Star Furniture Co. v. Pulaski Furniture Co.

McGRAW, Justice:

This proceeding is before this Court as a result of the certification of three questions of law from the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia. W.Va.Code § 51-1A-1 (1981 Repl.Vol.), the Uniform Certification of Question of Law Act, authorizes the Court to accept such certifications. 1

The certified questions present issues which are natural outgrowths of our decisions in Momingstar v. Black and Decker Manufacturing Co., 162 W.Va. 857, 253 S.E.2d 666 (1979), and Bradley v. Appalachian Power Co., 163 W.Va. 332, 256 S.E.2d 879 (1979). In…