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2 EXHIBITS: 1 - 48
3 STATE OF NEW YORK
4 SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF ERIE
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6 EARL W. TREDINNICK, III and KIMBERLY TREDINNICK, his
7 spouse, Plaintiffs,
8 vs.
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* Index No. * I2008- 10509 *
9 A.W. CHESTERTON COMPANY, et
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10 Defendants.
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13 DEPOSITION OF RILEY POWER, INC.
14 through its designee, MICHAEL SMITH
15 Friday, September 11, 2009 16 Cetrulo & Capone 17 Two Seaport Lane 18 Boston, Massachusetts
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21 DEANNA L. VEINOTTE, RPR, CRR, CCP
22 PRIORITY ONE, A VERITEXT COMPANY
23 25B Vreeland Road, Suite 301 Florham Park, NJ 07932
24 (718) 983-1234 (973) 410-1313 (Fax)
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1 APPEARANCE S 2
3 Representing the Plaintiffs: LIPSITZ & PONTERIO, LLC
4 135 Delaware Avenue, 5th Floor Buffalo, NY 14202
5 BY: KEITH R. VONA, ESQ. JOHN P. COMERFORD, ESQ.
6 (716) 849-0701 (716)849-0708 (Fax) 7 Representing Riley Power, Inc.:
DEHAY & ELLISTON, LLP 8 36 South Charles Street, Suite 1300
Baltimore, MD 21201
9 BY: R. THOMAS RADCLIFFE, ESQ. (410) 783-7225 (410) 783-7221 (Fax)
10 and CETRULO & CAPONE
11 2 Seaport Lane, 10th Floor Boston, MA 02210
12 BY: JASON M. SAUL, ESQ.
(617) 217-5500 (617) 217-5200 (Fax) 13 and
PHILLIPS LYTLE LLP 14 3400 HSBC Center
Buffalo, NY 14203 15 BY: JAMES W. WHITCOMB, ESQ.
(716) 847-7057 (716) 852-6100 (Fax) 16
Representing Frontier Insulation Contractors, 17 Inc.:
GOLDBERG & SEGALLA LLP
18 665 Main Street, Suite 400 Buffalo, NY 14203
19 BY: TONI FRAIN, ESQ. (716) 566-5457 (716) 566-5401 (Fax)
20 Representing Niagara Insulations:
21 COLUCCI & GALLAHER, P.C. 2000 Liberty Building
22 424 Main Street Buffalo, New York 14202-3695
23 BY: RYAN GELLMAN, ESQ.
(716) 853-4080 (716) 854-4070 (Fax) 24
1 INDEX
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WITNESS
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4 MICHAEL SMITH
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Examination by Mr. Vona
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6 Examination by Mr. Radcliffe
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14 E X H I B I T S
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NO. DESCRIPTION
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17 1 Notice of Taking Deposition
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18 2 Deposition dated May 13, 2009 37
19 3 Document dated 6/23/59
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2 0 4 Document dated 12/11/59
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21 5 Document dated 3/60
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22 6 Document titled Contract Material
Requisition
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7 Document titled Contract Material
24 Requisition
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8 Document titled Contract Material
Requisition
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9 Document titled Contract Material
Requisition
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10 Document dated 6/23/59
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11 Document titled Contract Material 71
Requisition
12 Binder
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13 Document dated 6/23/59
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14 Document titled Contract Material
Requisition 15 Blown-up diagram
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16 Document dated 2/7/46
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17 Document titled Contract material
Requisition
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18 Reply to Plaintiff's Request for
Production and Answers to
Interrogatories Directed to
Asbestos Defendants
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19 Document titled Contract Material
Requisition
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20 Document Dated 7/23/46
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21 Document dated 3/31/47
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22 Document dated 4/3/47
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23 Document titled Contract Material
Requisition
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24 Document titled Contract Material
Requisition
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25 Document titled Contract Material
Reauisition
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26 Document titled Contract Material
Requisition
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27 Document titled Contract Material
Requisition
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28 Document dated 3/15/51
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29 Document dated 11/28/52
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30 Document dated February 13, 1990 from the Environmental Protection
Agency
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31 Document titled Contract Material
Requisition
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32 Document titled Contract Material
Requisition
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33 Blown-up diagram
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34 Document dated3/22/55
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35 Document dated3/22/55
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36 Document dated1/12/56
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37 Blown-up diagram
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38 Letter dated February 2, 1967 165
39 Document dated July 31, 1951 40 Document titled Section C,
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Boilers and Equipment
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41 Document dated10/1/71
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42 Document dated May 28, 1971 179
43 Letter dated July 22, 1971 183
44 Document titled Contract Price
dated 7/18/69
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45 Letter dated May 7, 1969______ 190
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1 46 Letter dated March 23, 1970 191 1 MR. COMERFORD: John Comerford, same
2 47 Drawing dated October 15, 1931 197 2 firm.
3 48 Document titled Power
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3 MR. RADCLIFFE: Tom Radcliffe for
4 4 Riley Power, Inc.
5 Original exhibits returned to Keith Vona with copies distributed to all counsel of record
5 MR. SAUL: Jason Saul from Cetrulo & 6 Capone for Riley Power, Inc.
6 7 MR. WHITCOMB:James Whitcomb, 7 8 Phillips Lytle for Riley Power, Inc. Just
8 9 before we get going, it is standard practice in 9 10 the Eighth Judicial District to reserve all 10 11 objections, except as to form, until trial. I 11 12 assume that's even in the video. I assume 12 13 that's acceptable to all at the table? 13 14 MR. VONA: Yes. 14
15 MS. FRAIN: Toni Frain for Frontier 15 16 Insulation Contractors. 16 17 17 MR. GELLMAN: Ryan Gellman, Colucci & 18 18 Gallagher for Niagara Insulations. 19 19 MR. VONA: Anybody else on the phone? 20 20 (No response.) 21 21 MR. COMERFORD: I just want to put on 22 22 the record that Crane Co. is a defendant in
23 23 this case and they had notice of this
24 24 deposition.
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2 PROCEEDINGS
2 MICHAEL SMITH, Deponent, having first been
3 10:04 a.m. 4 ---------------------------------------------------
5 THE VIDEOGRAPHER: My name is Bill
3 satisfactorily identified and duly sworn by the
4 Notary Public, deposes and states as follows: 5 *****
6 Slater of Veritext. Today's date is September
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EXAMINATION CONDUCTED
7 11, 2009. The time is approximately 10:04 a.m. 7 BY MR. VONA:
8 This deposition is being held at the offices of
8 Q. Good morning, Mr. Smith.
9 Cetrulo & Capone located at 2 Seaport Lane,
9 A. Good morning.
10 Boston, Massachusetts.
10 Q. As you already heard, my name is Keith
11 The caption in this case is In Re:
11 Vona. I'm from Lipsitz & Ponterio in Buffalo.
12 Eighth Judicial District Asbestos Litigation
12 I have some questions for you today. You and I
13 related to Earl W. Tredinnick, III and Kimberly 13 first met just a few moments ago before we
14 Tredinnick versus A.W. Chesterton Company, et 14 started, right?
15 al. in the Supreme Court, State of New York,
15 A. Yes.
16 County of Erie, Index No. I2008-10509. The
16 Q. Now, you've done these depositions
17 name of the witness is Michael Smith.
17 before, so I don't really feel the need to go
18 At this time the attorneys will
18 through the rules or anything like that. Do
19 identify themselves and the parties they
19 you have any problem with that if we just get
20 represent, after which the court reporter,
20 going?
21 Deanna Veinotte of Veritext, will swear in the 21 A. No.
22 witness and we can proceed.
22 Q. How many depositions have you given in
23 MR. VONA: Keith Vona from Lipsitz & 23 the context of asbestos?
24 Ponterio on behalf of the plaintiffs.
24 A. I believe this is about the 19th one.
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1 Q. All right. And when did you first
1 MR. VONA: It is Tredinnick.
2 start doing that?
2 MR. RADCLIFFE: Sorry.
3 A. About four years ago.
3 MR. VONA: That's fine.
4 Q. Okay. When was your last deposition
4 Q. Do you know if he's alive or dead?
5 with regard to asbestos?
5 A. I don't.
6 A. It was either May or June this year.
6 Q. Okay. Do you know what disease he's
7 Q. Okay. How many have you given this
7 suffering from?
8 year?
8 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form.
9 A. Depositions or cases?
9 A. According to the information I read in
10 Q. Depositions.
10 the depositions, I believe it was mesothelioma.
11 A. I believe this will be the eighth.
11 Q. Okay. Do you know what he did for a
12 Q. This year?
12 living?
13 A. This year.
13 A. He was a boilermaker for about 30-some
14 Q. Okay. Now, you're appearing on behalf 14 years.
15 of Riley Stoker today, correct?
15 Q. Okay. Do you know what boilermakers
16 A. I'm here to answer questions at the
16 do?
17 request of Riley Stoker attorneys.
17 A. Yes.
18 Q. Okay. And are you represented by the 18 Q. What do they do?
19 Riley Stoker attorneys today?
19 A. Essentially, there are two forms:
20 A. I don't know how to answer that.
20 One, in the field boilermakers who work during
21 Q. Okay.
21 the erection and repair of pressure vessels
22
MR. VONA: Mr. Radcliffe, are you
22 under the ASME code; and there's another group
23 representing Mr. Smith today? Is there an
23 that actually works, for instance, in the Riley
24 attorney/client privilege?
24 shop. They're a boilermaker union that do the
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1 MR. RADCLIFFE: There's an
1 actual fabrication of the boiler components.
2 attorney/client privilege between me and Riley
2 Q. Okay. And do you know which type of
3 Power, and to the extent that Mr. Smith is a
3 boilermaker Mr. Tredinnick is? And by the way,
4 designee of Riley Power, that attorney/client
4 he is alive.
5 privilege applies to him.
5 A. Okay. His deposition stated that he
6 MR. VONA: Would you be willing to
6 basically was working in the field in the
7 stipulate that Mr. Smith is appearing as a
7 traditional sense of the boilermaker.
8 corporate representative to Riley Stoker today?
8 Q. To just keep it straight and simple,
9 MR. RADCLIFFE: I'll stipulate that he 9 he worked on boilers as a boilermaker, correct?
10 is appearing in response to your deposition
10 A. Yes. He also testified he worked on
11 notice.
11 other things, too, which was really pipefitter
12 MR. VONA: Okay. Is he the person
12 work I thought, but he did work on boilers.
13 most knowledgeable with regard to Riley Stoker 13 Q. Okay. Now, just preliminarily, the
14 for this deposition?
14 last deposition I read was in May of this year,
15 MR. RADCLIFFE: That is the
15 and at that time you were compensated $100 an
16 designation made by Riley Power, yes.
16 hour. Has that changed at all?
17 MR. VONA: Okay. Thank you.
17 A. No.
18 Q. Mr. Smith, I'd like to ask you a few
18 Q. Nothing for the current times?
19 questions about my client. Do you know my
19 A. No.
20 client's name?
20 Q. Okay. In anticipation for this
21 A. Earl W. Tredinnick, III.
21 deposition, who did you speak to?
22 Q. Close enough.
22 A. The Riley attorneys.
23 MR. RADCLIFFE: How do you pronounce 23 Q. Meaning Mr. Radcliffe?
24 it?
24 A. Jason Saul primarily yesterday and the
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1 A. I heard about it, probably the first
2 Q. Okay. And you mentioned that you read 2 time, about a month ago.
3 Mr. Tredinnick's deposition; is that right?
3 Q. Okay. If you don't mind, could I just
4 A. Yes.
4 take a quick look at your binder?
5 Q. Do you know which volumes you read? 5 A. (Handing binder.)
6 A. I read four. I read -- I believe it
6 Q. Very good. Thank you.
7 was two in October of '08. There's another 7 MR. VONA: Now, I want to have this
8 one, I believe it was called Volume 3, in
8 deposition notice marked as Smith 1.
9 November, followed by a video deposition.
9
(Exhibit 1, Notice of Taking
10 Q. All right. Did you review anything
10
Deposition, so marked.)
11 else in preparation for this case?
11 Q. I want to show you what's been marked
12 A. I reviewed the contract documents for 12 as Smith Exhibit 1. You've seen something like
13 the contracts as I understood it to be an issue 13 this before, I'm assuming, deposition notices?
14 here at the four sites in New York.
14 A. I have seen deposition notices in the
15 Q. Okay.
15 past.
16
MR. RADCLIFFE: We also supplied
16 Q. Have you seen that one?
17 Mr. Smith with some documents related to
17 A. No.
18 DuPont, Bethlehem Steel, and Chevrolet.
18 Q. Okay. Have you ever appeared in a
19 MR. VONA: Are these documents that 19 courtroom for Riley Stoker at trial?
20 were provided to my office?
20 A. On asbestos?
21 MR. RADCLIFFE: I'll provide them to 21 Q. Yes.
22 you right now if you'd like to see them.
22 A. No.
23 MR. VONA: I would have preferred it 23 Q. And just so we're clear, all my
24 before the deposition, but we'll address that
24 questions are going to be related to asbestos
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1 if we get to it.
1 today. Okay? You've never appeared in court
2 MR. WHITCOMB: In response, there was 2 then?
3 no demand for those that I know of, Keith.
3 A. No.
4 MR. VONA: That's fine.
4 Q. Okay. Now, before you came here for
5 MR. WHITCOMB: They're documents that 5 this deposition, what did you do to prepare
6 have previously been produced in this
6 yourself other than look at the documents and
7 litigation.
7 the testimony? Anything else?
8 MR. VONA: Okay.
8 A. Such as?
9 MR. WHITCOMB: And other related
9 Q. I'm asking you. Did you do anything
10 asbestos litigation.
10 else? Did you talk to any employees of Riley
11 MR. VONA: That's fine.
11 prior to coming here?
12 A. I also reviewed portions of my book
12 A. No.
13 that I brought to every deposition that has
13 Q. Okay. Did you talk to anybody besides
14 information that we've accumulated over time. 14 the lawyers?
15 Q. Okay. I believe back in May, unless
15 A. No.
16 the court reporter made a mistake, it was a
16 Q. All right. Did you look at any other
17 blue binder. That one is black; is that right?
17 documents besides the contract documents you
18 A. This is the same binder to the best of
18 alluded to?
19 my knowledge.
19 A. And the --
20 Q. Okay. Have you added any material
20 Q. And what Mr. Radcliffe said?
21 since May?
21 A. No.
22 A. No.
22 Q. All right. Any other type of research
23 Q. Okay. When did you first hear about
23 that you did?
24 this deposition?
24 A. No other research.
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1 Q. Now, I'll try and shortcut a lot of 2 this stuff because you've been through these 3 depositions before. Are you still 65 years 4 old, or did you have a birthday? 5 A. Yes. No, I'm 65. 6 Q. And you have a bachelor's in civil 7 engineering, correct? 8 A. Yes. 9 Q. And also an MBA? 10 A. Yes. 11 Q. And you are a licensed professional 12 engineer? 13 A. Yes. 14 Q. And have been since 1972, close? 15 A. Yes. 16 Q. All right. You retired from Riley 17 Stoker in 2006; is that right? 18 A. Yes. 19 Q. And you started with them in 1973 as a 20 boiler design engineer? 21 A. Yes. 22 Q. All right. And if you could, just 23 walk the jury through your positions at Riley 24 just briefly. I don't need a lot of detail,
1 there. 2 In 1999 I returned to Riley as 3 director of the aftermarket projects group. 4 And in 2005 I became director of the parts 5 group again until I retired in July of 2006. 6 Q. All right. And I believe you 7 mentioned earlier you've been giving 8 depositions for about four years? 9 A. Yes. 10 Q. So would it be accurate that you 11 started giving depositions defending Riley 12 Stoker in the asbestos context before you 13 retired? 14 A. Before full retirement, yes. There 15 was a period of time where I had gone as a 16 contract employee still working for Riley. I 17 was doing special assignments for them and they 18 asked me to take this one on at that time. And 19 I did it, then I went back full-time, and then 20 I left full-time and started this again. 21 Q. Do you recall who approached you first 22 to ask you to appear on behalf of Riley Stoker? 23 A. It was the corporate attorney. 24 Q. For Riley?
