Legal Opinion
Thomas M. Stone v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Thomas M. Stone v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 28, 1997No. 95-1110, 95-1148PublishedCited by 161 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge WILLIAMS wrote the opinion, in which Judge HAMILTON and Judge MOTZ joined.
OPINION
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
We certified a question of Virginia substantive law to the Supreme Court of Virginia, which has now answered our question. See Stone v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., 253 Va. 12, 478 S.E.2d 883 (1996). Applying Virginia law as articulated in Stone, we conclude that Thomas Stone is not an “insured” for purposes of the Virginia uninsured/underinsured motorist statute, see Va.Code Ann. § 38.2-2206 (Michie Supp.1996), and therefore is ineligible to receive uninsured motorist benefits under…
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