Stone v. Liberty Mutual Insurance

Acting under the provisions of our Rule 5:42, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit certified to this Court a question of Virginia law, the answer to which is determinative of a proceeding pending before the Fourth Circuit. We accepted the certification by order entered in June 1996. The question involves statutory interpretation and a motor vehicle insurance coverage issue arising *14from an uninsured/underinsured motorist endorsement to an insurance policy.

The record establishes the following facts. Thomas M. Stone was a part-time employee of Tidewater Pizza, Inc., in…