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1 but just give them a thumbnail sketch.
1 A. For Riley, yes, in the Riley building.
2 A. Just Riley?
2 Q. In-house guy?
3 Q. Yes, that's fine.
3 A. Yes.
4 A. I started at Riley in 1973 as a boiler
4 Q. And I just want to do a little
5 design engineer. I was in that position
5 background on Riley Stoker. If I misstate
6 approximately two years. Then I became a
6 anything, just let me know. The company itself
7 project engineer, also for Riley, for a year
7 was started in 1913; is that right?
8 and a half to two years, and then progressed to
8 A. Yes.
9 project manager, industrial boiler division for
9 Q. Okay. And it's true that from 1931 to
10 about two years.
10 the present Riley Stoker has been in the
11
Then I became project manager, utility
11 business of designing, fabricating, and selling
12 boiler division for a couple of years. And
12 boilers, correct?
13 then I became manager of the industrial
13 A. As one of its products.
14 construction division for about two, two and a 14 Q. It sells other products, too, as well,
15 half years, and then became a senior project
15 correct?
16 manager in the aftermarket division for a
16 A. Yes.
17 couple of years.
17 Q. Give us an idea of some of those other
18 And then I became vice president of
18 products.
19 Pace Power Constructors in 1985 for about three 19 A. It started off as a stoker, which is a
20 years. And then I returned to Riley as a
20 fuel-burning piece of equipment.
21 director of the pressure parts group. In 1992
21 Q. Hence the name, right?
22 or '3 I became director of the parts group. In
22 A. Yes, but then progressed into many
23 1996 I was reassigned to the Erie facility as
23 different types of stokers, the fuel-burning
24 director of the parts group that was moved out 24 equipment, burners and pulverizers. And that's
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1 when it got into the boiler because that
1 scope of work was all it was about.
2 allowed them to do the whole package. And
2 Q. And let's say from the 1950s through
3 through the years, they continued to do burners 3 the 1980s, would it be true that Riley Stoker
4 as far as their design manufacture. I'm not
4 in addition to selling boilers, they would sell
5 talking about third-party products that they
5 auxiliary equipment by other third-party
6 may incorporate.
6 companies to incorporate into their contract?
7 Q. Sure.
7 A. If it was required by contract, they
8 A. They got into environmental in the
8 would obtain them from the experts because we
9 '80s. That's a separate division, but still...
9 certainly weren't the expert, and they would
10 And then manufacturing, they purchased another 10 incorporate it into the package to the
11 facility in the '60s, the Union Iron Works
11 customer.
12 facility in Erie.
12 Q. What do you mean by Riley wasn't an
13 And they opened up a couple more
13 expert?
14 facilities in Oklahoma and Shreveport,
14 A. We are not an expert at designing
15 Louisiana during the heydays in the '70s. And 15 valves, soot blowers, fans, auxiliary
16 eventually, they were down to just the Erie
16 equipment. That's a specialty onto itself.
17 facility in the '90s.
17 Q. Would you consider Riley an expert in
18 Q. Was it about 1931 when they first
18 designing boilers?
19 started making boilers?
19 A. The ASME boiler code, yes.
20 A. They purchased Baking House Corp. who 20 Q. So just so the record is clear though,
21 had already been making them for quite a while. 21 you'd agree with me that Riley Stoker would be
22 That's how they got into it. It was not their
22 an expert on the products that they designed
23 original new design. They took over an
23 and manufactured and how they went together and
24 existing company and started adding to it.
24 how they worked?
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1 Q. Does Riley Stoker still make boilers
1 A. I'm struggling with it because we were
2 today?
2 an expert on what we designed and manufactured.
3 A. Yes, if they could sell them, they
3 Q. Okay.
4 could.
4 A. And sent out there. A lot of
5 Q. Okay. You mentioned, as you were
5 customers incorporate other components into
6 giving the description of the equipment, the
6 that to complete that work. We were not an
7 whole package. Are you referring to the
7 expert. We'd say this is what we need. We
8 steam-generating unit where it's not just a
8 want a black-and-white 4-inch square thing, and
9 boiler, it's additional auxiliary equipment
9 they would design and give us state-of-the-art
10 that is supplied to, like, a powerhouse?
10 4-inch thing that they wanted to give us, and
11 And I know you went into this before a 11 we would buy it on a competitive basis.
12 little bit, but can you explain to me what you 12 Q. Okay. But as you just said, the
13 meant by whole package, how is that?
13 products that Riley Stoker designed and
14 A. We were just selling the fuel-burning 14 manufactured and put out there, they're an
15 stuff attached to the boiler. By adding the
15 expert in that, correct?
16 boiler to it, we could then integrate the two 16 A. Yes, ASME boiler code, yes.
17 of them. It was still not the whole
17 Q. Now, you and I know this already, but
18 steam-generating unit because there's a lot of 18 just for the jury, can you just tell them what
19 other stuff.
19 a boiler is, what it does?
20 Q. Turbines?
20 A. A boiler essentially is -- in the
21 A. That would be the whole powerhouse, 21 simplest vernacular is a tea kettle where you
22 but there's the boiler island, turbine island,
22 heat water and make steam. The steam is then
23 auxiliaries to balance the plant, things like
23 used for a variety of different purposes.
24 that, but basically it was just expanding our 24 Q. All right. That's actually a good
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1 description. Thank you.
1 there were several different sizes.
2 How big, historically, were the
2 Q. You can give me the range, that's
3 boilers that Riley Stoker manufactured? How 3 fine.
4 big were they? Can you give me a range?
4 A. There were -- the largest one was
5 MR. RADCLIFFE: I object to the
5 something about 75 feet high, 37 feet deep and
6 compound.
6 31 feet wide. I think the smallest was
7 Q. Riley Stoker made boilers, yes?
7 probably about 35 feet high, 32 deep, and 17
8 A. Yes.
8 wide.
9 Q. Can you just give me a size range,
9 Q. All right. And those are industrial
10 smallest to biggest?
10 boilers?
11 A. They made small packaged boilers that 11 A. Yes.
12 could be 12 feet wide -- you know, 12, 12, 12 12 Q. All right. Could you just walk the
13 might be one, a small packaged boiler.
13 jury through the basic components of a boiler.
14 Q. 12, 12, 12 is in feet?
14 I have a schematic of the one from Bethlehem
15 A. Yes. The small boilers you would see 15 Steel if that would be helpful to you. It's up
16 in a house is not something Riley made. They 16 to you.
17 did not do that. We also had very large
17 A. Almost every boiler is different.
18 utility boilers that are in excess of 200 feet
18 Q. Sure.
19 high, and the dimensions are 80 feet deep, you 19 A. We can do a generic one. If you want
20 know, 40 or 50 feet wide, so very large.
20 to use it, it would probably be helpful.
21 Q. And I'm sorry, what kind of boiler did 21 Q. Are there any components that are
22 you say that was?
22 consistent to all boilers?
23 A. Utility boilers.
23 A. Main steam drum.
24 Q. If you know, would that be the type of 24 Q. Okay.
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1 boiler that Mr. Tredinnick would work on?
1 A. Headers.
2 MR. RADCLIFFE: Objection. Calls for 2 Q. Okay.
3 speculation.
3 A. You have to have water walls. Some
4 A. I don't know.
4 boilers have two drums. Some have three. Some
5 Q. Well, you read his testimony, correct?
5 of the old ones had three drums. Some had
6 A. Yes, I did.
6 boiler banks, which is another compilation of
7 Q. And you've looked through the
7 tubes. Some have economizers, reheaters,
8 contracts?
8 superheaters. As far as the basic pressure
9 A. Yes.
9 parts and components themselves.
10 Q. Are those utility boilers?
10 Q. And you mentioned before a tea kettle
11 A. No, they were not utility boilers.
11 or tea pot. Boilers get hot, correct, when you
12 Q. And maybe we're mincing words. A
12 operate them?
13 utility boiler, is that something that would
13 A. Boilers have to be hot in order to
14 be, like, at a power plant?
14 operate.
15 A. Like New England Power, Niagara
15 Q. Right. How else are you going to
16 Mohawk, that would be power.
16 create steam, correct?
17 Q. The contracts that you reviewed
17 A. They have to be hot.
18 regarding the boilers Mr. Tredinnick worked on, 18 Q. Riley Stoker incorporates insulation
19 how would you categorize them? What would you 19 in its boilers, true?
20 call them?
20 MR. RADCLIFFE: Objection to form.
21 A. Industrial boilers.
21 A. Riley Stoker by design does not
22 Q. Okay. And can you give us an idea of
22 incorporate -- we don't make the insulation.
23 the size of those boilers?
23 Q. I'm not asking if you made it. I'm
24 A. They were in the range of -- well,
24 just saying it's part of the boiler that they
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1 manufacture and sell; is it not?
1 Riley Stoker incorporated asbestos-containing
2 A. ASME code requires the boilers to do
2 products in their boilers, do you?
3 two things: One, you have to have insulation
3
MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form.
4 to keep the steam in the boiler to make the
4 A. Riley Stoker in that period of time
5 boiler perform; and secondly, you have to have 5 sometime provided insulation from third parties
6 it for personal protection on the outside.
6 on their boiler that might have contained some
7 Q. That's part of my next question.
7 asbestos prior to OSHA.
8 Basically, it's a matter of efficiency and
8 Q. Okay. Did they sell that material to
9 safety, correct?
9 the customers?
10 A. Always safety, yes.
10 A. No.
11 Q. All right. Is safety something that
11 Q. They did not?
12 Riley Stoker is always concerned with, to your 12 A. No. They provided it as part of the
13 knowledge?
13 contract to a customer if required by the
14 A. Every day.
14 customer.
15 Q. Okay.
15 Q. So it's only if the customer required
16 A. Boilers, by nature, are very
16 it?
17 sophisticated pieces of equipment that operate 17 A. Yes.
18 at high temp., high pressure and if you don't 18 Q. Okay. And any other
19 design them to code, manufacture them, erect 19 asbestos-containing component parts to the
20 them, and maintain them properly, they're
20 boilers, the Riley Stoker boilers?
21 dangerous.
21 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form.
22 Q. You said they're highly technical, so
22 A. The boilers sometimes had gaskets that
23 not just anybody can work on a boiler, correct? 23 might or might not have had asbestos in them.
24 A. I was talking about the design aspect, 24 Q. Okay.
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1 but even working on the boiler, you would have 1 A. There was, for expansion joints, in
2 to be trained.
2 the refractory that sometimes used asbestos
3 Q. Somebody like a boilermaker?
3 rope prior to it being eliminated. There has
4 A. A boilermaker would have to be trained 4 been times they used asbestos millboard.
5 in the different skills that are required.
5 Q. All right. Where would the asbestos
6 Q. Now, that insulation that's
6 gaskets be used --
7 incorporated into the Riley boiler is
7 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form.
8 high-temperature insulation, isn't it?
8 Q. -- on the boiler?
9 A. Not necessarily.
9 A. Well, the asbestos-containing gaskets?
10 Q. Okay. Is high-temperature insulation
10 Q. Yes.
11 used in Riley Stoker boilers?
11 A. It depends on the temperature of the
12 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form. 12 boiler, and they might have used a stainless
13 A. High-temperature insulation is used in 13 steel gasket for handholes and manhole covers.
14 the appropriate places --
14 Q. Now, a stainless steel gasket, is that
15 Q. Okay.
15 the same as a Flexitallic gasket?
16 A. -- on the boilers.
16 A. No, it's actually pure stainless.
17 Q. Where would those places be?
17 Q. Okay. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to
18 A. The boiler would have to be a
18 interrupt you.
19 higher-temperature boiler.
19 A. If it was low temperature, low
20 Q. Would an industrial boiler be a
20 pressure, it might have been a woven braided
21 high-temp. boiler?
21 gasket, so there was a variety of gaskets that
22 A. Some might be.
22 were used depending on the temperature,
23 Q. Okay. Let me ask you this: You don't 23 pressure, and location on the boiler.
24 dispute that between 1931 and the 1980s that 24 Q. *Okay. And it's true that between
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1 1931 and 1972 that Riley Stoker did incorporate 1 asbestos was used in any of the insulation that
2 high-temperature asbestos-containing insulation 2 was incorporated in their boilers?
3 on some of its boilers?
3 A. The Riley Stoker employees did not
4 MR. RADCLIFFE: Objection to the form. 4 generally know what was in the insulation.
5 A. Can you say that again, please?
5 Q. Okay. You said they did not generally
6 MR. VONA: Can you read it back,
6 know. Did they know something?
7 please?
7 A. I don't know. I did not talk to every
8 (*Testimony read back by
8 one of them.
9 reporter.)
9 Q. It has been your testimony, correct,
10 MR. RADCLIFFE: Same objection.
10 repeatedly, based on your knowledge and people
11 A. On some of the boilers prior to OSHA, 11 you've talked to, that prior to 1972 and OSHA,
12 some of the insulation on the boilers might
12 Riley Stoker had no idea that asbestos was used
13 have contained asbestos.
13 in any of the insulation materials incorporated
14 Q. Okay. And specifically, though, you
14 in their boilers; is that true?
15 know what I mean when I say high-temp.
15 MR. RADCLIFFE: Objection to the form.
16 insulation; do you not?
16 Q. You can answer.
17 A. Yes.
17 A. I don't think I stated it exactly that
18 Q. Okay. Did Riley Stoker between 1931
18 way because I don't know what they knew about
19 and 1972 at times incorporate
19 different materials.
20 asbestos-containing high-temperature block
20 Q. Well, I'm not asking you about
21 insulation in their boilers?
21 everybody that was at Riley Stoker. You're
22 MR. RADCLIFFE: Same objection.
22 appearing today on behalf of Riley Stoker.
23 A. I don't know what ones had asbestos in 23 You're the person that Riley Stoker has
24 them or not. There was high-temp. block
24 designated to appear on their behalf to answer
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1 insulation that didn't have asbestos.
1 these questions.
2 Q. You're probably not hearing my
2 I just want to know what you know,
3 question. I'm just asking you if they did in
3 your personal knowledge, based on people you've
4 some of the boilers?
4 talked to, documents you've looked at, what do
5 A. We incorporated high-temp. block
5 you know about it?
6 insulation. We didn't know what was in the
6 A. I don't know what -- we were not aware
7 insulation. That wasn't our shtick.
7 of potential hazards of the insulation we were
8 Q. So are you telling this jury Riley
8 using.
9 Stoker had no idea what materials were in the
9 Q. I'm not asking about the hazards. I
10 insulation they were using?
10 don't mean to cut you off. I'm asking about
11 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form. 11 the knowledge -- let me just show you your
12 Q. Well, did they know?
12 prior testimony. That might clear it up.
13 A. The people I've talked to over the
13 This is from your deposition back in
14 years, they did not know what was in the
14 May of 2009, a couple months ago. In fact, we
15 insulation during that period of time.
15 might as well have it marked as Smith 2.
16 Q. All right. And when did they find
16
(Exhibit 2, Deposition dated May
17 out -- when did Riley Stoker find out, to the
17
13, 2009, so marked.)
18 best of your knowledge, that there was asbestos 18 Q. Sir, I'd like to turn your attention
19 in some of the high-temp. insulation?
