Document 37G72m42MmweLk2m7O87Ne9RO
FILE NAME: Wagner (WAG) DATE: 2003 DOC#: WAG003
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Legal - Amended Appendix to Plaintiffs' Opening Brief on Appeal
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
IN RE: ASBESTOS LITIGATION
No. 704, 2002
Court Below: Superior Cour Of the State of Delaware in and for New Castle County
Arthur Fleetwood John Cash John Rigby Dennis Carr William Miller James Desmond James Wilson William Cooper Billie Chaney Virginia Mason (Charles) George Hill Ella Morris (Samuel) Jackie Donovan Clifford Scruggs Raymond Nack James Williams Conrad Fassel Larry Hollis Charles Fleetwood Leroy Messick Joseph Messick Albert Griffith Paul Hitchens Robert Truitt George Willey Kenneth Miller Freddie Pusey Raymond Peters Lois Lyons Harold Porter Calvin Musser Larry Surricchio Jerome Wells Jack Brasure Edgar Wilson Richard Mccabe Roland Wingate Clark Spicer William Lane
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John Garris Ronald Davidson Parker Turner Robert Steele William West Robert Harding James Reed Claude Marvel Orville Somers Sidney Taylor Alton Scott Kenneth Marvel Richard Bowdle Leroy Hill Eugene Hastings Donald Hill Ben Peterson Shelly Ewell Woodrow Butler Herman English Thomas Marine Albert Mcdowell Doris Fernandes Edward Kowalewski Lester Trice Erman James Bradely
Edward Barto (John Barto) Calvin Collins Griffin Conley G. Robert Dickerson Calvin Foskey Allen Hickman, Sr. Lloyd Hopkins Charles Isenberg Jack Messick Ulysses Mills Joseph Moore Donald Powell Lewis Powell Harry Schiff Joseph Spicer Andrew H. Bjorson, Urias Graham, Granville W. Brittingham Ernest M. Derrickson Roy D. James Hayward Roe
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Roy D. James
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Hayward Roe
Dale V. Shaffer
Harley G. Watkins, Jr.
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Plaintiffs,
v.
CHARLES A . WAGNER C O ., INC. ,
Defendants.
APPEAL FROM THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE IN AND FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY
AMENDED APPENDIX TO PLAINTIFFS'/APPELLANTS'OPENING BRIEF ON APPEAL
JACOBS & CRUMPLAR, P.A.
Date :
By: Thomas C. Crumplar (I.D. #0943) David A. Arndt (I.D. #3925) 2 East 7th Street P.O. Box 1271 Wilmington, DE 19899 (302) 656-5445 Attorneys for Plaintiffs/Appellant
APPENDIX
January 29, 1969 DuPont Letter to
Charles A. Wagner Co., Inc
A-l
January 31, 1969 Charles A. Wagner Co.
Letter to DuPont
A-2
January 13, 1970 Asbestos Corporation
Limited Letter to Edward Rabon
"Re: Bag Markings - Caution Notice" . . . .
A-3
Deposition Testimony ACL's Vice-President of Operations
William Callan dated November 24, 1980 .
. A-4 - A-8
Wagner Shipment Records to DuPont Seaford
From 1958 - 1973
......
A-9 - A-15
Charles A. Wagner Co., Inc. Brochure
.
.
. A-16 - A-17
3/15/61 Letter . . . . . . . . .
A-18
1947 Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation and Occupational Disease Laws (From PA State Archives) . . . . .
A-19 - A-28
Rules and Regulations of the Department of
Environmental Resources regarding Threshold
Limits of Occupational Dusts, effective
November 1, 1971
......
A-29 - A-33
1971 Federal Register Rules and Regulations
Part 1910 - Occupational Safety and Health
Standards "Emergency Standard for Exposure
To Asbestos Dust
.
.
.
.
.
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1972 Federal Register Rules and Regulations
Part 1910 - Occupational Safety and Health
Standards "Standard for Exposure to
Asbestos Dust" . .
.
.
.
.
A-34 - A-35 A-36 - A-40
Trial Testimony of John Dement, Ph.D. dated
September 23, 1999 .
...
A-41 - A-45
Article from Chemical Week, September 10, 1966 "Asbestos: Awaiting 'Trial'"
A-46
APPENDIX Page 2 (cont.)
Deposition Testimony of Edward Rabon dated June 19, 1985 . . . . .
A-47 - a -84
Deposition Testimony of Edward Rabon Dated September 21, 1988 . . . .
A-85 - A-101
Deposition Testimony of Edward Rabon Dated June 13, 1989 .................... A-102 - A-151
Deposition Testimony of Wayne Rabon
Dated April 23, 1997 .
. 1
.
A-160 - A-176
Charles A. Wagner Co,, Inc.'s Answers to Interrogatories filed in the Bradley case Dated October 29, 1985 . . . .
