A Roanoke U.S. District Court says a female pretrial detainee may sue the former sheriff for vicarious liability for a deputy sheriff’s alleged sexual assault and battery when the deputy violated transportation protocols by taking her in his private service ...

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

A Harrisonburg U.S. District Court declines to reconsider its earlier denial of defendant’s Rule 29 motion for judgment of acquittal of intentionally distributing a substance containing heroin that caused a user’s death, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and ...

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

A Harrisonburg U.S. District Court denies partial summary judgment to a plaintiff who alleges her mental health problems constituted a “chronic serious health condition” under the Family and Medical Leave Act. A “chronic serious health condition” under the FMLA is ...

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

In this contract dispute over rent payments in a tower lease agreement among telecommunications companies, the Harrisonburg U.S. District Court dismisses claims against one of the defendant companies that is a wholly owned subsidiary, but refuses to dismiss that company ...

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

A Harrisonburg U.S. District Court certifies a class in this suit challenging the constitutionality of Virginia’s ban on same-sex marriage. Plaintiffs here ground their good faith estimate on the 2010 U.S. Census, which reported 15,000 same-sex households in the commonwealth. ...

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

In this case arising from 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, in which the Harrisonburg U.S. District Court found defendants liable ...

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

A Harrisonburg U.S. District Court dismisses plaintiff’s suit against a lawyer who served as a guardian ad litem for his minor children during divorce proceedings, as plaintiff’s allegations of equal protection violations and defamation do not state a claim under ...

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

A federal judge blocked testimony from experts for three injured workers and threw out their personal injury lawsuit this month, after applying detailed science-based standards for evidence about the cause and origin of a powerful industrial explosion. The decision denied ...

Tagged with: Federal Courts Judge Michael F. Urbanski Personal Injury

A Roanoke U.S. District Court dismisses an African-American plaintiff’s alleging defendant property management company discriminated against her on the basis of race by refusing to clean her apartment of mold, replace the carpet or move her to a new apartment, ...

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

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 ...

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