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NO. 90-G-2055 WELDON R. MOAKE, et al. v. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLASS CORPORATION, et al. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF BRAZORIA COUNTY, TEXAS 239TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA'S RESPONSES TO PLAINTIFFS' REQUEST FOR DISCLOSURE To: Plaintiff, Weldon R. Moake, by and through his attorneys of record. Holly Huart and Stephanie Finch, Baron & Budd, P. C., Centrum Building, 3102 Oak Lawn Avenue, Suite 1100, Dallas, TX 75219-4281. Defendant Union Oil Company of California ("Union Oil") files and serves these responses to Plaintiffs' Request for Rule 194 Disclosure as follows: INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT This case involves an allegation that Weldon Moake visited a Pure Oil Company refinery in Nederland, Texas ("the Nederland refinery") at some point in time between 1961 and 1964. Union Oil has not had the opportunity to depose Mr. Moake, and as a result, responding to many of these requests has been unusually difficult. Since Mr. Moake's alleged visits to the Nederland refinery, Pure Oil Company merged with Union Oil Company of California in 1965. Moreover, this refinery has since been completely dismantled, and the facility now operates merely as a terminal. Because Mr. Moake's alleged visits took place over thirty-five years ago, and things have changed both with the company and the refinery since that time, locating documents and witnesses relevant to his allegations is a time-consuming, expensive, difficult, and in certain instances, impossible task. Pursuant to applicable document retention policies and due to the HOU03 717191.2 passage of over three decades, many potentially responsive documents are no longer retained by Union Oil. The time period involved in this lawsuit for Union Oil is 1961-64, and the facility involved is the Nederland refinery. Accordingly, Union Oil will respond to these requests only as to the Nederland refinery and only as to Pure Oil, the company which owned that refinery at the time of Mr. Moake's alleged sales calls, namely 1961-64. Union Oil acquired the former Pure Oil Refinery, located in Nederland, Texas in 1965, after the 1961-64 time period in which Weldon Moake potentially made sales calls to sell asbestos-containing products at its Refinery in Nederland, Texas. RULE 194 DISCLOSURES REQUEST: (a) The correct names of the parties to this lawsuit.. RESPONSE: The correct name of defendant is Union Oil Company of California ( "Union Oil"). REQUEST: (b) The name, address, and telephone number of any potential parties; RESPONSE: Defendant is unaware of any potential parties to this suit. REQUEST: (c) The legal theories and, in general, the factual bases of the responding party's claims or defenses (the responding party need not marshal all evidence that may be offered at trial). HOU03 717191 2 RESPONSE: Union Oil contends that Mr. Moake's claims are barred by operation of the applicable statute of limitations. Union Oil contends that Mr. Moake's visits to Union Oil, if any, are not the proximate cause ofhis disease. It appears from the discovery to date that Weldon Moake visited the Nederland refinery, if at all, to make sales calls in an effort to sell asbestos-containing products to Union Oil. Union Oil contends that it did not owe Mr. Moake a legal duty to warn him of the presence of asbestos at the Nederland refinery, and that any such warning was discharged by operation of Texas law because Mr. Moake, through his employer, was charged by law with such knowledge. Union Oil also contends that, at the time of Mr. Moake's alleged visits to the Nederland refinery, the state of the art of public medical and scientific knowledge was such that it was generally accepted that insulators were not at risk from using asbestos-containing products, and as a result, salesmen would certainly not have been believed to have been at risk from these products. Union Oil will supplement this response pursuant to the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. REQUEST: (e) The name, address and telephone number ofpersons having knowledge ofrelevant facts, and a brief statement of each identified person's connection with the case. RESPONSE: Union Oil is in the process of identifying these individuals and will supplement this response in accordance with the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. REQUEST: (f) For