19 to page 98 of that deposition.
20 A. The information came out to Riley with 20
MR. RADCLIFFE: Can I have a
21 the advent of OSHA in 1972.
21 continuing objection to this procedure? I
22 Q. Okay. So it's your testimony to this
22 don't think it's a proper --
23 jury that prior to 1972, based on your
23 MR. VONA: To use his prior
24 knowledge, Riley Stoker did not know that
24 deposition?
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1 MR. RADCLIFFE: Yes.
1 MR. VONA: Next time I prefer we
2
MR. VONA: Sure, you can have an
2 probably should go off the record. You know
3 objection to that.
3 speaking objections are not allowed in New
4 MR. RADCLIFFE: Thanks.
4 York. Also, I'd like to know who exactly I'm
5 Q. Are you looking at page 98, sir?
5 dealing with here. Am I dealing with
6 A. Yes.
6 Mr. Radcliffe or am I dealing with you?
7 Q. Actually, first of all, why don't we 7 MR. WHITCOMB: You're dealing with
8 go back to the cover. Okay?
8 Mr. Radcliffe, but I am counsel of record and I
9 A. Okay.
9 am the one who set the parameters of the
10 Q. And the case is titled Susan K. Lenz 10 deposition. I have the knowledge relating to
11 versus Allis-Chalmers Corporation Products 11 the case management order. And I'm -- believe
12 Liability, et al. Do you see that, sir?
12 me, if you want to get the judge on the line to
13 A. Yes.
13 decide whether Mr. Radcliffe is defending or
14 Q. Do you recall giving this deposition 14 I'm defending, that's fine, Keith, and you can
15 in May 2009?
15 certainly edit the tape at any time, but I'm
16 A. Yes.
16 certainly going to object if I think we're
17 Q. Okay. And when you answered the 17 going to sit here and regurgitate his testimony
18 questions in that deposition, did you tell the 18 from Lenz because that's just not going to
19 truth to the best of your ability?
19 happen.
20 A. Yes.
20 MR. VONA: I'm not here to regurgitate
21 Q. You were under oath, correct?
21 his testimony, Jim. I'm here -- if he's not
22 A. Yes, I was.
22 going to concede to a point that he's made in
23 Q. All right. If you could turn back to 23 the past which is completely relevant to this
24 page 98.
24 case --
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1 A. Yes.
1 MR. WHITCOMB: It is --
2 Q. And smack in the middle of 98 the
2 MR. VONA: Let me finish. It allows
3 question says, "Okay. Now, it's your testimony 3 us to put the case in context for the jury. I
4 in 2006 was that prior to OSHA, Riley Stoker
4 think it's perfectly okay to do that, and I'm
5 did not have awareness there was asbestos
5 impeaching him on his testimony, that's all.
6 insulation?" And you answered "Yes." Is that 6
MR. RADCLIFFE: I don't think you
7 true?
7 impeached him, but go ahead, let's continue.
8 A. Yes, that's what I said.
8 MR. VONA: That's fine. Are we all
9 Q. You're not here to change that
9 set?
10 testimony, are you?
10 MR. RADCLIFFE: Let's keep going.
11 A. No.
11 Q. So after all that, sir, it is your
12 MR. WHITCOMB: I don't mean to step 12 testimony that prior to 1972, based on your
13 out of line, but to some extent, we are not
13 knowledge, Riley Stoker did not know there was
14 here to go over his prior testimony and I
14 asbestos in the insulation they incorporated in
15 haven't jumped in because I'm allowing a little 15 their boilers, true?
16 leeway because I know you want to get some 16
MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form.
17 background, but if we're going to start going 17 A. This question was OSHA -- Riley Stoker
18 over the corporate knowledge, Keith, we're
18 did not have any awareness there was asbestos
19 going to stop and we're going to call the
19 insulation. That was the question I was
20 judge, okay, because the Eighth Judicial
20 answering, not the one you just asked.
21 District case management order, as well as the 21 Q. What was the difference?
22 letter I sent you in this case, we're here to
22 A. You stated insulation containing
23 talk about the specific sites, so let's get to
23 asbestos. This was asbestos insulation. We
24 the specific sites.
24 never used the term asbestos insulation
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1 anywhere.
1 You don't have the time, first of all.
2 Q. I'm just asking you did Riley Stoker, 2 When you're doing boilers, you're
3 prior to 1972, did they know there was asbestos 3 buying a whole bunch of different components
4 in the insulation they used?
4 from third parties. You're not going to be an
5 A. That's a different question than this.
5 expert in every one. You depend on them to be
6 Q. Did they know there was asbestos
6 the experts and give you the proper product.
7 insulation?
7 Q. Okay. You refer to going down and
8 A. I don't think so.
8 buying a tire, and that's something that you or
9 Q. Did they know that there was asbestos
9 I might go do. We're not experts in cars, are
10 in the insulation that they used? I'm asking
10 we?
11 you that question today then.
11 A. I'm not.
12 A. I don't think so, no.
12 Q. I'm not either. But Riley Stoker is
13 Q. You don't think they did; you're not
13 an expert in boilers, correct?
14 sure?
14 A. In the components they design and
15 MR. RADCLIFFE: It's asked and
15 manufacture.
16 answered. Now you're arguing.
16 Q. Okay. Don't you agree that they
17 A. The follow-up is exactly where I'm
17 should possibly research what materials they're
18 going. If you go to three lines down.
18 using in their boilers that they're selling to
19 Q. That's fine, sir. I'm asking the
19 customers?
20 questions, and I would like an answer to that 20
MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form.
21 question.
21 Q. You don't agree with that?
22 Sitting here today, putting this
22 A. The materials were specified with the
23 aside, did Riley Stoker prior to 1972 know that 23 ASTM standards and this is what we said, we
24 there was asbestos in the insulation they
24 want material to these standards. That was our
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1 incorporated in their boilers?
1 responsibility. That's what we did.
2 A. Not to my knowledge.
2 Q. Okay. And you testified earlier that
3 MR. RADCLIFFE: Objection. Asked and 3 safety was always a priority with Riley; is
4 answered.
4 that right?
5 Q. That's all I'm looking for. Thank
5 A. Absolutely.
6 you.
6 Q. Wouldn't a responsible company who's
7 Mr. Smith, wouldn't you agree that a
7 trying to be safe test their products?
8 responsible company, they should know what 8 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form.
9 component parts they incorporate in their
9 A. Our products were tested. The boilers
10 products?
10 were tested.
11
MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form.
11 Q. Okay. Did you ever test any of the
12 A. We --
12 component parts in the boilers?
13 Q. Yes or no?
13 A. Not to my knowledge.
14 MR. RADCLIFFE: Answer it the best 14 Q. Now, you mentioned contracts earlier.
15 that you can, Mr. Smith.
15 And you'd agree with me, sir, that Riley
16 A. We would have knowledge of what we
16 Stoker, under certain contracts, were
17 made what was in the components. If we bought 17 responsible to provide and install
18 something from outside, we relied on those
18 high-temperature insulation on their boilers,
19 experts to give us the product that would do
19 true?
20 the job. We didn't go into them and analyze
20 A. On certain contracts, entirely
21 what they had in the products.
21 possible, yes.
22 It's like me going down and buying a
22 Q. So it's yes?
23 new tire and wanting to know from Michelin what 23 A. Yes.
24 did you put in this tire. You don't do that.
24 Q. Okay. And this occurred prior to
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1 1972? 2 A. Installing high-temp. insulation? 3 Q. Yes. 4 A. Yes. 5 Q. Okay. Now, in the case where Riley 6 Stoker is responsible under the contract for 7 this insulation, there would be one or two ways 8 how they'd go about providing it, correct? The 9 first would be to either hire an insulation 10 contractor to install it, or they would go to 11 the union hall directly and hire union 12 insulators to do that, correct? 13 A. That is two of the installation 14 possibilities, yes. 15 Q. That's what I'm asking you. Now, in 16 either case Riley Stoker is using insulators 17 from the Asbestos Workers Union, correct? 18 A. I don't know if it's called the 19 asbestos -- we used the insulators. That's 20 what we call the insulators. 21 Q. Sir, you do recall back in May that 22 you did refer to them as the Asbestos Workers 23 Union, correct? 24 A. Yes, I did.
1 block or mineral wool or whatever the 2 configuration was. It's called a generic 3 example of what we wanted. And they would then 4 go out for competitive bids for the material. 5 That was one way. 6 The other way was if we had the 7 material and labor and there was never -- every 8 contract was different for the scope, every 9 single one. If labor was included, another way 10 we might do it is to go out and solicit 11 insulation companies to supply and erect the 12 insulation. 13 Q. All right. If it's under the contract 14 that Riley is providing the insulation, they're 15 obtaining that and having the asbestos workers 16 install it, correct? 17 A. That was one version. 18 Q. Yes. 19 A. The other one was where they provide 20 it themselves. 21 Q. Sure. I understand that. That's 22 fine. 23 A. Okay. 24 Q. Now, I want to get into some of the
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1 Q. As far as you know, they were always
1 documents specific to this case. And you
2 called the Asbestos Workers Union, correct?
2 reviewed those documents, you already testified
3 A. There was a context there where the
3 to that; is that correct? Do you know that
4 asbestos workers came out. I always knew they 4 they were Bates Tredinnick, basically, 1
5 were called the asbestos workers. They were
5 through 1542? Do you know that?
6 the insulators.
6 A. I don't know the range.
7 Q. Right. And I mean, do you think that
7 Q. It's about 1500 pages or so?
8 maybe Riley Stoker might have suspected that 8 A. They're sitting right there.
9 asbestos insulation was being used by these
9 Q. Did you look through all of them?
10 contractors?
10 A. Yes, I did.
11 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form. 11 Q. Okay. Me, too.
12 A. I don't know.
12 MR. VONA: Mr. Radcliffe, can I have a
13 Q. Well, Riley Stoker provided that
13 stipulation that those documents are authentic
14 material for them, didn't they?
14 business records that were provided to my
15 A. No, the third parties -- well, once
15 office, or Mr. Whitcomb?
16 again, there's two different ways of doing
16 MR. RADCLIFFE: Well, they're
17 that.
17 certainly authentic.
18 Q. Yes.
18 MR. VONA: Are they business records?
19 A. If it was required in our contract --
19 MR. RADCLIFFE: They were created by
20 Q. That's what I'm speaking to. I'm
20 Riley Stoker in the ordinary course of its
21 sorry.
21 business.
22 A. There was two ways of doing it. One, 22
MR. VONA: So they're business
23 we could go out to -- we could define what we 23 records?
24 wanted by the generic. We want high-temp.
24
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1 created by Riley Stoker in the ordinary course 2 of its business. If you're asking me to 3 stipulate that they're -- in exception to the 4 rule against hearsay, that's a legal
5 determination. 6 MR. VONA: You'd stipulate that 7 they're admissible at the time of trial, 8 wouldn't you? 9 MR. RADCLIFFE: No, I'll stipulate 10 that factually they were created by Riley 11 Stoker in its ordinary course of business and 12 maintained by Riley Stoker. 13 Q. Okay. The first document I want you 14 to take a look at is --
15 MR. VONA: We'll mark this as Smith 16 No. 3. 17 (Exhibit 3, Document dated 18 6/23/59, so marked.) 19 Q. Okay. Do you have Smith No. 3? 20 A. Yes. 21 Q. Do you recognize that document? 22 A. Yes. 23 Q. That's something you looked at? 24 A. Yes.
1 Q. Does the B stand for boiler, do you 2 know? 3 A. I believe the designation was 4 Badenhausen. 5 Q. Okay. And the name of the job and 6 location is Bethlehem Steel Corp., Buffalo, New 7 York, correct? 8 A. Yes, Lackawanna plant. 9 Q. And under equipment furnished, I see 10 boiler -- well, basically, let me back up. 11 There's some letter designations, C and P, 12 correct? 13 A. Yes. 14 Q. C means contractor, true? 15 A. Yes. 16 Q. And contractor in this case would be 17 Riley Stoker? 18 A. Yes. 19 Q. And P would be purchaser, meaning Beth 20 Steel? 21 A. Or their designee contractor. 22 Q. Okay. Now, I won't go through the 23 whole list of everything that's provided here 24 by Riley Stoker, but I do want to point out
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1 Q. You looked at that?
1 they did supply the insulation on this
2 A. Yes.
2 contract, correct?
3 Q. And basically, is that like the cover
3 A. Yes.
4 page to the contract for Bethlehem Steel from
4 Q. All right. And they supplied the
5 1959?
5 superheater, the gas ducts and air ducts, too;
6 A. It's the first page of the contract
6 is that true?
7 summary, which is basically the summary of all 7 A. Yes.
8 the interchanges between Bethlehem Steel and 8 Q. Okay. Are the superheater, gas ducts
9 Riley Stoker.
9 and air ducts, are those insulated?
10 Q. Okay. And just preliminarily, I want
10 A. The superheater, no.
11 to try to keep this simple, but you've
11 Q. Any part of the superheater insulated?
12 testified about this before, Riley Stoker has a 12 A. The superheater header extended
13 number of documents that they maintain with 13 outside the boiler. You might have -- the end
14 regard to their boilers, true?
14 of a superheater header might have to be
15 A. Yes.
15 insulated, but the superheater by definition is
16 Q. Okay. But those documents don't
16 a pressure part that needs to be right inside
17 encompass all the documents that were created 17 the boiler to pick up the steam.
18 for each of those boilers as well, correct?
18 Q. So a certain part of the superheater
19 Sometimes there's stuff that's not in there
19 would be insulated though, true?
20 that's discarded later on, correct?
20 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form.
21 A. Yes.
21 A. If the header was outside, like I
22 Q. All right. Now, this is dated June
22 said.
23 23, 1959, Contract No. B-2430, correct?
23 Q. Gas ducts and air ducts, would they be
24 A. Yes.
24 insulated?
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1 A. Gas ducts, yes, air ducts, maybe.
1 MR. VONA: Okay. And I apologize, a
2 Q. Okay. What would determine whether 2 lot of these were cut off, and I noticed that
3 they were or weren't?
3 ahead of time, but it was like a day before.
4 A. Temperature.
4 MR. RADCLIFFE: That's fine. I just
5 Q. And when they are insulated, are they
5 want to make sure we know what we're talking
6 insulated with high-temperature block?
6 about.
7 A. It depends on the temperature.
7 MR. VONA: Feel free to let us know.
8 Q. Okay. With regard to this contract,
8 Q. Let me show you -- or mark 4.
9 you've looked through it, correct?
9 (Exhibit 4, Document dated
10 A. Oh, yes.
10 12/11/59, so marked.)
11 Q. All right. These gas ducts and air
11 Q. Mr. Smith, I direct your attention to
12 ducts, were they insulated with high-temp.
12 Exhibit No. 4, and this is also a document from
13 block?
13 that contract from Beth Steel, correct? Well,
14 A. That, I don't know.
14 it says up at the top "Beth Steel Corporation."
15 Q. Okay. Even after looking through it, 15 Do you see that?
16 you don't know?
16 A. The contract number is on there, 2430.
17 A. No.
17 Q. Right. I just want to direct your
18 Q. You don't have to look. We'll get to
18 attention real quick to the first -- well,
19 it. Also just real quick on the bottom -- it's
19 first of all, what is this document?
20 still in the middle on that equipment furnished 20 A. This is a contract requisition form.
21 on the far right-hand column at the bottom, it 21 Q. Okay. And on the first line I see
22 says labor and S-U-P-T. Riley obviously
22 "Elliptical manhole gasket Flexitallic,
23 provided the labor on this?
23 quantity 20." Is that right?
24 A. Yes.
24 A. Yes.
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1 Q. And is that superintendent?
