Lena Robertson,etc. v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co

BUMGARDNER, Judge.

Lena Robertson, widow of Charles Robertson, appeals the denial of her claim for temporary total benefits, Code § 65.2-*787500, and the award of permanent partial benefits for Stage I asbestosis based on Mr. Robertson’s average weekly wage when he last worked, twenty-six years earlier, Code § 65.2-50S(B)(17)(a). For the following reasons, we affirm.

The facts were stipulated. Charles Robertson retired from E.I. DuPont de Nemours twenty-six years before he was diagnosed with Stage I asbestosis. He had worked for DuPont for twenty-seven years, and his last occupational exposure…