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Apr i l 19* 1940
In Er ^bb* s abaenoe, I er. snding a copy of
your le tte r to him of April 13th toge t h e r a c c o m p a n y
ing document in reference to
v b Standard
Oil Goespany to Dr* Eeho*
I as sura Dr* Eehos or sons ons of his assistan ts sill be glad to examine th is man end you may expect to hear frcei
Dr* leboe directly*
Very tru ly yourst
gs/ l e j
Grahan Sdg&r
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IfiC O fiP O R A T tD iN K EN TU C K Y .
X, oi7IV II.lK * A p r i l lfch, 1940
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r r . E arl hobt, i-res Id e n t, Ethyl asolir.e C orporation,
C hrysler B uilding, New York, r. *Y
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I a t t a c h h e r e to cop,y o f p e t i t i o n f i l e d in th e above m entioned
c a s e , in which the p l a i n t i f f seek s to reco v er damages from our
Company in th e amount o f $5,000*00 due to a l le g e d le a d p o lao n in .
c o n tr a c te d w h ile em ployed b y o u r Company a s s e r v ic e s t a t i o n
p o rte r a t A tla n ta , Georgia*
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The s e r v ic e s t a t i o n a t which
was employed i s owned by
ou r Company b u t f o r a p e r io d o f about s i x (6 ) year p r io r t o
November 1 s t , 1958, was op erated by one o f our l e s s e e s , during
which time th e p l a i n t i f f was employed, by th e le s s e e o f the
s ta tio n * On November 1 s t , 1958 th e le a s e arrangement was d i s
co n tin u ed and b eg in n in g w ith th a t d a te , our Company t o o k o v e r t h
o p era tio n o f th e s ta tio n * On the same d a te , we p laced
on our p a y - r o l l as a Company em ployee, so th a t w h ile .h^fiacMSeer:-
* employed a t th e s ta tio n fo r about s ix (6) y ea r s, p rior to
November 1 s t , 1958, he d id n o t i n f a c t become an employee o f our
Company u n t i l t h a t dote*
We a ls o a tta c h h e r e t o c o p y o f our form 235 co v erin g the p h y sic a l
exam ination made o f D r * W. C. Dabney, A tla n ta , G a.,
on November 2 , 1 9 5 8 . -
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Our d i s a b i l i t y r e c o r d s show t h a t during the
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employed, by o u r Company, he l o s t tim e from work, a ^ r o ilo w s *
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r e le a s e d from ofarr- s e r v to A /a s 1o f March S i l t , 1940*
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.V. We a ls o a tta c h h e r e to copy o f l a t t e r from Mies': Ann Chamberlain,
S o c ia l S e r v ic e Department, G r a y ;C lin ic , A tla n ta , G&., ad d ressed
.`to our C ity Salesman a t A t l a n t a , Mr* $* A. H alp in , under d a te
November 1 5 th , 1939, to g eth er vw ith a memorandum r e p o r t froaiTh .
-*n::.^xa;'-6l l b e r t *s a tte n d in g p h y sic ia n at;, the Gray C lin ic , Grady H o e p ita l
- - A tla n ta , Georgia* h r. J , A, Green, Jr*, a lso bearing date
November 1 5 th , 1939,
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W h i l e w a s confined to the h o sp ita l a t A tlanta, during
the month o f March 1940, we secu red from Cr* J, P. McCracken,
h is a tte n d in g p h y sic ia n bn March 2 6 t h , 1 9 4 0 , a ..statement-, our
form 408, a copy o f which -is a ls o attach ed h ereto fo r your
i-nvf. o. r,m a t.io n . - . .; ' ;..;. : ` ' Vl, fa. :
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Following h is r e le a s e from the h o s p it a l, m i on A pril 5th ,
1940, nported to our C ity Manager'^at;"At Im ita:-fo r work, s t a t in g
he had been d ism iseed by the, h o s p i t a li a \it h o r lt ie s as being w e ll,
but th a t b is doctor to ld him he would not again perm it G ilb ert
to work at a. f i l l i n g s t a t io n b ecause o f th e f a c t tn a t he had been
su ffe r in g from lea d c o l ic ,,b u t th a t 'o th erw ise, la the doctor**
o p in io n , G ilb e r t was a b le tord o ^aani^y'tdl^h:vhind;^bf;manual lab or .
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Because o f h is p rev io u s d i s a b i l i t y r e c o r d , we, rf co u r se , were
u n w illin g to take him back, to w o r k a n d ,a s above s ta te d , re le a se d
him f~rom our s e r v i`c e a' s' o f" M` arch ,31st, 1 9 4 0 * ^ 1-^ .
he tim e s u i t was f i l e d , we r s f e r r ^ .' t h e 'm fcjfcrt to our .
A ttorneys a t Atlanta," Messrs/.
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Brock, who a re now looking: after;JhS]-h^4e!for:^br Company
In view o f the fa c t th a t i t i s a lle g e d ,b y p la i n t i f f th a t h is
p resen t p h y s ic a l c o n d itio n I s d u e t p le a d p o iso n in g , we sh ou ld
l ik e to have the p l a i n t i f f . exsm ined by 09r Scholtr or one o f h i s
a s s o c ia te s . However, b efore r e q n e stiilg ''b la in ti^ * s attorneys to
agree to such an exsoKinAti'm^vi^^lhS^N^'Z^tk^^^ave you advise
us i f you are agreeab le t o;
`d e | P ^ s o , .ws'-:^^,.-tai
up the m atter w ith our A tla n ta a tto ra C $ 4 , faavb^-them in q u ir e o f
the p b in t if f * a t t o r n e y s 'if.,tt^ y i^ % li|^ -|^ ee'`-^b^iah an examinatiox
and i f
arrange' a tentative;:-^
a tio n to bjl.;,
made*
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