1 Q. All right. And you've testified
2 A. Yes.
2 before Flexitallic gaskets were
3 Q. So somebody is supervising the
3 asbestos-containing, true?
4 erection of this boiler?
4 A. I believe they were at that time.
5 A. Yes.
5 Q. My question is this number 20, would
6 Q. And that's a person who works for
6 those be all used on the original installation,
7 Riley Stoker?
7 or were some of those used for replacement? Do
8 A. Yes.
8 you understand?
9 Q. Okay.
9 A. They would be used on the original
10 A. Well, there can be times -- it's not
10 installation.
11 quite that simple because it may be that in
11 Q. And if we look at the top, it says
12 certain areas we subbed out. We're responsible 12 lower side WW. Is that water wall? Does that
13 for it, but we subbed out.
13 stand for water wall?
14 Q. So the superintendent is still being
14 A. Lower side water wall header.
15 paid by Riley Stoker, right? He isn't doing it 15 Q. So just on the lower side water wall
16 for free?
16 header, 20 Flexitallic asbestos-containing
17 A. That's the point.
17 gaskets would be used in the initial
18 Q. But if it says C for contractor,
18 installation?
19 meaning Riley Stoker, that means Riley Stoker 19 A. Yes.
20 provided that person, correct?
20 Q. Now, let me ask you this: Did Riley
21 A. One way or the other.
21 Stoker ever provide or sell or supply
22 Q. Okay.
22 additional asbestos-containing gaskets for
23 MR. RADCLIFFE: I believe that
23 replacement use?
24 document is Bates labeled 693.
24 A. Very rarely. Usually the customers
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1 would get them cheaper somewhere else because 1 Q. So now you know that at some point in
2 they came to us. I ran the parts group. We
2 time Riley Stoker did, in fact, sell
3 had to go out and get them from somewhere else 3 replacement asbestos gaskets?
4 because we didn't make them.
4 A. No.
5 Q. All right.
5 Q. No?
6 A. So often the customers would go get
6 MR. RADCLIFFE: Sorry, I want to
7 their own.
7 object to that prior question. That was
8 Q. But at times would they do that,
8 argumentative. Now go ahead.
9 supply replacement asbestos gaskets?
9 A. This is part of the initial
10
MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form.
10 installation.
11 A. (Nodding.)
11 Q. You'd agree with me, though, sir, that
12 Q. Let me strike that question. I'll
12 duplicate gaskets would be something that's
13 strike the question.
13 used for repair and replacement?
14 What I'm asking you, sir, you've
14 A. No.
15 established these gaskets were from the initial 15 Q. What would they be used for?
16 installation, correct?
16 A. After you erect the boiler, it has to
17 A. Yes.
17 be tested, and certain areas have to be opened.
18 Q. What I'm asking is would Riley Stoker 18 Q. Okay.
19 ever provide additional asbestos-containing
19 A. And this is after you bring it up to
20 gaskets for repair work or replacement work for 20 full pressure, so you cannot reuse the gaskets.
21 later on? Did they ever do that?
21 Q. Understood.
22
MR. RADCLIFFE: Objection to form.
22 A. So after you clean the boiler down,
23 A. I don't know.
23 test it, you've got to put the boiler back
24 Q. You don't know if they did?
24 together before it can be started up, and this
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1 A. No. Running the parts group, that was 1 is what these gaskets are used for.
2 something we never sold to customers.
2 Q. So they're used to replace another
3 Q. Okay. Now, if I asked you -- let me
3 gasket, true?
4 skip that one.
4 A. During the initial erection phase.
5
(Exhibit 5, Document dated 3/60,
5 Q. Okay. Did Riley do that on all its
6 so marked.)
6 boiler contracts?
7 Q. Again, this is for the Beth Steel
7 A. Do what?
8 contract, correct?
8 Q. Provide duplicate gaskets for
9 A. Yes.
9 replacement after the initial fire-up?
10 Q. And it's titled duplicate gaskets,
10 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form.
11 true?
11 A. Well, if they were required. Some of
12 A. Yes.
12 the boilers, all we ever had to replace was the
13 Q. And one number is a little difficult
13 drum gaskets. Some boilers later on didn't
14 to read, but the one below it says 16, and
14 have handholes in the headers. You'd have
15 these are Flexitallic gaskets, correct?
15 blowdown valves or something. I'm not sure.
16 A. Yes.
16 (Exhibit 6, Document titled
17 Q. And we've already agreed they're
17
Contract Material Requisition, so
18 asbestos-containing?
18 marked.)
19 A. At this point in time, this period of
19 Q. Let me know when you're ready.
20 time, they should contain it.
20 A. I'm ready.
21 Q. You can't dispute, it says duplicate
21 Q. This is, again, from the Beth Steel
22 gaskets. Those are replacement gaskets,
22 contract, true?
23 correct?
23 A. Yes.
24 A. Yes.
24 Q. And you mentioned this before that
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1 Riley sometimes incorporated asbestos millboard 1 material, true?
2 in their boilers, correct?
2 A. Yes.
3 A. Yes.
3 Q. All right.
4 Q. And this, in fact, indicates that this
4
(Exhibit 7, Document titled
5 boiler had asbestos millboard, true?
5 Contract Material Requisition, so
6 A. Yes.
6 marked.)
7 Q. Can you tell me what that would be
7
(Exhibit 8, Document titled
8 used for?
8 Contract Material Requisition, so
9 A. Normally, this is used in someplace
9
marked.)
10 where they have wide spacing on the tubes and 10 Q. Let me know when you're all set.
11 they need to create a basis for the refractory
11 A. I'm all set.
12 or insulation coming out. This is a gas and
12 Q. You've had a chance to look at Smith 7
13 oil-fired unit, so somewhere in the
13 and 8, true?
14 installation it's used against boiler tubes
14 A. Yes.
15 normally.
15 Q. They're both documents from the Beth
16 Q. Okay. Would that be interior to the
16 Steel contract; you'd agree with that?
17 boiler?
17 A. Yes.
18 A. Normally exterior.
18 Q. All right. And they're titled -- 7 is
19 Q. So where the tubes are coming out of
19 titled "Applied & Setting Insulation," and 8 is
20 the boiler? I don't really know, that's why
20 titled "Applied Insulation," true?
21 I'm asking.
21 A. Yes.
22 A. It would be external to the tubes of
22 Q. And both of these documents indicate
23 the boiler.
23 certain quantities of Thermotex-B emulsion
24 Q. But it's on the outside of the boiler?
24 weatherproofing; do you see that?
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1 A. Yes.
1 A. Yes.
2 Q. All right. I'm not done with that one
2 Q. In fact, Smith 7, the quantity is
3 yet. If you could take a look at the bottom on
3 32,000 pounds, true?
4 the left-hand corner there, I see Philip Carey.
4 A. Yes.
5 Do you see that?
5 Q. And I'll take a stab at No. 8 looks to
6 A. Yes.
6 me to be 2,000 pounds; does that look about
7 Q. Okay. First of all, what is that area
7 right?
8 used for on these documents, if you know?
8 A. It's pretty weak, but it's around
9 A. That area, I've seen it used to
9 that.
10 designate where the material was purchased. 10 Q. Well, we'll just go with the 32,000.
11 It's not always filled in. Sometimes it is.
11 First of all, where would this material be used
12 Q. Okay. So would it be reasonable to
12 on this boiler?
13 assume that in this instance with regard to
13 A. Actually, this material was not used
14 this document that this asbestos millboard came 14 on this boiler.
15 from Philip Carey?
15 Q. How do you know that?
16 A. That's a reasonable consensus.
16 A. There's another one of these for this
17 Q. Do you know who Philip Carey was?
17 project. The owner changed their mind after
18 A. I've heard the name. I don't know
18 this was done and shipped to this jobsite, and
19 them.
19 this was to be on the external of all the
20 Q. Other than -- well, you'd agree with
20 insulation on the boiler and the ductwork, and
21 me they're a supplier of material at least,
21 they said they wanted the entire boiler covered
22 right, obviously?
22 in 24-gauge steel lagging actually made from
23 A. They have to be, yes.
23 Bethlehem Steel. And this material was then
24 Q. In this case they supplied asbestos
24 disposed of at the jobsite.
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1 Q. What do you mean "disposed of"?
1 2-inch gate valves, correct?
2 A. They got rid of it. It was already at
2 A. Yes.
3 the jobsite when they changed their mind.
3 Q. And if we look down at the bottom on
4 Q. Did they throw it out?
4 the left where you said -- where it indicates
5 A. Yes.
5 supplier, it says Crane Co., true?
6 Q. Who ate the cost on that, if you know,
6 A. It says Crane Co.
7 from looking at the documents?
7 Q. Okay. Did Riley Stoker in its
8 A. Bethlehem Steel.
8 history, say, from 1931 to 1980, did they
9 Q. Do you have any of those documents
9 supply Crane valves on some of their jobs?
10 handy that I could take a look at that you're
10 A. Well, we have a requisition here they
11 basing this opinion on?
11 did.
12 A. Yes. Are you in Bates stamps?
12 Q. You'd agree with that then?
13 Q. I could look them up.
13 A. We bought them here.
14 MR. WHITCOMB: Do you want to go off 14 Q. Do you know if any asbestos-containing
15 the record?
15 components were used in those valves?
16 THE VIDEOGRAPHER: The time is 11:05. 16 A. I do not, no.
17 We're off the record.
17 Q. Now, just generally, I want to ask you
18 (Off the record, 11:05 a.m.)
18 a question, I guess, as an engineer. Are you
19 (Back on the record, 11:12 a.m.)
19 familiar with the 432 quick opening 2-inch gate
20 THE VIDEOGRAPHER: Back on the record. 20 valve? Do you know what that would be used for
21 The time is 11:12.
21 on a boiler?
22 Q. Mr. Smith, are you ready to continue?
22 A. I don't know.
23 A. Yes.
23 Q. You don't know if it would be
24 Q. We took a little short break. Before
24 insulated or not?
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1 we went off, I was asking you some questions 1 A. I do not know.
2 about Thermotex-B. Do you know what that 2 Q. Could it be insulated possibly?
3 material is?
3 A. A valve could be insulated.
4 A. It's a coating that's put on the
4 Q. Some are, some aren't, right?
5 outside of the insulation in some applications. 5 A. Yes.
6 Q. Okay. Did Riley Stoker use
6 (Exhibit 10, Document dated
7 Thermotex-B at any point to your knowledge? 7
6/23/59, so marked.)
8 A. Normally, no. It was a casing or
8 Q. Now, this is also from the contract.
9 lagging outside. In this case it was part of
9 We see the contract number at the top. It's
10 the original contract.
10 dated 1959, true?
11 Q. Did they ever use it, do you know? If 11 A. Yes.
12 you know?
12 Q. It's the B-2430, that's the Bethlehem
13 A. I don't know for sure.
13 Steel contract?
14 Q. Do you know if it was
14 A. That's correct.
15 asbestos-containing?
15 Q. Basically, just tell us what this
16 A. I do not know.
16 document is.
17 (Exhibit 9, Document titled
17 A. This was part of the contract summary
18
Contract Material Requisition, so
18 pages.
19 marked.)
19 Q. Okay. Go ahead.
20 Q. Let me know when you're set.
20 A. Which listed some components for the
21 A. Okay.
21 insulation materials for certain specific
22 Q. And again, this is the Beth Steel
22 services.
23 contract document, and this requisition
23 Q. This is telling us what areas are to
24 indicates six Crane No. 432 quick opening
24 be insulated; would you agree with that? Or
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1 A. Yes.
2 question.
2 Q. And then it has an A next to it?
3 This document is telling us, though,
3 A. Right.
4 certain areas that are to be insulated; is that
4 Q. And then B is 4,060 of 2-inch thick
5 true, right?
5 high-temp. block?
6 A. Yes.
6 A. Yes.
7 Q. Okay. And if we look, it says,
7 Q. And then C is 2,496 square feet with
8 "Contractor shall furnish for the unit
8 3-inch high-temp. block with a C next to it; I
9 insulation materials for the following surfaces 9 read that right?
10 described below," and I won't go through all of 10 A. Yes.
11 them, but I'd like to point out, it does say
11 Q. This is the insulation that's being
12 "exposed superheater ends and crossover,"
12 supplied for applied insulation?
13 correct?
13 A. For certain specific components.
14 A. Yes.
14 Q. This is something that Riley Stoker
15 Q. And "water wall feed pipes"?
15 would have supplied for this job?
16 A. Yes.
16 A. Yes.
17 Q. And it also indicates hot air duct and
17 Q. Now, could this have possibly
18 gas ducts, correct?
18 contained asbestos, do you know?
19 A. Yes.
19 MR. RADCLIFFE: Objection. Calls for
20 Q. All right. And if you skip down --
20 speculation.
21 just skip that next paragraph, the next one
21
MR. VONA: That's a fair objection.
22 says, "Insulation for superheater header shall 22 I'm sorry.
23 consist of 3 1/2-inch insulation block, a coat 23 Q. Do you know if this insulation
24 of insulating cement, and two coats of mastic 24 contained asbestos?
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1 covering"; is that true? I read that right?
1 A. I reviewed this one. It looks like
2 A. That's what it says.
2 the supply was BEH, which is a Keene company,
3 Q. And do you know one way or another
3 and I reviewed their documents from prior
4 whether that material would be
4 interrogatories, and they did not list
5 asbestos-containing on this job?
5 high-temp. block as asbestos-containing. So
6 A. Not based on this, no.
6 based on that, I'm saying no, I don't think it
7 Q. Okay.
7 did contain asbestos.
8 (Exhibit 11, Document titled
8 Q. Okay. And you're referring to your
9
Contract Material Requisition, so
9 interrogatories from your binder?
10 marked.)
10 A. Yes, I am.
11 Q. And we're marking Smith No. 11. I'd 11 Q. Could I possibly see that? If you
12 ask you to take a look at that. Let me know
12 could slide it over and I'll have Mr. Comerford
13 when you're all set.
13 take a look.
14 A. Okay.
14 A. I think it's Tab 25.
15 Q. And again, this is for the Bethlehem
15 Q. So you said it's BEH, correct? What
16 Steel job, and at the top it says applied
16 does BEH stand for?
17 insulation, correct?
17 A. Baldwin.
18 A. Yes.
18 Q. Ehret Hill?
19 Q. And then it reads, "The following
19 A. Yes.
20 insulation material," and it gives quantities
20 Q. And they supplied insulation
21 and sizes of high-temp. block insulation; you'd 21 materials?
22 agree with me, true? I'll go through it. The
22 A. That's what this says that's where we
23 first line says 3,384 square feet, 1 1/2-inch
23 bought it.
24 thick high-temp. block; do you see that?
24 Q. And you realize that you did testify
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1 before back in May that BEH did make
1 A. Yes.
2 asbestos-containing high-temp. insulation
2 Q. Okay. This thing has probably been
3 block; isn't that right?
3 marked a bunch of times, but we'll go ahead and
4 A. They make a mono block that does
4 mark this one.
5 contain asbestos, not straight high-temp.
5 MR. RADCLIFFE: Can we supply you with
6 block.
6 a copy to be marked?
7 Q. Bear with me one sec. If you know, 7 MR. VONA: Can we designate a number
8 and we're going to take a look, do those
8 to it then? We'll designate your binder as
9 interrogatories indicate that Baldwin Hill even 9 No. 12.
10 made a high-temp. block? Does it say 10 (Exhibit 12, Binder, so marked.)
11 high-temp. block in there at all?
11 Q. And you've been referring to this
12 A. At the back of the interrogatory,
12 product list that's located on page 10 of the
13 there's a list of the components that contained 13 Keene interrogatories, and it shows that they
14 asbestos, and that's where I looked to see if
14 made 85 magnesia pipe and block covering that
15 they listed high-temp. block as one that
15 contained asbestos. That's true, right?
