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Page 199 1 MR. SHELLENBERGER: Thank you, Your Honor. 2 Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, Mr. 3 Ignatowski has just explained to you what happened to 4 these men. That is the "what" of this case. 5 He also explained to you the "how." The 6 "how" is how the asbestos caused the disease. He 7 explained that to you also. 8 My job is to talk to you a little bit about 9 who the men are, how, another how, how they got 10 exposed, what defendants are responsible, and most 11 importantly, which I am sure you are all wondering 12 right now, why they are responsible, why they are 13 responsible. 14 As you all heard, Mr. Vandergucht was a 15 plasterer, and you saw a picture of him. He was a 16 plasterer, and he started working in this area in 17 1949. 18 That is a picture of Mr. Vandergucht, and he 19 worked into the 1970s as a plasterer. 20 Now, when he came over from Belgium after he 21 finished the Merchant Marines, he had a trade and we