any testifying expert: (1) the expert's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the subject matter on which the expert will testify; (3) the general substance of the expert's mental impressions and opinions and a brief summary of the basis for them, or if the expert is not retained by, employed by, or otherwise subject to the control of the responding party, documents reflecting such information; and (4) if the expert is retained by, employed by, or otherwise subject to the control of the responding party: HOU03 717191 2 (A) all documents, tangible things, reports, models, or data compilations that have been provided to, reviewed by, or prepared by or for the expert in anticipation of the expert's testimony; and (B) the expert's current resume and bibliography. RESPONSE: Dr. Oscar Auerbach Tremont Avenue & Centre East Orange, New Jersey 07017 (973) 675-6988 Howard E. Ayer, CIH Industrial Hygiene Consultant 2812 Linwood Avenue Cincinnati, Ohio 45208-2810 (513)871-0146 Dr. Stephen M. Ayres Medical College of Virginia Director of Center for International Programs Box 843071 Richmond, Virginia 23298 (804) 828-5356 Dr. J. Leroy Balzer 408 Horse Trail Court Walnut Creek, California 94595 (925) 274-0828 Michele Carbone, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor Loyola University Medical Center Department of Pathology 2160 South First Avenue Maywood, IL 60153 (708) 327-3250 HOU03 717191 2 Dr. Philip Cagle Department of Pathology Baylor College of Medicine One Baylor Plaza Houston, Texas 77030 (713) 798-4951 Joseph D. Green, CIH, CSP, LIH P.O. Box 2430-1425 Pensacola, Florida 32513 (800) 422-4663 Dr. Kathym Hale Baylor College of Medicine Texas Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine and Critical Care Section 6500 Fannin Smith Tower #1236 Houston, Texas 77030 Horton Corwin Hinshaw, Sr. Retired Emeritus Professor of Medicine University of California - School of Medicine......... P.O. Box 546 Belvedere, California 94920 John A. Pendergrass CIH, CSP, PE Pendergrass Associates 6700 Milkhouse Court Mobile, Alabama 36695-2709 (334) 607-0946 Dr. Stanley M. Pier Research Statistics, Inc. 5326 Dora Street Houston, Texas 77005 (713) 522-0633 Robert M. Ross, M.D., FCCP 17030 Nanes Drive, Suite 214 Houston, Texas 77090-2504 (281)440-8851 HOU03 717191 2 Mark R. Wick, M.D. 301 Peacock Drive Charlottesville, Virginia 22903-9716 (804) 245-9613 Union Oil also designates the following witnesses, and examining and treating physicians as identified by plaintiffWeldon R. Moake. Additionally, Union Oil designates the custodians ofrecord for all of the providers and facilities named by plaintiffs in this matter: Physicians identified by Plaintiff Weldon R. Moake: Dr. Keil Corpus Christi, Texas Dr. M.H. Blaine 3314 South Alameda Corpus Christi, Texas Dr. Fred B. Brackett 613 Elizabeth, Suite 612 Corpus Christi, Texas 78404 Dr. Donald L. Iden 4521 South Staples Corpus Christi, Texas 78411 - Dr. David Garza Corpus Christi, Texas Dr. Charles Hedberg (deceased) Corpus Christi, Texas Dr. John Richard Porter 612 Elizabeth Street Corpus Christi, Texas 78404 Dr. Paul W. Heath 1521 South Staples, Suite 704 Corpus Christi, Texas 78404 Dr. Daniel Jackson (deceased) Houston, Texas HOU03 717191 2 Dr. John R. Kelsey, Jr. Kelsey-Seabold Clinic West 1111 Augusta Drive Houston, Texas Dr. Bobby Chu 1001 Cross Timbers, Suite 1250 Flower Mound, Texas 75028 Dr. David C. May 614 Edmonds Lane, Suite 101 Lewisville, Texas 75067 Dr. Glenn Genevese 651 Cross Timbers, Suite 104 Flower Mound, Texas 75028 Dr. Dennis Costa 475 West Elm, Suite 101 Lewisville, Texas 75057 Dr. Lyle Brown Denton, Texas Dr. Dong Moon Shin 1515 Holcombe Boulevard Houston, Texas 77030 Dr. Garrett L. Walsh 1515 Holcombe Boulevard Houston, Texas 77030 Dr. Donald E. Schwarz Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas 6200 Walnut Hill Lane Dallas, Texas 75231 Dr. Clark Byroad 575 North Valley Parkway, Suite 100 Lewisville, Texas 75067 Dr. Katherine Pisters 1515 Holcombe Boulevard Houston, Texas 77030 HOU03 717191 2 Dr. Reuben Lewisville, Texas Dr. Goldberg Lewisville, Texas Medical Facilities identified by Plaintiff Weldon R. Moake: U.S. Army Hospital Frankfort, Germany Spohn Memorial Hospital 2606 Hospital Boulevard Corpus Christi, Texas 78405 St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital 6720 Bertner Avenue Houston, Texas 77030 University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Box 506 Houston, Texas 77030 