTV, the giant cable provider, over the numbers of customers at Massanutten receiving service has come to an end. Score one for the giant. U.S. District Judge ...

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Although defendant Wal-Mart filed its notice of removal of this diversity action more than one year after plaintiff filed suit, the Harrisonburg U.S. District Court says the late filing is justified under the bad faith exception to the one-year rule ...

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A Roanoke U.S. District Court denies bond to petitioner, a Bosnian citizen wanted by Bosnia for war crimes against civilians allegedly committed when he served as a prison guard in 1992; the habeas petitioner has failed to establish that special ...

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In this dispute over website advertising for mountain cabins, a Harrisonburg U.S. District Court says defendant violated a consent injunction’s non-disparagement clause by posting an ad for plaintiff that advised users to beware of hidden fees and charges, and the ...

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Although decedent’s son claims he may pursue a claim for wrongful denial of decedent’s bank funds because the estate has no creditors or beneficiaries, the Harrisonburg U.S. District Court dismisses the son’s suit alleging a bank’s refusal to honor a ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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