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

An insurance carrier that had to pay a bond to an estate after debtor, conservator of the estate, forfeited the bond by failing to show cause why he did not file a final accounting, must return to bankruptcy court to ...

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

In this case arising out of the receipt and unauthorized distribution of DIRECTV satellite programming to thousands of viewers at Massanutten Resort, a vendor who was assigned the Massanutten DIRECTV account but never received commissions does not have standing to ...

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

Although a former manager for plaintiff traffic control company is not a named defendant, he is a co-conspirator in his alleged scheme to take plaintiff company’s trade secrets and methods and first, form his own competing company, and upon discovery, ...

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

A driver who initially denied any knowledge or ownership of the $119,030 in U.S. currency discovered in his rental car during a traffic stop on I-81 cannot now persuade the Harrisonburg U.S. District Court that the currency was money his ...

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

A Roanoke U.S. District Court rejects defendant’s jurisdictional and constitutional challenges to a charge that he failed to register under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2250. Among his other challenges, defendant takes ...

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