A Harrisonburg U.S. District Court upholds a bankruptcy court’s fee award to debtor’s counsel for work that included adversary proceedings and a motion to sell a parcel of real estate, based on the bankruptcy court’s interpretation of the Rule 2016(b) ...

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A Danville U.S. District Court grants summary judgment to a plaintiff who alleges county supervisors’ consistent practice of opening their meetings with prayers of the Christian faith violates the Establishment Clause, and the court enters a permanent injunction against such ...

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In plaintiff’s suit alleging injuries from defendant’s tractor-trailer crashing into her from behind as she veered into a median in an effort to avoid debris in the roadway, a Harrisonburg U.S. District Court will set aside default entered against defendant ...

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The Harrisonburg U.S. District Court dismisses pro se borrowers’ appeal of the dismissal of their third Chapter 13 petition for relief within a year; borrowers’ noncompliance with prior bankruptcy court orders made them ineligible for relief and execution of the ...

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After nearly a century of state court feuding over Luray Caverns-related assets, the Harrisonburg U.S. District Court dismisses an action by three Virginia heirs to invalidate the shares of two heirs outside Virginia; the Virginia heirs cannot create diversity by ...

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A defendant charged with assault and battery of his stepdaughter and ordered to participate in a Batterers Intervention Program has not stated Eighth Amendment or Equal Protection claims against the counselor in private practice who offers counseling in the program ...

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A Harrisonburg U.S. District Court denies a motion for release from forfeiture of $20.9 million in assets of a defendant charged with contraband cigarette trafficking and money laundering; the court says probable cause supports the forfeiture, the 4th Circuit authorizes ...

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A personal-injury plaintiff lost his right to sue a truck driver when he failed to disclose an extensive medical history of treatment for chronic pain. Timothy Call alleged he was injured when he drove over a drive shaft that had ...

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A Harrisonburg U.S. District Court dismisses plaintiff’s suit alleging her former employer discriminated against her by forcing her off its property because she could not perform her job due to medical work restrictions after she allegedly injured her hand on ...

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A Harrisonburg U.S. District Court says it will sanction a personal injury plaintiff for his failure to disclose his extensive medical history of treatment for chronic back and joint pain, by dismissing his suit alleging injuries from driving over a ...

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