Medical Center of Lewisville 500 West Main Lewisville, Texas 75057 Witnesses, Co-workers and Other Individuals identified by Plaintiff Weldon R. Moake: Janice I. Moake 1040 Laurel Oak Drive Flower Mound, Texas 75208 Mack K. Moake 601 Knobview Drive Shelbyville, Kentucky 40065 Dana R. Ashley 5233 Tarton Corpus Christi, Texas 78413 Kevin R. Moake 528 Raintree Circle Coppell, Texas 75019 HOU03 717191 2 Union Oil also designates the following fact and expert witnesses as identified by plaintiff Weldon R. Moake Dr. Richard Cohen 19242 Panorama Drive Saratoga, California (415) 424-5156 Dr. Barry Castleman 1722 Linden Avenue Baltimore, Maryland 21217 (301)462-5135 Dr. Joseph Wagoner (by deposition) Dr. Gerritt Schepers 9513 Locust Hill Drive Great Falls, Virginia 22066 (703) 757-9714 Dr. David Ozonoff Boston University School of Public Health Building A-501 80 East Concorde Street Boston, Massachusetts, 02118 (617) 638-4620 Dr. Thomas Mancuso (live or by deposition) 5127 Elsworth Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (412) 683-6321 Dr. David Egilman (live or by deposition) South Shore Health Center 759 Granite Street Braintree, Massachusetts 02184-5328 (617) 848-1950 ` HOU03,717191 2 Dr. David Lilienfeld Box 1057 Mt. Sinai School of Medicine 1 Gustave Levy Place New York, New York 10029-6574 (212) 241-4785 Dr. Robert G. Fraser 2766 Summit Circle Birmingham, Alabama 35216 (205) 979-1123 Padanarum Road P.O. Box 558 Bolton Landing, New York 12814 (518) 644-2220 Dr. Arthur N. Rohl 10 Stouts Valley Road Easton, Pennsylvania 18042 (610) 258-5965 James E. Girard, Ph.D. 6328 Karmich Street Fairfax Station, Virginia 22039 (703) 425-4770 John D. McCann 195 Bouffard LaSalle, Ontario British Columbia N9J1E9 (519) 734-7889 Roger Shack P.O. Box 356 Montevallo, Alabama 35115 (Telephone Unknown) Nathan Fochtmann Route 6, Box 49 Montevallo, Alabama 35115 (Telephone Unknown) HOU03.717191 2 Dr. John Dement 109 Kilbreck Drive Cary, North Carolina 27511 (919)387-2252 Dr. Richard A. Lemen 3495 Highgate Hills Drive Duluth, Georgia 30155 (770) 497-0770 Mr. Alan M. Segrave Materials Analytical Services, Inc. 3597 Parkway Lane, Suite 250 Norcross, Georgia 30092 (404) 448-3200 Dr. Bill Johnson 2948 Foxhall Circle Augusta, Georgia 30907 (706) 863-4270 E. Lynn Schall 510 Edgewood Drive Collingswood, New Jersey 08108 (609) 858-0003 or (609) 967-3313 Dr. Gerald E. Markowitz 600 West 111th Street New York, New York 10025 (212)237-8458 Mr. George M. Kraus 11 Drake Lane Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458 (201) 327-2105 Dr. L. Christine Oliver Pulmonary and Critical Care Unit Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, Massachusetts 02114 (617) 726-1721 HOG03 71719! 2 Dr. Edwin C. Holstein Environmental Health Associates, P.A. 20 Park Plaza, Suite 1028 Boston, Massachusetts 02116 (617)357-4901 Stephen Berger 10564 Eastbome Avenue Los Angeles, California 90024 Dr. Gaeton D. Lorino 6701 Airport Boulevard, Suite A-101 Mobile, Alabama 36609 (334)633-8880 Dr. Steven Levin Department of Environmental Medicine Mt. Sinai Medical School One Gustave Levy Place New York, New York (212)241-7810 Dr. Mark Clark Pulmonary & Critical Care Consultants 1305 West 34th Street, Suite 400 Austin, Texas 78705 (512) 459-6599 Dr. James Ballard Princeton Diagnostic 817 Princeton Avenue Birmingham, Alabama (205) 783-3700 Dr. Steven Dikman One Gustave Place Annenberg Building 15/58 Department of Pathology New York, New York 10029 (212)241-7343 (212)241-8014 HOU03 71719! 2 Dr. Eugene Mark Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Pathology 32 Fruit Street, Warren II Boston, Massachusetts (617) 726-8891 Dr. Martin Lewis Palms of Pasadena Hospital 1501 Pasadena Avenue South St. Petersburg, Florida (813)341-7505 Dr. David H. Groth 8953-C Harper Points Drive Cincinnati, Ohio 45249 (513)489-6351 Dr. Jerrold Abraham Department of Pathology State University of New York 750 East Adams Street Syracuse, New York 13210 (315)464-4750 - ....... Dr. Sam Hammer Diagnostic Specialties Laboratory 700 Lebo Boulevard, P.O. Box 2171 Bremerton, Washington 98310 (206) 479-7707 Dr. Victor Roggli Durham VA Medical Center Department of Pathology (113) 508 Fulton Street, F3196 Durham, North Carolina 27705 (919) 286-0411 Mr. John D. McAllister, deceased (By deposition) Dr. Kenneth Wallace Smith, deceased (By deposition) Dr. Richard Gaze, deceased (By deposition) 717191 2 Dr. Robert W. Johnson 4970 El Camino Real Suite 250 Los Altos, California 