16 contained asbestos, specifically as it related
16 A. 85 percent mag, yes.
17 to this requisition.
17 Q. And as far as -- you've testified to
18 Q. Okay.
18 this prior, 85 mag did contain asbestos up
19 A. And I couldn't find anything there.
19 until at least 1972, correct?
20 Q. It didn't say that they made a
20 A. I'm not sure of the exact date. You'd
21 high-temp. block insulation that did not
21 have to look at that.
22 contain asbestos, did it?
22 Q. But, generally, 85 magnesia
23 A. It didn't say they made one that did.
23 insulation, you've testified that contains
24 Q. It didn't say they made one at all,
24 asbestos, true?
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1 correct? It's not listed there at all as a
1 A. Yes.
2 product, is it?
2 Q. And we see No. 1 Plus Cement, that
3 A. They only listed the products with
3 contained asbestos between 1938 and 1971,
4 asbestos in them.
4 right?
5 Q. Okay. And you'd agree with me,
5 A. You're reading from the document. I
6 though, that high-temp. block is basically a
6 don't have it memorized.
7 term of art used for insulation; would you
7 Q. Would you agree with me though --
8 agree with that?
8 A. There's a list of products there that
9
MR. RADCLIFFE: Objection to form.
9 contain asbestos.
10 Q. Or is that a specific product name?
10 Q. And you said mono block,
11 Do you understand?
11 high-temperature insulation, you agreed that
12 A. No.
12 contained asbestos. Okay. All right.
13 Q. You don't. What do you understand
13
Now, do you still have 11?
14 high-temp. block to be?
14 A. 11. That's 12.
15 A. In the context of insulation, it's one
15 Q. Do you have 11 still in front of you
16 of the insulating products that we would use. 16 there?
17 It has a shape and a size.
17 A. Yes.
18 Q. Right. You don't associate high-temp. 18 Q. Going down to the next column where it
19 block with a specific product name is what I'm 19 says A, all right? Slide over, HA duct. What
20 asking, do you?
20 is that?
21 A. No.
21 A. Hot air duct.
22 Q. And you did already state that BEH did 22 Q. And is that 2,800 square feet, 2,500?
23 make a block insulation called mono block that 23 A. Between that range. The second number
24 was asbestos-containing, true?
24 is not clear.
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1 Q. And A indicates it's 1 1/2-inch
1 you personally, you do not know of any BEH
2 high-temp. block, correct?
2 block insulation material that you can name for
3 A. Yes.
3 us that did not contain asbestos; is that true?
4 Q. So that was insulated with at least
4 A. I cannot name a specific name as we
5 over 2,000 square feet of insulation, true?
5 sit here.
6 A. Yes.
6 Q. Thank you. That's all I'm asking.
7 Q. Okay. And would you agree with me 7
(Exhibit 13, Document dated
8 that if it was supplied by BEH that it could
8
6/23/59, so marked.)
9 have contained asbestos?
9 Q. Let me know when you're set.
10 MR. RADCLIFFE: Objection to form. 10 A. I'm ready.
11 A. It might not have.
11 Q. And this is, again, from the Beth
12 Q. But it could have, correct?
12 Steel contract, and it's entitled setting for
13 MR. RADCLIFFE: Objection to form. 13 roof, right?
14 A. It could be either way.
14 A. It's the setting page for several
15 Q. Okay. And under B, SH headers. Do 15 different areas.
16 you see that?
16 Q. I want to focus on the roof. The last
17 A. Yes.
17 paragraph reads, "Roof and upper front casing
18 Q. What does that stand for?
18 shall be No. 10 gauge steel casing, the
19 A. Superheater headers.
19 exterior surface of which is insulated with
20 Q. And that's 120 square feet of 2-inch 20 5-inch insulation and covered with mastic
21 high-temp. block, right?
21 finish per Eng. Std. CA-17-9." Do you see
22 A. Yes.
22 that?
23 Q. And the hot air duct, again, we have 23 A. Yes, I do.
24 an additional 2,750 square feet of 2-inch
24 Q. Do you know one way or another if that
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1 high-temp. block?
1 insulation would have been asbestos-containing
2 A. Yes.
2 on this Beth Steel job?
3 Q. Now, as you sit here today, are you
3 A. I don't know what was purchased, so I
4 aware at all of any high-temp. block insulation 4 can't answer that.
5 made by BEH that did not contain asbestos?
5 Q. All right.
6 A. I don't know. I don't know if -- all
6
(Exhibit 14, Document titled
7 I know is it says high-temp. block here. They 7
Contract Material Requisition, so
8 have a specific name in their list there. We
8
marked.)
9 know if we were getting 85 percent mag, that's 9 Q. And we're looking at 14, Smith 14.
10 always spelled out just like that, 85 percent
10 A. Yes.
11 mag.
11 Q. You're all set?
12 Q. Always is?
12 A. Yes.
13 A. Every time I've seen it.
13 Q. Okay. And again, for Beth Steel
14 Q. Is 85 mag a high-temp. block?
14 "Setting Insulation" is at the top of the
15 A. I don't know. Certain customers spec 15 document, right?
16 it, and that's the level of my knowledge.
16 A. Yes.
17 Q. It's a form of block insulation, isn't
17 Q. All right. And again, we go through
18 it? Can be?
18 some quantities, 4,680, 8,280, 3,744 square
19 A. Yes.
19 feet of block insulation for this application,
20 Q. And the mono block, you'd agree that's 20 true?
21 also a block insulation made by BEH?
21 A. That's right.
22 A. Well, the list is right there. I've
22 Q. And it's high-temp. block?
23 never personally used it.
23 A. Yes.
24 Q. I just want so the record is clear,
24 Q. Okay. And would you agree with me
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1 that there's a possibility that this could have
1 have, could it have contained asbestos?
2 contained asbestos at that time?
2 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form.
3 A. It might. It might not have.
3 A. Yes.
4 Q. That's all I'm asking. If you look
4 Q. Okay.
5 under B on there, I want to direct your
5 MR. VONA: Why don't we take a quick
6 attention to where it says "Penthouse Casing." 6 break just to change the tape. We only have a
7 A. Yes.
7 couple minutes left.
8 Q. It says 1,350 square feet. I want to
8 THE VIDEOGRAPHER: This is the end of
9 ask you: Is that the roof? Would that be part 9 Tape No. 1. The time is 11:32. Off the
10 of the roof that we were looking at in the last 10 record.
11 page?
11 (Off the record, 11:32 a.m.)
12 A. Yes. It's part of it, yes.
12 (Back on the record, 11:34 a.m.)
13 Q. Is there an additional area of the
13 THE VIDEOGRAPHER: This is the
14 roof that's not part of the penthouse?
14 beginning of Tape No. 2.
15 A. It's called a front casing.
15 Q. Mr. Smith, we're going to keep going.
16 Q. Okay. It's not on here though, right? 16 All right?
17 A. It's -- there's terminology you'd have
17 A. Yes.
18 to go to the actual drawing and pull it off.
18 Q. We're making good progress, I think.
19 There's in front of the drum and behind the
19
Now, I want to ask you, sir, would you
20 drum.
20 agree with me that Riley Stoker knew that its
21 Q. Okay. And then under C, the
21 boilers could possibly need repairs after their
22 penthouse, there's another 1,350 square feet, 22 initial installation?
23 which would be 3-inch block, right?
23 A. Yes.
24 A. Yes.
24 Q. Not a trick question. And you'd agree
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1 Q. All right. And we already established
1 with me also that work would be done by
2 that that would be 5 inches thick and that
2 boilermakers, true?
3 makes sense then, 2 inches and 3 inches, true,
3 A. Normally.
4 so that is 5 inches?
4 Q. Again, not a trick question. So
5 A. Yes, you always do multiple layers.
5 here's another one, then you would agree with
6 Q. Why is that?
6 me that it would be foreseeable that
7 A. To prevent leaks. You offset the
7 boilermakers like Mr. Tredinnick in this case
8 joints.
8 could be exposed to insulation materials while
9 Q. Okay. Now, at the bottom there, it
9 performing work on Riley Stoker boilers, true?
10 says "Final and Complete." Do you see that? 10 A. They might if they had to get into an
11 A. Yes.
11 area that was under insulation.
12 Q. All right. And then also underneath
12 Q. Okay. Do you know how much insulation
13 it we see BEH again. And you'd agree with me 13 was on that Beth Steel boiler total?
14 that BEH was the supplier of this insulation
14 A. No.
15 material?
15 Q. Do you have an estimate?
16 A. That's what it looks like based on
16 A. No.
17 this document.
17 Q. Okay. Would you agree it would be
18 Q. And it could have contained asbestos; 18 well over 10,000 square feet based on just the
19 is that right?
19 documents we've looked at?
20 A. It might not have.
20 A. I don't know. Many of these numbers
21 Q. That wasn't my question.
21 as we've already found are multiple layers, so
22 A. It could have. It might not have.
22 as far as the actual physical area, I don't
23 Q. It will be a little easier if you just
23 know.
24 answer my question. If I ask you it could
24 Q. All right. Would you also agree with
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1 me then if a boilermaker like Mr. Tredinnick
1 had on every drawing.
2 were exposed to that insulation and it did
2 Q. Would Riley Stoker make this document?
3 contain asbestos, he'd be exposed to asbestos,
3 Did they make that document?
4 true?
4 A. Did we draw this drawing?
5
MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form.
5 Q. Yes.
6 A. If, if, if, the answer is yes.
6 A. Yes.
7 Q. So if that insulation on that boiler
7 Q. And you provided that -- would that be
8 had asbestos in it and Mr. Tredinnick worked
8 provided to the customer?
9 with it, he'd be exposed to asbestos?
9 A. Not normally.
10 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form. 10 Q. Okay. But Riley Stoker obviously
11 A. If he removed it, and if it had
11 would retain these documents?
12 asbestos, he could have been exposed to
12 A. They retained them.
13 asbestos.
13 Q. If they didn't, we wouldn't have them,
14 Q. But you don't know one way or another 14 right?
15 if he was?
15 A. Right.
16 A. I don't know if it had -- what the
16 Q. I want you to take a look at sticker
17 material had in it.
17 No. 3. You can pull that right off of there,
18
MR. VONA: We can mark that at the
18 that's fine. And what area of the boiler does
19 next break.
19 that discuss? Does it discuss the water wall
20 Q. We're going to look at what's going to 20 tube area?
21 be marked as Exhibit 15, and I know
21 A. This is the side walls and rear wall.
22 Mr. Radcliffe pointed out that is not the way 22 Q. And right in the middle to the left
23 the boiler is actually situated, okay, but I
23 there, is that WW, is that, again, the water
24 want to ask you some questions first about this 24 walls?
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1 document. Have you seen documents like this 1 A. Up here.
2 before?
2 Q. To the left with your finger, up a
3 A. Yes.
3 little bit more. There you go.
4 Q. Okay. And could you just tell the
4 A. Water wall, center line of rear water
5 jury basically what is that?
5 wall.
6 A. This is a drawing for Bethlehem Steel
6 Q. Does that diagram specify the use of
7 Corp., and it's the tile setting and baffling
7 high-temp. block for insulation in that area?
8 arrangement -- insulation arrangement.
8 A. This note does here.
9 Q. Applied insulation arrangement, right?
9 Q. And what does it say?
10 A. Yes.
10 A. It says 2-inch ship lap tile, 10-gauge
11 Q. And you see that sticker No. 1 at the
11 casing, 5-inch high-temp. block insulation,
12 top?
12 expanded metal and 24-gauge lagging.
13 A. Yes.
13 Q. Are water wall tube areas insulated on
14 Q. Can you go up there and take a look
14 Riley Stoker boilers? Are they always
15 and see what that says, and I'm referring to
15 insulated?
16 the box directly to the left of it.
16 A. On every boiler, no matter who makes
17 A. "This print is the property of Riley
17 them.
18 Stoker Corporation. It is not to be used in
18 Q. So that's standard?
19 any way injurious to its interest and is to be
19 A. Yes.
20 returned upon request."
20 Q. And you did mention it was 5-inch
21 Q. You'd agree with me that this
21 high-temp. block used?
22 document -- Riley Stoker is asserting some sort 22 A. At that section.
23 of right to it, correct, it's their property?
23 Q. And we don't know if that was
24 A. That's a legal term. That was what we 24 asbestos-containing or not, do we?
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1 A. No.
1 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form.
2 Q. Okay. If it was supplied by BEH,
2 A. It might have. It might not.
3 there's a chance it could have been, right?
3 Q. Okay. What's your basis for saying
4 A. We've been through that.
4 that it might not have contained asbestos?
5 MR. RADCLIFFE: Objection to form. 5 MR. RADCLIFFE: Asked and answered.
6 A. It might have, might not have, same
6 A. We've already looked at the documents
7 thing.
7 there provided by BEH or Keene for BEH, and
8 Q. All right. How about No. 4, what's
8 also we had used -- as we go through the
9 that specification? Just to the left of that,
9 others, there's a high-temp. mineral wool block
10 what's that for?
10 that was used, which I know does not contain
11 A. It's the 16-inch downcomers.
11 asbestos.
12 Q. Okay. And what are downcomers just 12 Q. So high-temp. mineral wool block does
13 briefly?
13 not contain asbestos, true?
14 A. They bring water fluid from one
14 A. Yes.
15 section of the boiler to another, usually from 15 Q. And you just mentioned that we can see
16 the drums to the headers.
16 that in some of the other contracts. That's
17 Q. Are they interior or exterior to the
17 written out, is it not?
18 boiler?
18 A. This is a requisition.
19 A. Combination. They can be inside the 19 Q. How do you know if it's high-temp.
20 casing and lagging, depending on the
20 block or high-temp. mineral block?
21 configuration of the boiler.
21 A. You would have to -- well --
22 Q. They're insulated, right?
22 Q. It would say, wouldn't it?
23 A. These are, yes.
23 A. If the customer specs it, then we
24 Q. Can you tell us what they're insulated 24 carry it as that. When they go out to buy on
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1 with on this contract?
1 the open market, I'm not sure for high-temp.
2 A. This is insulated with pipe
2 block, I don't know what they're buying unless
3 insulation, tie wire, coated lagtone gray,
3 it's spelled out.
4 layer of asbestos cloth, lagtone gray coat.
4 Q. But you've looked at a lot of other
5 Q. Okay.
5 contracts aside from this case, true?
6 A. That's pretty much it.
6 A. Yes.
7 Q. You said asbestos cloth, right?
7 Q. And you've seen in those contracts it
8 A. Yes.
8 says high-temp. mineral block oftentimes,
9 Q. How about that pipe insulation, could 9 doesn't it?
10 that have been asbestos-containing?
10 A. I've seen the terminology, yes.
11 A. It might have been.
11 Q. These ones say high-temp. block, do
12 Q. All right. Now, if we could take a
12 they not?
13 look at also No. 4, does that talk about the
13 A. Yes, they do.
14 insulation for hot air duct below it?
14 Q. Okay. You don't have any reason or
15 A. 3 1/2-inch high-temp. block
15 any personal knowledge to say that high-temp.
16 insulation, layer of expanded metal, and
16 block insulation, not mineral wool, high-temp.
17 24-gauge lagging.
17 block insulation did not contain asbestos prior
18 Q. Okay. And we've already established 18 to 1972; is that right?
19 that was supplied by BEH on this contract,
19
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20 true, from the other exhibits?
