Caudle-Hyatt, Inc. v. Mixon

We granted the writ in this appeal from the Industrial Commission in order to consider whether the employee’s spouse had established actual dependency within the meaning of Code § 65.1-66 and whether the employee had been “injuriously exposed” to causative hazards within the meaning of Code § 65.1-52.

For many years, the employee, Henry C. Mixon, had been exposed to asbestos in his work as an insulator. In June of 1976, he was employed by Caudle-Hyatt, Inc., to work at the Anheuser-Busch Brewery in Williamsburg, Virginia. The brewery was being enlarged by a new addition to the building, thus…