Osborne v. National Union Fire Insurance

Acting pursuant to the provisions of our Rule 5:42, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit certified to this Court in June 1995 a question of Virginia law, which we accepted by order entered in July 1995. The question deals with a motor vehicle insurance coverage issue arising from an exclusion contained in an uninsured motorist endorsement to an insurance policy.

The following facts are set forth in the Fourth Circuit’s order of certification. In August 1988 in Henry County, Girard Enoch Osborne, pursuant to his employment, was operating a truck owned by his employer, MW…