20 A. Mineral wool is high-temp. block. You
21 A. Yes.
21 do have a high-temp. mineral wool block, so
22 Q. Okay. And you'd agree with me, then, 22 high-temp. block does not, by definition,
23 that if it was supplied by BEH, that it could 23 contain asbestos. That's where I've been going
24 have contained asbestos; is that right?
24 with this.
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1 Q. That's your opinion?
1 people walk on it sometimes, and that breaks it
2 A. Yes, it is.
2 down and you have hot spots and you don't want
3 Q. Okay. We'll move on then.
3 that. That's one reason.
4 Now, with regard to the hot air ducts,
4 Q. That's fair.
5 that insulation, is that exposed -- first of
5 A. That's not the only reason.
6 all, the hot air ducts, are those on the
6 Q. Now, let me ask you this: If
7 outside of the boiler, part of them?
7 Mr. Tredinnick, if he had removed that metal
8 A. Yes.
8 covering, okay, and also removed the insulation
9 Q. Okay. That insulation, whatever --
9 to access this hot air duct for repair or
10 was it 3 inch? It doesn't matter. That
10 replacement or whatever, he'd be exposed to
11 insulation, is that exposed to the atmosphere?
11 that insulation material, true?
12 Do you understand my question? The insulation 12 A. If he did it.
13 on the outside of the hot air duct, can you see
13 Q. That's what I'm asking you. If he did
14 it when you're outside the boiler?
14 it, is that true, he'd be exposed to it?
15 A. No.
15 A. He'd be exposed to the insulation
16 Q. Okay. Why not?
16 material.
17 A. There's a steel lagging over it.
17 Q. All right. Now, let's look at -- now
18 Q. Okay. And why do they put that over
18 we can flip it. Actually, real quick, No. 5 on
19 the insulation?
19 the bottom there, Mr. Smith, do you see it?
20 A. To protect it.
20 What's that specification for?
21 Q. Okay. From being damaged?
21 A. That's the roof casing at rear of
22 A. Combinations, weather, damage. I'm
22 drum. It's 10 gauge.
23 not sure where this one was.
23 Q. And does it use 5-inch high-temp.
24 Q. So weather meaning if the boiler was
24 block?
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1 outside, obviously, not the weather inside,
1 A. Yes.
2 correct?
2 Q. Okay. And Riley Stoker is specifying
3 A. Weather is one thing but just it's
3 that right there, are they not; it's their
4 easier to put on and maintain.
4 drawing, correct?
5 Q. So basically, you indicated that the
5 A. It's our drawing, yes, it is.
6 steel is put on to protect the insulation?
6 Q. Right. Now we can flip it to the way
7 A. Right.
7 it's supposed to look.
8 Q. You'd agree with me it's a friable
8 MR. VONA: Thank you, Tom.
9 material, right?
9 MR. RADCLIFFE: And just for the
10 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form. 10 record, this is 001129.
11 Q. It could be damaged if it's bumped
11 Q. Now, also, you see the other No. 5 on
12 into?
12 the right. If you can't read it from here, I'm
13 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form. 13 sorry I have to ask you to stand up, but that
14 Q. Why do you need to protect it outside
14 says penthouse, right?
15 of the weather?
15 A. Yes.
16 MR. RADCLIFFE: Same objection. 16 Q. We discussed that, that's 5 inches of
17 A. It's physical. If you don't put that
17 high-temp. block as well?
18 on, you have to put another kind of covering on 18 A. Right.
19 to hold it all together. I don't know. That's
19 Q. Is that true? I'm sorry, I didn't
20 what we do with insulation. We've always done 20 hear you.
21 it that way.
21 A. Yes.
22 Q. You don't know why you're protecting 22 Q. Now, the penthouse, we already agreed,
23 the insulation?
23 is part of the roof?
24 A. Well, for one thing, our ductwork,
24 A. Yes.
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1 Q. Okay. So correct me if I'm wrong,
1 A. On the outside portion of them.
2 would you agree with me that the roof of this 2 Q. I'm sorry. On the outside portion of
3 boiler is insulated with 5 inches of high-temp. 3 the headers?
4 block across the roof from the penthouse to
4 A. Yes.
5 whatever the roof area there in the back?
5 Q. I understand that in the inside
6 A. Yes.
6 they're not.
7 Q. Okay. Could you do me a favor. I'm
7 A. They're bare.
8 going to ask you if you could highlight where 8 Q. Is that one piece -- inside the
9 the insulation would be on the roof. I'd
9 superheader, is that one piece inside the
10 appreciate that.
10 boiler that protrudes outside the boiler?
11 A. (Witness complies.)
11 A. Unless it's a split header, I believe
12 Q. Thank you, Mr. Smith. And we've
12 these are one-piece headers.
13 already established the penthouse insulation 13 Q. So insulated on the outside, not on
14 was supplied by BEH, true?
14 the inside, I agree with you on that. Now, if
15 A. Yes.
15 those superheaters had to be removed and
16 Q. All right. Now, that's also encased
16 Mr. Tredinnick was doing that work, would it be
17 in metal, right?
17 fair that he would be exposed to those
18 A. Yes.
18 insulation materials?
19 Q. Okay. And if Mr. Tredinnick, if he
19 A. Through the penthouse roof?
20 had to cut through that metal on the roof and 20 Q. No, through the superheater, the
21 he had to remove that insulation to gain access 21 headers. You said it's one piece.
22 into the boiler, if he did that, he'd be
22 A. No, it wouldn't be because the
23 exposed to that insulation, true?
23 insulation was outside the penthouse roof. And
24 A. Yes.
24 if you're working on the elements like he
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1 Q. Okay. And if it was
1 testified, that's totally inside and inside the
2 asbestos-containing, he'd be exposed to
2 boiler.
3 asbestos as well, true?
3 Q. But if he removed the entire
4 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form. 4 superheaders --
5 A. It is what it is.
5 A. You don't.
6 Q. That's all I'm asking you. Now, last
6 Q. If they were removed and replaced?
7 one on there, No. 6, that's for the superheater
7 A. You don't. He testified about
8 headers that we talked about before, correct?
8 elements. You worked on elements. You don't
9 A. Yes.
9 touch these headers. They're welded into the
10 Q. All right. And those are 4-inch
10 whole piping system of the whole plant. You
11 block?
11 don't touch the header.
12 A. On the external portions of them.
12 Q. It's your testimony that you have no
13 Q. Right. You've established that. I'm
13 reason to touch the header?
14 sorry, but it's also covered with asbestos
14 A. You better not.
15 cloth, true?
15 Q. Why not?
16 A. Outside the boiler it is.
16 A. Because you can't move those and
17 Q. All right. And again, from looking at 17 re-set them. You'd have to do a stress
18 these documents, we've established that the
18 analysis of all this. It's very complicated.
19 high-temp. block was supplied by BEH in this 19 Bottom line is when you replace elements, you
20 case, correct?
20 cut them loose from the headers and then you
21 A. Yes.
21 take them out and put them back in and weld
22 Q. And you also see that there's asbestos 22 them back to the header, leaving the header in
23 cloth on those headers, true, that was used on 23 place.
24 it?
24 Q. Okay. But you would agree with me,
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1 agreed on that?
2 through the penthouse and removed that
2 A. Water walls are insulated.
3 insulation, he's exposed to that anyway?
3 Q. Always, right?
4 A. To whatever spot he took it off of. I
4 A. Yes.
5 don't think he testified he took it off the
5 Q. All right. And again, superintendent
6 whole thing. He made an opening.
6 we see, again, provided by Riley Stoker?
7 Q. Right, I agree with that. Let's move
7 A. Yes.
8 on to another contract.
8 Q. Okay. As well as labor?
9 (Exhibit 16, Document dated
9 A. (Nodding.) Yes.
10 2/7/46, so marked.)
10 Q. Okay.
11 Q. And Smith No. 16, do you see that? Go 11
(Exhibit 17, Document titled
12 ahead if you've got to get your notes. Can I
12
Contract material Requisition, so
13 take a look at what you're looking at there?
13
marked.)
14 A. These are the ones for Hooker.
14 Q. Now, let's move to 17. Let me know
15 Q. Okay. What do you mean they're the
15 when you're --
16 ones for Hooker? Are these documents you
16 A. I'm ready.
17 prepared for this deposition?
17 Q. You're quick and I'm glad. We're
18 A. These are my review. When I do a
18 going to move this along. You'd agree with me
19 review, I try and follow a very rigid
19 this is for Contract 1705 for Hooker Chemical,
20 discipline. So things that you attorneys
20 correct?
21 always ask, I try and get in here so at least I
21 A. Yes.
22 have some idea and I'm not fumbling during the 22 Q. And it's "Setting Insulation." This
23 deposition.
23 is just like we looked at for Beth Steel,
24 Q. I appreciate that. So you prepared
24 right?
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1 this for this deposition though, right?
1 A. Yes.
2 A. Yes.
2 Q. Now, you'd agree with me here it says,
3 Q. Okay. And let me just take a look at
3 "The following Eagle or equal insulations," and
4 it for a sec.
4 it gives, again, a number of quantities, true?
5
Now, if we can go back to 16, which is
5 A. Yes.
6 the one I gave you, and you'd agree with me
6 Q. All right. Now, next to the
7 this is, again, a cover page for this contract
7 dimensions, it says "Supertemp Block"; does it
8 and it's Contract B-1705, true?
8 not?
9 A. Yes.
9 A. Yes, it does.
10 Q. Dated February 7, 1946?
10 Q. In fact, it's capitalized, isn't it?
11 A. Yes.
11 A. Yes.
12 Q. And for Hooker Electrochemical
12 Q. Would you agree with me that that
13 Company, Niagara Falls, New York?
13 there is a product name, isn't it?
14 A. Yes.
14 A. Yes.
15 Q. Same process, we look at the equipment 15 Q. Are you familiar with Eagle Supertemp
16 furnished, once again, Riley Stoker is
16 block?
17 furnishing -- supplying the insulation for this 17 A. I've heard of it.
18 contract, true?
18 Q. Do you know that it contains asbestos?
19 A. Yes.
19 A. No.
20 Q. Okay. And also, I'd like you to just
20 Q. You don't?
21 look at -- they also supplied the water walls
21 A. I do not.
22 for this contract as well?
22 (Exhibit 18, Reply to Plaintiff's
23 A. Yes.
23 Request for Production and
24 Q. And those are insulated, we've already 24
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Directed to Asbestos Defendants,
1 I'll save us some time. Do you see the first
2 so marked.)
2 entry, Super 66 insulating cement?
3 Q. I'm going to show you what's been
3 A. Yes.
4 marked as Smith Exhibit 18. Just take a look
4 Q. Okay. And would you agree with me
5 at the cover page for a minute. All set?
5 that that contained asbestos between 1930 and
6 A. Yes.
6 1971?
7 Q. Okay. You'd agree with me that these
7 A. Based on what it says here, it did.
8 are portions of Answers to Interrogatories
8 Q. Okay. And this will come to light in
9 filed by Eagle-Picher Industries? Do you see
9 a minute about the cement. I'm just trying to
10 that on the right in a lawsuit?
10 save us some time. If you look at No. 99
11 A. I don't know how to read these, but it
11 finishing cement, it's about halfway down; do
12 says Court of Common Pleas.
12 you see that?
13 Q. Okay.
13 A. Yes.
14
MR. RADCLIFFE: If I can help you,
14 Q. And would you agree with me that that
15 that's the caption of the document right there. 15 product contained between 72 and 82 percent
16 THE WITNESS: Okay. Thank you. 16 asbestos between 1935 and 1962?
17 A. It is interrogatories.
17 A. Yes.
18 Q. You've never seen this before, true?
18 Q. All right. And turn the page to 16B
19 A. No, I haven't seen this.
19 and let me know when you're there.
20 Q. And you mentioned you have some
20 A. Okay.
21 interrogatories in your binder; is that right?
21 Q. Last one listed, what is that?
22 A. Yes.
22 A. Supertemp block.
23 Q. Do you know which companies you have 23 Q. Okay. And would you agree with me
24 interrogatories for?
24 that that contained asbestos between -- strike
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1 that.
2 think there's another one there, too, but this 2 Would you agree with me that that
3 is not there.
3 contained asbestos at some time?
4 Q. Right. How did you select which
4 A. From 1938 to 1945.
5 interrogatories to put into your binder?
5 Q. Perfect. So it did contain asbestos?
6 A. It was something I worked with the
6 A. In that period of time.
7 lawyers. As we went through certain contracts, 7 Q. All right. Now, going back to --
8 the questions came up.
8 A. 17.
9 Q. Okay. And you don't have any for
9 Q. Thank you, Mr. Smith.
10 Eagle in there; is that right?
10 -- 17, you'd agree with me here that
11 A. Not to my knowledge. I looked for
11 we have over 4,000 square feet of Supertemp
12 them and couldn't find them.
12 block for this portion of the contract, true?
13 Q. All right. If you could, could you
13 A. Of varying thicknesses, yes.
14 turn to page 16A and let me know when you're 14 Q. Okay. Good. And also, if you go
15 there.
15 down, we have 450 pounds of No. 66 insulating
16 A. I'm here.
16 cement, true?
17 Q. Okay. Good. And I'll submit to you
17 A. Yes.
18 that this is a list of asbestos-containing
18 Q. And we've established that both
19 products that was provided by Eagle-Picher in 19 Supertemp block and 66 contain asbestos, true?
20 these interrogatories, okay, to shortcut this.
20 A. Based on this document, yes.
21 All right?
21 Q. That's all I'm asking you. All right.
22 A. Okay.
22 (Exhibit 19, Document titled
23 Q. If you want to read it, you can. But
23
Contract Material Requisition, so
24 if you could turn to -- well, first of all,
24 marked.)
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1 Q. Looking at Smith 19, again, this is a
1 Q. Based on the documents?
2 contract document for the Hooker Chemical
2
MR. RADCLIFFE: Same objection.
3 Contract B-1705, true?
3 A. You're only talking about the water
4 A. Yes.
4 wall headers here. He could have worked on the
5 Q. All right. And again, we have, it
5 water wall without being near the headers.
6 looks like, another 3,600 square feet of
6 Q. But if he testified that he disturbed
7 Supertemp block, true?
7 insulation that was associated with the water
8 A. Yes.
8 walls --
9 Q. Okay. And this is for a different
9 A. Water wall, not the headers. There's
10 part of the boiler, is that not true, than what 10 a difference. The header is only one small
11 we already looked at?
11 portion of it. And normally, they would not be
12 A. Yes.
12 into the headers. If they're going after a
13 Q. All right. And I'd like to direct
13 tube leak, they'd be going into some part in
14 your attention if you can scroll down a little 14 the wall.
15 bit to where the number says 72. Okay?
15 Q. Have you ever been a boilermaker?
16 A. Yes.
16 A. I've been in the field for seven
17 Q. And linear feet 3-inch pipe insulation 17 years.
18 2 inches thick. And what's that used for?
18 Q. Were you ever a boilermaker, I'm
19 A. Feeder tubes.
19 asking you?
20 Q. Okay. And then going next one down, 20 A. No, I'm not a union boilermaker.
21 we have 5,700 additional pounds of 66
21 Q. I'd appreciate if you try not to tell
22 insulating cement, Eagle 66, right?
22 me what my client did or didn't do out in the
23 A. Yes.
23 field. Okay.
24 Q. That's asbestos-containing?
24 MR. RADCLIFFE: That's not a question.
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1 A. 66 is, based on this document, yes.
1 It's not appropriate for you to instruct the
2 Q. Right. And then another 3,500 pounds
2 witness. If you have a question, you can
3 of 99 finish cement which we also saw was
3 answer.
4 asbestos-containing, right?
4 Q. Okay. How about feeder tubes, they're
5 A. Yes, to '62, yes.
5 insulated; are they not?
