Bulala v. Boyd

delivered Parts I, II, III, IV, VII, and VIII of the opinion of the Court.

JUSTICE COMPTON

delivered Parts V and VI of the opinion of the Court, in which CHIEF JUSTICE CARRICO and JUSTICES STEPHENSON, WHITING, and LACY join. JUSTICE RUSSELL, with whom SENIOR JUSTICE POFF joins, dissenting to Parts V and VI. JUSTICE WHITING dissenting to Part VI in part.

I

Pursuant to Rule 5:42, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, on July 28, 1989, certified to this Court six questions of Virginia law, which we accepted by order entered September 25, 1989. The certified questions are stated…