94022 (415)494-2413 Mr. Richard L. Hatfield Materials Analytical Services 3945 Lakefield Court Suwanee, Georgia 30024 (770) 448-3200 Maceo Cook 1070 Legion Club Road Salisbury, North Carolina 28144 (704) 279-3089 Reverend Louis Turner 406 Pine Tree Drive Salisbury, North Carolina 28144 (704) 636-9558 Charles E. Evans, Jr. P.O. Box 568 East Spencer, North Carolina 28039-0568 --- Edward Allebach 109 Emerald Avenue Westmont, New Jersey (609) 854-9120 Dr. Elliot Kagan Department of Pathology Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine 4301 Jones Bridge Road Bethesda, Maryland 20814-4799 (301)295-3492 Scott R. Bickford Martzell & Bickford 338 Lafayette Street New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 (504) 581-9065 HOU03 717191 2 Willie Fields 4239 South Claiborne Street New Orleans, Louisiana 70118 (504) 891-5544 Arnold R. Brody, Ph.D. Tulane University Medical Center School of Medicine Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine SL79 1430 Tulane Avenue New Orleans, Louisiana 70112-2699 (504) 588-5224 Thomas Adkins 38252 River Drive Lebanon, Oregon 97355 (503)258-2147 William Longo, Ph.D. Materials Analytical Services 3945 Lakefield Court Suwanee, Georgia 30024 (770) 448-3200 James Hubbard Senior Materials Scientist Materials Analytical Services 3945 Lakefield Court Suwanee, Georgia 30024 (770) 448-3200 Dr. Dominic Gaziano Chest Medical Services, Inc. 3100 MacCorkle Avenue, Southeast, Suite 404 Charleston, West Virginia 25304 (304) 346-1811 Dr. Brian G. Forrester Director, Occupational Medicine Regional FirstCare 485 Highway 29N Athens, Georgia 30601 (706)353-6000 HOU03 71719! 2 Dr. Frank Mazza Pulmonary & Critical Care Consultants 1305 West 34th Street, Suite 400 Austin, Texas 78705 (512) 459-6599 Dr. Jay T. Segarra 414 Ward Avenue Ocean Springs, Mississippi 39564 (228) 875-2954 Alan Eggleston, Ph.D. Eggleston, Holmes and Associates, Environmental Consultants 13625 Pond Springs Boulevard, Suite 206 Austin, Texas 78729 (512) 250-0727 Frank Parker Environmental Technology Incorporated 200 Brantley Lane P.O. Box 210 Magnolia, Texas 77353-0210 (281)356-6038 - ....... - Vernon Rose 8046 Oakwood Hollow Houston, Texas 77040 (713)466-6332 Professor Robert Ragazzo University of Houston Law Center Houston, Texas 77004 (713)743-1000 Chris Kelly Glass & Associates 5956 Sherry Lane, Suite 2001 Dallas, Texas 75225 (214) 696-4659 Sharon Katz, Ed. D. 1674 Hill Road, Suite #10 Boise, Idaho 83702 (208) 385-9677 HOU03 717191 2 Union Oil also designates all co-workers identified by the plaintiffs in this matter. Union Oil reserves the right to offer and read into evidence prior deposition or trial testimony of any witness designated and put on by plaintiffs and/or co-defendants, whether they be called live or by prior testimony. Union Oil designates every expert witness identified by plaintiffs and/or by co-defendants in this matter. Union Oil is in the process of identifying additional experts and will supplement this response in accordance with the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. REQUEST; (g) Any discoverable indemnity and insuring agreements. RESPONSE: Union Oil is in the process of locating any such documents and will supplement this response in accordance with the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. REQUEST: (i) Any discoverable witness statements. RESPONSE: Beyond the depositions taken in this case, Union Oil does not possess any such witness statements. REQUEST: (k) In a suit alleging physical or mental injury and damages from the occurrence that is the subject of the case, all medical records and bills obtained by the responding party by virtue of an authorization furnished by the requesting party. HOU03 717191.2 RESPONSE: Beyond the materials received from plaintiffs' counsel in the discovery process in this case, Union Oil has not obtained any medical records or bills. Respectfully submitted, BAKER BOTTS, L.L.P. By: George T. Shipley State Bar No. 18267100 Brady S. Edwards State Bar No. 00793021 3000 One Shell Plaza 910 Louisiana Houston, Texas 77002 (713)229-1234 Fax: (713) 229-1522 Attorneys for Defendant Union Oil Company of California Certificate of Service I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of Defendant's Responses to Plaintiffs' Request for Disclosures was forwarded by certified mail to plaintiffs' counsel and all other counsel of record by regular mail on the 15th day of September, 2000. HOU03 717191.2