6 Q. Okay. Now, going under the title
6 A. Yes.
7 where it says where used; do you see that?
7 Q. And as we see, they're insulated with
8 A. Yes.
8 asbestos-containing material; are they not?
9 Q. If we look at WW headers, that's water
9 A. Yes.
10 wall headers, right?
10 Q. Okay. If Mr. Tredinnick testified
11 A. Yes.
11 that he removed insulation associated with the
12 Q. 96 square feet of 2-inch Supertemp
12 feeder tubes, he would have been exposed to
13 block, true?
13 asbestos, wouldn't he?
14 A. Yes.
14 A. It's possible.
15 Q. And also, we have next to that feeder
15 Q. What do you mean it's possible?
16 tubes, 172 square feet of the high-temp. block, 16 A. What else did he do with the feeder
17 again, the 2 inch, right?
17 tubes?
18 A. Yes.
18 Q. All I'm asking you about -- let me
19 Q. All right. Now, you'd agree with me
19 rephrase the question for you or re-ask it.
20 if Mr. Tredinnick had worked on the water walls 20 It's not a trick question.
21 or the feeder tubes on this boiler, he'd be
21 All I'm asking you is if he testified
22 exposed to asbestos if he disturbed that
22 that he worked on insulation that was on the
23 insulation; would he not?
23 feeder tubes, okay, and he removed it, he would
24
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MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form.
1 That's what I was getting at. There's three
2 A. Based on this document, yes.
2 Riley Stoker boilers that were at Hooker
3 Q. That's all I'm asking. Thank you.
3 Chemical, correct?
4 (Exhibit 20, Document Dated
4 A. That's what we believe, yes.
5 7/23/46, so marked.)
5 Q. And Riley Stoker has documents that
6 Q. We're looking at Smith No. 20. Let me
6 show the location of every boiler they've ever
7 know when you're ready to go.
7 installed; isn't that true?
8 A. I'm ready.
8 A. We have every boiler listed by
9 Q. Have you seen these before, documents 9 customer name and location in our card system.
10 like this?
10 Q. So you know where they are in case you
11 A. Yes.
11 have to work on them, right?
12 Q. Can you tell the jury what this is? I
12 A. Yes.
13 think the title says "Boiler Estimate," but
13 Q. Now, let's go back to this document
14 it's a little fuzzy. That's just my take on
14 and there's an abbreviation that says SP. Does
15 it.
15 that stand for sale price?
16 MR. RADCLIFFE: One of the things that 16 A. I'd be guessing. I think it does. I
17 you do is you ask a question and then you start 17 don't know.
18 to talk after it.
18 Q. And next to it, S-U-P-T, we're talking
19 MR. VONA: I'm just trying to help him 19 about superintendent again, I assume, right?
20 out.
20 A. My estimate, yes.
21 A. It looks like a boiler estimate.
21 Q. And labor is pretty self-explanatory,
22 There's dollars and cents at the bottom.
22 true?
23 Q. Is this something that Riley Stoker
23 A. Yes.
24 would make in the regular course of their
24 Q. I want to direct your attention to
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1 Item No. 20 which is "Insulation." All right.
2 A. This is how we bid the job.
2 Do you see under sale price it says $3,289?
3 Q. Okay. Let me ask you -- and again,
3 A. Yes.
4 this is for Hooker Electrochemical, right?
4 Q. And under superintendent it says $248?
5 A. B-1705.
5 A. Yes.
6 Q. Same one we've been talking about?
6 Q. And under labor it says $8,218, right?
7 A. Yes.
7 A. Yes.
8 Q. I'm just trying to be specific because
8 Q. So would you agree with me then that
9 there's three Riley contracts for Hooker, as
9 Riley Stoker, at least on this contract, is
10 you're aware, that we're going to look at,
10 making money off of the sale, supervision, and
11 right?
11 installation of insulation material?
12 A. There's four.
12 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form.
13 Q. Well, I was only provided three, so we 13
MR. VONA: Compound, Tom?
14 may have an issue.
14 MR. RADCLIFFE: It's argumentative.
15 MR. RADCLIFFE: I'm not sure you were 15 It's compound.
16 only provided three.
16 Q. Let me rephrase it. I'm sorry,
17
MR. VONA: I am. We'll take a look.
17 Mr. Smith.
18 MR. RADCLIFFE: You may have been 18 Would you agree with me, based on
19 provided three contracts.
19 looking at this document, that Riley Stoker
20 Q. Three contracts for three boilers,
20 made $3,289 off the sale of insulation on this
21 correct?
21 boiler contract?
22 A. There are three boilers there. You
22 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form.
23 have four contracts for Hooker.
23 A. This is an estimate of cost. This
24 Q. We're just not on the same page.
24 isn't what they made off it. This is what they
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1 have in there for cost.
1 A. We certainly would try to make some
2 Q. Well, at the end of the day, if Riley
2 money on anything we sold, yes.
3 Stoker did, in fact, supply the insulation,
3
(Exhibit 21, Document dated
4 which we know they did, and supplied the
4
3/31/47, so marked.)
5 superintendent and the labor, they would have 5 Q. And we're looking at Smith No. 21,
6 charged for it, true?
6 again, another cover page to a contract for
7 A. Yes.
7 Hooker Chemical, right?
8 Q. And if you know, what would the
8 A. Yes.
9 superintendent on the jobsite, the Riley
9 Q. This one is B-1808, true?
10 superintendent, what would he be doing with 10 A. Yes.
11 regard to the insulation?
11 Q. And this was dated 1947?
12 A. This doesn't even say that we're going 12 A. Right.
13 to do it ourselves. We don't know. This is an 13 Q. And we'll go through it real quick.
14 allocation in the estimate, and however that's 14 A. It's exactly the same.
15 handled, I'd be guessing because I don't know 15 Q. It's exactly the same as 1705?
16 how it was handled on this project.
16 A. Yes.
17 Q. But you'd agree with me that Riley
17 Q. Because you went through these, right?
18 Stoker was estimating a cost of $248 for a
18 A. Yes. In fact, it says it right here,
19 superintendent with regard to insulation?
19 too.
20 A. For a portion of someone's time to
20 Q. Let me ask you this, then: So the
21 oversee the installation.
21 specifications for this contract are exactly
22 Q. So this superintendent, that's what
22 the same as in 1705?
23 I'm asking you, is would this superintendent 23 A. The specification in this contract was
24 oversee the installation of the insulation?
24 1705.
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1 A. Not necessarily. What used to happen
1 Q. So they just replicated it?
2 very often, if we decided to do direct-hire
2 A. Except for an arrangement of the fans
3 labor, we would have a general foreman from the 3 and aerator.
4 union supervise because our guy wasn't
4 Q. Okay. Do you know if they used the
5 qualified to supervise insulators.
5 same materials on this contract?
6 Q. But you charged for it?
6 A. As my notes say, it was specced out as
7 A. Well, you have to pay the general
7 Eagle-Picher Supertemp block or Eagle. We
8 foreman.
8 don't know what was actually bought. And 66
9 Q. Okay. But you're not saying that
9 and 99, I would suggest to you that it's
10 Riley Stoker, you know, they didn't know that 10 essentially the exact duplicate.
11 this insulation was going into the boiler;
11 Q. So for Contract 1808, you think it's
12 you're not saying that, right?
12 exactly the same?
13 A. No. I'm saying that we didn't have
13 A. That's what all the documents said,
14 the expertise to supervise insulators.
14 yes.
15 Q. Do you know if these numbers, let's
15 Q. Bear with me. I think you saved us
16 say if they used these numbers, are they making 16 some time.
17 a profit on that over and above what they had
17
(Exhibit 22, Document dated
18 to pay the insulators?
18 4/3/47, so marked.)
19 A. I don't see the breakdown here. I
19 Q. Looking at Smith 22, same type of
20 don't know how this number was made up.
20 document we were just looking at in 21, true,
21 Q. Well, aside from that, do you know
21 except that this one is for 1808?
22 from your personal knowledge if that's
22 A. Yes.
23 something that Riley Stoker would make a profit 23 Q. All right. And again, you'd agree
24 on?
24 with me if we look down to No. 44, insulation
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1 is listed as well again, yes?
1 boiler?
2 A. Yes.
2 A. Yes.
3 Q. All right. And we have some numbers 3 Q. Okay. Were they?
4 here, 3,773 for sale price, 200 for
4 A. Yes.
5 superintendent, and 7,990 dollars for the labor 5 Q. Do you know about how many?
6 on this contract, true?
6 A. No.
7 A. Yes.
7 Q. Okay. Would that include duplicate
8 Q. And this is, again, Riley Stoker
8 gaskets again?
9 estimating costs that are associated with the
9 A. Duplicate gaskets during the erection
10 insulation on these boilers, right?
10 phase, most likely.
11 A. With the sale of the boiler, yes.
11 Q. Can you give me a ballpark on how many
12 Q. This whole thing is the estimate for
12 gaskets would be used on this boiler, just how
13 the boiler, true?
13 many applications would there be?
14 A. Yes.
14 A. I don't know because you have to go --
15 Q. But I'm referring to No. 44, in
15 if it's a rolled joint in a header, that's a
16 particular, that's with regard to the
16 boilermaker term and, in fact, Mr. Tredinnick
17 insulation portion?
17 used that term.
18 A. Yes.
18 Q. Okay.
19 Q. All right. Thank you, Mr. Smith.
19 A. You then have to get access to it.
20
Now, do you know -- I think you've
20 And to do that, you've got to be able to get
21 been through this before, but let me ask you, 21 your hands into the header and hold the tool up
22 did Riley Stoker -- were asbestos-containing 22 while it rolls it, and then you have to close
23 gaskets used on all of their boilers?
23 up that opening with what we call a handhole.
24 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form. 24 And that handhole also has a gasket to keep it
123 125
1 A. No.
1 from leaking. So it depends on how many
2 Q. They weren't?
2 headers have roll joints, how long are the
3 A. No. You had some boilers, like I
3 headers, so I really don't have an idea.
4 said, that used stainless steel gaskets. After
4 Q. Do you know if handhole gaskets that
5 a certain period of time, we finally got rid of
5 Riley Stoker sold with their boilers contained
6 all the asbestos.
6 asbestos?
7 Q. When was that?
7 A. On this job they did.
8 A. Somewhere in the early '80s is the
8 Q. They did not?
9 best we can come up with. They finally had a 9 A. They did.
10 material that would do the same job safely so 10 Q. Okay.
11 we replaced it.
11 (Exhibit 23, Document titled
12 Q. The question really wasn't a good
12
Contract Material Requisition, so
13 question. I'm not asking you did Riley Stoker 13
marked.)
14 use only asbestos-containing gaskets on their 14
(Exhibit 24, Document titled
15 boilers we'll say up to the '80s.
15 Contract Material Requisition, so
16 I'm asking you did they use
16 marked.)
17 asbestos-containing gaskets in some fashion on 17
(Exhibit 25, Document titled
18 all their boilers until the 1980s?
18 Contract Material Requisition, so
19 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form. 19
marked.)
20 A. I don't know about all the boilers.
20
(Exhibit 26, Document titled
21 Some of them they used it.
21 Contract Material Requisition, so
22 Q. All right. Do you know from looking 22
marked.)
23 at the contracts whether or not
23 Q. Mr. Smith, take a look at Smith 23,
24 asbestos-containing gaskets were used on this 24 24, 25, and 26, and I just have some brief
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1 gaskets would have to be replaced after the
2 A. Okay.
2 boiler was tested?
3 Q. You're fast. I appreciate that.
3 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form.
4 Would you agree with me that those
4 A. That's what they're buying them for at
5 exhibits that you just looked at, those all are
5 this point in time. This isn't a separate
6 supplying asbestos-containing gaskets?
6 order.
7
MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form.
7 Q. There's no chance that any of these
8 Q. Well, you can answer.
8 gaskets could be used as replacements later on?
9 A. All four of these requisition asbestos
9
MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form.
10 gaskets.
10 A. We didn't do that. I mean --
11 Q. Okay. Would you agree with me that 11 Q. Okay.
12 Riley Stoker is specifying the use of
12 A. You have manhole gaskets which are
13 asbestos-containing gaskets for this boiler?
13 drums and then the handholes. And the
14 A. I don't think we specified. That was
14 handholes, the headers have to be opened and
15 a product that was supplied to us by a third
15 cleaned out after you go through the hydro
16 party that would do the job that had to be done 16 process and all that, and they get closed back
17 for that job.
17 up and you've got to use a new gasket.
18 Q. How did Riley Stoker know that they 18 Q. If you go back to 27 -- go back to 26.
19 were asbestos-containing?
19 You see at the bottom it says "round manhole
20 A. Vendors. When you go out -- there's 20 gasket asbestos," right? Are we on the same
21 various stages to this process. When you go 21 document, last line?
22 out, you say we need a gasket to do this. It's 22
MR. RADCLIFFE: 26? You want 25.
23 a handhole. These are the configurations, this 23 Q. Yes, that one.
24 is the temperature, this is the pressure,
24 MR. VONA: Thank you, Tom.
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1 what's going to work. And they go out, and
1 Q. 25. At the bottom it says "round
2 repeatedly this would happen. I mean, we had 2 manhole gasket asbestos," true?
3 to do this on almost every job back in the
3 MR. RADCLIFFE: Where are you reading
4 '40s; there was a lot of rolled joints.
4 from? It says round two initials gasket,
5 And eventually, they just started
5 right?
6 putting the same vendor information on the
6 Q. Do you know what those initials stand
7 drawings just to expedite things.
7 for?
8 Q. Okay. So you'd agree with me, though, 8 A. I believe it's handhole. Mine is very
9 that Riley Stoker knew that there were
9 blacked out. HH is what I think it's supposed
10 asbestos-containing gaskets being used on the 10 to say.
11 boiler, though, right?
11 Q. So --
12 A. Yes.
12 A. That is handhole, but the one above
13 Q. Okay.
13 it -- well, anyway.
14 (Exhibit 27, Document titled
14 Q. Okay. And if we go to the next
15
Contract Material Requisition, so
15 exhibit, 26 -- first of all, I'm sorry to jump
16 marked.)
16 around on you, going back to 25, there's 34 of
17 Q. And again, we've seen this before.
17 those gaskets supplied, right?
18 This is duplicate gaskets, right?
18 A. Yes.
19 A. Yes.
19 Q. All right. Now, if we go back to 26
20 Q. And by my count, there's 134
20 at the top, this one you can read, it says,
21 asbestos-containing duplicate gaskets; isn't
21 "oval handhole asbestos gasket," right?
22 that correct?
22 A. Yes.
23 A. Yes.
23 Q. 34 of them, right?
24 Q. Are you telling this jury that 134
24 A. (Nodding.)
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1 Q. Now, you indicated to me before that
1 A. Yes.
2 some of these gaskets would be used, okay,
2 Q. And you looked at this contract
3 after they did the test for replacement, and
3 already, too, right?
4 that's why the number was so high; is that
4 A. Yes.
5 right?
5 Q. Is this one different than the first
6 A. Yeah, there's a certain number you
6 two?
7 have to open up and replace them.
7 A. A little bit.
8 Q. Okay. Now, if we go back to the one
8 Q. All right. I'll just go through it
9 we were just looking at, which I think is 27, I
9 briefly then.
10 hope.
10 You'd agree with me on this contract
11 A. Go ahead.
11 that Riley Stoker, once again, supplied and
12 Q. You got it, 27?
12 installed the insulation on this boiler?
13 A. Yes.
13 A. Yes.
14 Q. And if we look, it says "96 oval
14 Q. All right. And they also had a
15 handhole gaskets asbestos." Are you telling me 15 superintendent present?
