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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>376915</law_id><section_number>8.01-21</section_number><catch_line>Judgment when death or disability occurs after verdict but before judgment</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="12" identifier="8.01">Civil Remedies and Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="3" identifier="2">Parties</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="3" identifier="3">Death or Change of Parties</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>When a <span class="dictionary">party</span> dies, or becomes convicted of a <span class="dictionary">felony</span> or insane, or the powers of a <span class="dictionary">party</span> who is a personal representative or committee cease, if such <span class="dictionary">fact</span> occurs after <span class="dictionary">verdict</span>, <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> may be entered as if it had not occurred.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-145; 1977, c. 617.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name>Centra Health, Inc. v. Mullins</name><case_number>Record 080008.</case_number><citation>670 S.E.2d 708</citation><date>2009-01-16</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1058414/centra-health-inc-v-mullins/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 670 S.E.2d 708 (2009) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item><item key="1"><name>Bulala v. Boyd</name><case_number>Record 890900</case_number><citation>389 S.E.2d 670</citation><date>1990-03-02</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1306964/bulala-v-boyd/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. JUSTICE RUSSELL .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item><item key="2"><name>Boyd v. Bulala</name><case_number>Nos. 88-2055, 88-2056</case_number><citation>905 F.2d 764</citation><date>1990-06-12</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/8989132/boyd-v-bulala/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. PER CURIAM: .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit</court_html></item><item key="3"><name> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Helen C. Boyd Roger E. Boyd Veronica Lynn Boyd, by Her .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </name><case_number>88-2055</case_number><citation>905 F.2d 764</citation><date>1990-06-12</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/543106/helen-c-boyd-roger-e-boyd-veronica-lynn-boyd-by-her-parents-and-next/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 905 F.2d 764 .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit</court_html></item><item key="4"><name>Boyd v. Bulala</name><case_number>Civ. A. 83-0557-A-C</case_number><citation>647 F. Supp. 781</citation><date>1986-11-05</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2360231/boyd-v-bulala/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 647 F.Supp. 781 (1986) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>District Court, W.D. Virginia</court_html></item><item key="5"><name> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Helen C. Boyd Roger E. Boyd Veronica Lynn Boyd by Her .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </name><case_number>88-2055</case_number><citation>877 F.2d 1191</citation><date>1989-06-12</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/525221/helen-c-boyd-roger-e-boyd-veronica-lynn-boyd-by-her-parents-and-next/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 877 F.2d 1191 .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit</court_html></item><item key="6"><name>Boyd v. Bulala</name><case_number>Nos. 88-2055L, 88-2056</case_number><citation>877 F.2d 1191</citation><date>1989-06-12</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/8979399/boyd-v-bulala/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. HARRISON L. WINTER, Circuit Judge: .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit</court_html></item><item key="7"><name>Boyd v. Bulala</name><case_number>Civ. A. 83-0557-A-C</case_number><citation>672 F. Supp. 915</citation><date>1987-11-12</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2091325/boyd-v-bulala/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 672 F.Supp. 915 (1987) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>District Court, W.D. Virginia</court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
