MCI Worldcom Network Services, Inc. v. OSP Consultants, Inc.

OPINION

We previously certified to the Supreme Court of Virginia a state-law question that was determinative of the issue presented in this appeal. The Supreme Court of Virginia has issued an opinion answering that certified question, and we now affirm the decision of the district court.

MCI WorldCom Network Services, Inc., a provider of telecommunications services, sued OSP Consultants, Inc., after OSP severed one of MCI’s underground fiber-optic cables. Because MCI has built excess capacity into its network, it was able to quickly re-route within its own network the telecommunications traffic…