A-177 - A-180
October 6, 1958 Asbestos Corporation Limited
Letter to Charles A. Wagner Co.
. . . . A-181
February 11, 1958 Asbestos Corporation Limited
Letter to Charles A. Wagner Co.
....
A-181a
June 21, 1966 Asbestos Corporation Limited Letter to Edward Rabon "Re-. Manual Testing Of Procedures" . . . . . .
A-182 - A-183
November 19, 1973 Asbestos Corporation Limited Letter to Arthur H. Thomas Company . .
. . A-184
November 21, 1975 Amoco Intra-Company Correspondence Regarding Polypropylene - Talc Grades . . .
A-185
May 5, 1978 Memorandum from B.F. Eby
....
A-186
Wendel, Clarence, "Special Report of Talc Resources -
A Supply and Marketing Study" United States Department
Of the Interior/National Park Service
(June 1978)
......
A-187 - A-188
Castleman, Barry I., "ASBESTOS: Medical and Legal
Aspects" , Fourth Edition (1996)
A-189 - A-234
APPENDIX Page 3 (cont.)
Daum, M.D., Susan/ "Work is Dangerous to Your Health" ,
A Handbook of Health Hazards in the Workplace and
What You Can Do About Them (1973) . .
A-235 - A-253
Asbestos Corporation Limited Answers to
Interrogatories
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A-254 - A-256
Arthur Fleetwood Complaint
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A-257 - A-270
May 5, 1953 Eagle-Picher Sales Company letter To Ehret Magnesia Manufacturing Company .
A-271
Eagle-Picher Product Brochures
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A-272 - A-275
Deposition Testimony of Richard Wareham Dated June 8, 1982 . . . . .
A-276 - A-283
RELEVANT DOCKET ENTRIES*
ERMAN JAMES BRADLEY C.A. NO. 84C-05-145
DOCKET #
DATE
ACTION
1
May 30, 1984
Complaint
Filed
99a
January 25, 1985 Amended Complaint
adding Charles Wagner
634
June 9, 1988
Wagner's Notice of
Motion for Summary
Judgment
635
June 9, 1988
Opening Brief of
Wagner In Support of Its
Motion for
Summary Judgment
636
June 9, 1988
Appendix to Opening
Brief of Wagner in
Support of Its
Motion for Summary
Judgment
641
July 21, 1988
Plaintiff's
Answering Brief
642
July 21, 1988
Appendix to
Plaintiff's
Answering Brief
643
August 9, 1988
Wagner's Reply
Brief
657
October 11, 1988
Plaintiff's
Supplementation
to their Answering
Brief
* Because the docket entries are basically the same for all other plaintiffs', counsel has included these three plaintiffs' as a representative sample.
658 706
878-a 1476 1477 1478 1480
1484 1485 1486
October 19, 1988
Reply of Charles Wagner to Plaintiff's Supplementation
June 19, 1989
Order signed by Judge Taylor on Mooion of the Charles Wagner for Summary Judgment...GRANTED
August 16, 1989
Order on Plaintiff's Motion for Re-Argument...DENIED
February 15, 1995
Motion for Entry of Final Judgment
September 27, 2001 August 30, 2002
Entry of Final Judgment Plaintiff's Motion to Set Trial Date
October 25, 2002
Charles Wagner's Response to Plaintiff's Motion Set Trial Date
November 4, 2002
Plaintiff's Order Regarding Setting Cases for Trial...SO ORDERED
November 12, 2002
Wagner's Motion for Summary Judgment and Opening Brief
November 19, 2002
Plaintiff's Answering Brief in Opposition of Wagner's Motion for Summary Judgment
DOCKET # 1 228 252 269
475
484 486 490
491
RELEVANT DOCKET ENTRIES
RAYMOND NACK C.A. NO. 98C-05-047
DATE
ACTION
May 5, 1998
Complaint Filed
June 9, 2000
Wagner's Motion for Summary Judgment
July 21, 2000
Plaintiff's Answering Brier
September 1, 200'0 Wagner's Reply Brief
July 2, 2001
Judge Babiarz Decision Granting Charles Wagner's Motion for Summary Judgment
July 11, 2001
Plaintiff's Application for Certification of the Trial Court's Interlocutory Order for the Puposes of Appeal
July 2, 2001
Order Granting Interlocutory Appeal
August 30, 2002
Plaintiff's Motion to Set Trial Date
October 25, 2002
Charles Wagner's Response to Plaintiff's Motion to Set Trial Date
November 4, 2002
Plaintiff's Order Regarding Setting Cases for Trial-SO ORDERED
November 12, 2002 Wagner's Motion for
1487
November 20, 2002
Wagner's ReplyBrief in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment