Caskey v. Dan River Mills, Inc.

HARRISON, R.J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

John L. Caskey, Jr., contends that the Industrial Commission of Virginia erred in holding that he failed to establish by a preponderance of the evidence that the disability he suffers is from an occupational disease which is causally related to his employment by Dan River Mills, Inc.

On May 4, 1981, Caskey filed an application with the Commission, alleging that he suffered from byssinosis, an occupational disease, and had been totally disabled since August 1977. Claimant retired in July 1976, after approximately twenty years employment by Dan…