16 that there's no way that these are additional
16 A. Yes.
17 gaskets that could be used for repair and
17 Q. And they also provided the water
18 replacement later on?
18 walls?
19 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form. 19 A. Yes.
20 A. That's not the intent of it when you
20 Q. And you already -- I'm not going to
21 do it at this point in time. This is for the
21 belabor it, so we'll skip that with the water
22 testing. You start with replacing the manhole 22 walls.
23 gaskets to the drums, and that's a total count
23
(Exhibit 29, Document dated
24 for the manhole gaskets, four.
24 11/28/52, so marked.)
131 133
1 Q. I see that, but what about the 96?
1 Q. Let me know when you're ready,
2 A. Well, I don't know what the 96 is for
2 Mr. Smith.
3 because they don't give us a breakdown.
3 A. I'm ready.
4 Q. And then 34 round handhole gaskets
4 Q. Okay. If we look at the top, this is
5 additional?
5 dated November 28, 1952. Do you see that? Job
6 A. Yeah.
6 location, Hooker Electrochemical, Niagara
7 Q. All right. Let's move on.
7 Falls, right?
8 (Exhibit 28, Document dated
8 A. Yes.
9 3/15/51, so marked.)
9 Q. Okay. And the order number at the
10 Q. Let's look at Hooker Contract
10 top, I'm sorry, is B-2017, that's the contract
11 No. 2017. Incidentally, before I get to
11 we're talking about; is that right?
12 No. 28, those asbestos-containing gaskets that 12 A. Yes.
13 we were just talking about, do you have any
13 Q. Now, have you seen documents similar
14 personal knowledge whether any of those would 14 to this before?
15 be used on valves that were associated with the 15 A. Yes.
16 boiler?
16 Q. Can you just tell us briefly what this
17 A. Not through a handhole, no. It's a
17 is?
18 different shape.
18 A. This is an internal document. It's
19 Q. It's a different application?
19 called a work correction order.
20 A. Totally.
20 Q. Okay.
21 Q. Okay. All right. We're on 28, right.
21 A. It's when something is not correct
22 Can you take a look at that. Is that for
22 with the drawings or with the product we've
23 Hooker Chemical, Niagara Falls, Contract
23 given to the field up until the time when the
24 B-2017?
24 boiler is actually started.
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1 Q. So is it basically like a correction,
1 A. This is No. 1 Plus Cement. I don't
2 they're just trying to fix something, in
2 know.
3 layman's terms?
3 Q. Did the No. 1 Plus Cement, did that
4 A. Well, in this case it looks like
4 have asbestos in it?
5 purchasing did not order enough material. The 5 A. Yes.
6 erector said, Hey, I've got a problem, and so
6 Q. And you don't have any reason -- well,
7 they come back and buy the required amount to 7 let me ask you this: Do you believe that this
8 complete the project.
8 Baldwin No. 1 insulating cement is different
9 Q. Okay. When you said "purchasing,"
9 from No. 1 Plus?
10 that's Riley Stoker's purchasing department,
10 A. I really have no idea.
11 right?
11 Q. You don't know?
12 A. Right.
12 A. No.
13 Q. And the erector is Riley Stoker on the 13
(Exhibit 30, Document dated
14 site, right?
14 February 13, 1990 from the
15 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form. 15
Environmental Protection Agency,
16 Q. Well, who is the erector on this 16 so marked.)
17 contract?
17 Q. I'm showing you Smith No. 30, and I'll
18 A. It should be a Riley erector.
18 submit to you that this is a document created
19 Q. So, basically, they were short
19 by the Environmental Protection Agency, and
20 material, it looks like?
20 it's entitled Asbestos; Publication of
21 A. It was short material and the field
21 Identifying Information. Do you see that?
22 bought the material.
22 It's right up on the top on the left.
23 Q. Okay. Is that something that commonly 23 A. Yes.
24 occurred, do you know?
24 Q. And the summary says, "This notice
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1 A. What?
1 provides summaries of the information submitted
2 Q. Where they were short material, you
2 to EPA by manufacturers and processors of
3 know.
3 certain asbestos products in accordance with
4 A. Short material, I don't know about
4 the Asbestos Information Act of 1988." Right?
5 that, but there were things that were shipped 5 A. Yes.
6 to the field, someone bent the tube the wrong 6 Q. If you could turn to 5151. The page
7 way.
7 number is in the right-hand top corner to help
8 Q. Sure.
8 you out there. Are you on the right page?
9 A. And they had to do a work correction. 9 A. 5151?
10 That's the term.
10 Q. Yes. Go in the middle column all the
11 Q. And in this particular instance, what 11 way down to the bottom. The paragraph starts
12 are they ordering here? What's the erector
12 No. 1 Plus Cement/No. 1 Cement (produced 1938
13 ordering?
13 to 1971 by B-H, BEH)." Do you see that?
14 A. Baldwin Hill No. 1 insulating cement. 14 A. Yes.
15 Q. 35 bags, right?
15 Q. "Was a dry mixture of spun mineral
16 A. 35 bags.
16 wool granules, bentonite clay binder,
17 Q. You know that's asbestos-containing, 17 chrysotile asbestos fiber (7.5 percent)." Did
18 true?
18 I read that right?
19 A. I don't remember the list we looked at 19 A. Yes.
20 today.
20 Q. All right. Now, based on looking at
21 Q. Do you want to take a look at it?
21 that, you don't have any reason to disagree
22 A. Yes.
22 with the EPA that Baldwin Hill No. 1 Cement
23 Q. Here you go, Mr. Smith. I thought I 23 contained asbestos?
24 saw it right at the top, but take a look.
24 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form.
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2 contained asbestos.
2 Contract Material Requisition, so
3 Q. That's all I'm asking you. So you'd
3
marked.)
4 agree with me then that if we look at the last
4 Q. We've got the Hooker Contract 2017,
5 exhibit, we're talking about 35 bags of Baldwin 5 right?
6 Hill No. 1 insulating cement, this is in 1952,
6 A. (Nodding.)
7 you'd agree with me that that contained
7 Q. And it says at the top, is it K or X6
8 asbestos, true?
8 asbestos rope, and you'd agree with me that
9
MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form.
9 this specifies the supply of 490 linear feet of
10 A. Based on this, it says it does.
10 soft twisted asbestos rope, right?
11 Q. Okay. And do you know how that was 11 A. Yes.
12 packaged at all?
12 Q. Okay. Let's take a look --
13 A. No.
13 MR. RADCLIFFE: How are we progressing
14 Q. Okay. If you look real quick, I think
14 on time?
15 it says 40- or 50-pound bags, if you read on.
15
MR. VONA: We're looking good
16 Right on the top, "The product was packaged in 16 actually, believe it or not.
17 paper bags in 40 or 50 pound weights." I read 17
MR. COMERFORD: We were three full
18 that right?
18 days with Mr. Tredinnick, so I'm just putting
19 A. Yes.
19 that on the record.
20 Q. So by my math, that would be well over 20
MR. RADCLIFFE: I don't think you're
21 a thousand pounds, correct, actually 750 pounds 21 required -- actually, three full days, that has
22 if it were 50-pound bags, true?
22 to be split among all of the defense witnesses,
23 A. Yes.
23 not just per defendant.
24 (Exhibit 31, Document titled
24 Q. We are on what we're going to mark as
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1 Contract Material Requisition, so 1 Smith 33.
2 marked.)
2 MR. RADCLIFFE: Which is Bates labeled
3 Q. You're all set, right, Mr. Smith?
3 578.
4 A. Yes.
4 Q. Take a look again at sticker No. 1,
5 Q. Okay. Again, we're looking at
5 and below that it says "Riley Stoker
6 Contract 2017 for Hooker, and we're looking at 6 Corporation applied insulation," right?
7 "1750 pounds of B & H #1 insulating cement,"
7 A. Yes.
8 again, right?
8 Q. "Hooker Electrochemical, Niagara
9 A. It's the same amount.
9 Falls, New York."
10 Q. Do you think it's the same purchase?
10 A. Yes.
11 A. Yes. This is just the --
11 Q. All right. Now, can you just tell the
12 Q. Oh, yeah, you're right, purchased in
12 jury what this document is? It's not a
13 the field.
13 document, but you know what I mean.
14 A. Do not duplicate.
14 A. This was a drawing, and basically the
15 Q. All right. We can skip that one then.
15 summary of all the surfaces and what type --
16 Did Riley Stoker supply
16 generic type of material had to be put on them
17 asbestos-containing rope on its boilers?
17 to satisfy the boiler codes.
18 MR. RADCLIFFE: Objection. Asked and 18 Q. And you said "generic type." What do
19 answered.
19 you mean "generic"?
20 A. We already talked about that.
20 A. Well, 3 1/2-inch thick block
21 Q. Well, let me ask you on this one, do
21 insulation, that's generic. I'm not telling
22 you know if they supplied asbestos rope on this 22 you, Go with Eagle-Picher. I'm saying that's
23 one?
23 what we need. That's what does the job based
24 A. I don't have it noted.
24 on experience, based on input, so it's a
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1 generic product.
1 A. If it was Eagle Supertemp block, based
2 Q. Okay. So high-temp. block is a
2 on what we just read, it would have asbestos.
3 generic term?
3 Q. Okay. And let's look at -- do you see
4 A. We still use the same term today.
4 the title on there, it says "Insulating
5 Q. And at the top, again, we see the
5 Cement." It's in that chart; do you see it?
6 print is Riley Stoker, so you'd agree with me
6 A. Yes.
7 they created this document, true?
7 Q. What's the number at the bottom there,
8 A. Yes.
8 sir?
9 Q. And if you can, and let me know if you 9 A. Roughly 6,300.
10 can read next to that one. Do you see the box 10 Q. It says square feet, but do you think
11 next to it on the left, if you can read that, I
11 that would be pounds or square feet, if you
12 know it's a little tough.
12 know?
13 A. "We are not responsible for any injury 13 A. Square feet would be appropriate. It
14 or damage due to the use" -- wow.
14 would have to go quarter inch usually over so
15 Q. I know, some of it is tough. How
15 many square feet works out to some number.
16 about towards the bottom of that, do the best 16 Q. Because you put that over the
17 you can.
17 high-temp. block, right?
18 A. "Of any" --
18 A. That's usually the case.
19 Q. Never mind.
19 Q. Okay. And you'd also, again, you'd
20 A. I can't do that.
20 agree with me if that was Eagle 66 that it
21 Q. That's fine. I had some trouble
21 would be asbestos-containing, right?
22 reading it myself.
22 A. It would be asbestos-containing based
23 A. I've got new glasses.
23 on what we read.
24 Q. Let's look at No. 3, Tab No. 3 on
24 Q. Or if it was Eagle 99, same thing?
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1 there. Do you see that?
1 MR. RADCLIFFE: I'm going to object to
2 A. Yes.
2 both those questions, form.
3 Q. Okay. Now, we have various
3 Q. You'd agree with that?
4 thicknesses of insulation block, you'd agree, 4 A. Eagle 99 at that time frame did have
5 right?
5 asbestos.
6 A. Yes.
6 MR. RADCLIFFE: What's the date on
7 Q. All right. Now, I did the math on it,
7 this document, do we know?
8 and it's 9,933 square feet of block. You
8 MR. VONA: Should be on there. Is it
9 wouldn't have any reason to dispute that,
9 '51?
10 right?
10 THE WITNESS: 11/17/51.
11 MR. RADCLIFFE: Objection to form. 11 Q. Okay. Now, we already discussed that
12 Q. Well, if you want to add it up, you
12 the water walls and the feeder tubes have
13 can.
13 insulation associated with them, right? And we
14 A. Where?
14 also saw that water wall insulation was
15 Q. The bottom numbers right above the 3 15 provided by Eagle in this case, true, on the
16 sticker, the totals.
16 documents?
17 A. It's around 9,000, you said?
17 A. I believe it says Eagle-Picher or
18 Q. Yes, close to 10, just under 10,000.
18 equal.
19 A. Yes.
19 Q. Right. And we went through that, and
20 Q. You'd agree with me if that's Eagle
20 the document also said -- it specifically said
21 high-temp. block or Eagle Supertemp block, 21 Supertemp block, didn't it?
22 that's asbestos-containing, isn't it?
22 A. Or equal, yeah.
23 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form. 23 Q. I think we'll look back at the
24 Q. You'd agree with that?
24 document. I know -- let me just try to ask a
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2 At the top it says Eagle-Picher or
2 marked.)
3 equal insulation, but then underneath were the
3
(Back on the record, 1:37 p.m.)
4 dimensions and the size and the amount, it said
4
THE VIDEOGRAPHER: This is the
5 Supertemp block, true?
5 beginning of Tape No. 3 in the deposition of
6 A. Yes.
6 Michael Smith. We're back on the record. The
7 Q. Okay. Now, if Mr. Tredinnick had
7 time is 1:37.
8 performed work on this Hooker boiler -- I'm
8 Q. Good afternoon, Mr. Smith.
9 sorry, this Riley boiler at Hooker and
9 A. Good afternoon.
10 disturbed insulation that was associated on the 10 Q. I hope to be not too much longer with
11 feeder tubes, he would be exposed to asbestos, 11 you. Okay?
12 right?
12 A. Please.
13 A. I want to clarify this. The
13 Q. Now, we left off, we just finished
14 requisitions, which is what these are, are
14 talking about Hooker. I'd like to shift to a
15 always saying or equal. We don't know what was 15 different contract, DuPont Contract B-2216.
16 actually purchased and used on this project.
16 You've had a chance to look at those documents,
17 Q. Riley Stoker has no idea what was
17 right?
18 used?
18 (Exhibit 34, Document dated
19 A. I don't have the purchase orders. I
19
3/22/55, so marked.)
20 don't have a name at the bottom of these
20 Q. I'm going to have you look at Smith
21 sheets.
21 Exhibit 34, and we've been looking at these all
22 Q. Do you know where the purchase orders 22 day. This is a summary of the contract for the
23 would be for these contracts?
23 DuPont job, correct?
24 A. They disappear. I've never seen one
24 A. Yes.
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1 unless it was a major piece of equipment that
1 Q. All right. And it says 2216 dated
2 was purchased.
2 March 22, 1955, and it does say DuPont, Niagara
3 Q. Okay. Well, I just want to ask you
3 Falls, yes?
4 though, okay, we'll probably get an objection,
4 A. Yes.
5 but if Mr. Tredinnick testified to removing
5 Q. Now, again, when we go down to
6 insulation associated with the water wall and
6 equipment furnished, in addition to the boiler,
7 that insulation was provided by Eagle, the
7 we see that Riley Stoker also provided the gas
8 Supertemp block, he would have been exposed to 8 ducts and air ducts, true?
9 asbestos, right?
9 A. Yes.
10 A. If it was provided by Eagle, but we
10 Q. Do you know if on this particular
11 don't know that.
11 contract the gas ducts and air ducts were
12
MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form.
12 insulated?
13 Q. So is that a yes?
13 A. I believe they were.
14
MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form.
14 Q. Okay. And also, again, we see in the
15 A. If it was provided -- if it was Eagle
15 middle column that Riley Stoker did, in fact,
16 Supertemp block that was put on there, it would 16 supply and arrange for the installation of the
17 have had asbestos.
17 insulation on this job, true?
18 Q. That's all I'm asking, okay.
18 A. We provided the insulation on this
19 THE VIDEOGRAPHER: The time is 12:47. 19 job. This sheet doesn't tell me whether we did
20 We're off the record.
20 it or didn't, installed it or did not install
21 (Off the record, 12:47 p.m.)
21 it.
22 (Lunch recess taken.)
22 Q. Okay. Do you have any reason to
23
(Exhibit 15, Blown-up diagram, so
23 believe after looking through the documents on
24 marked.)
24 this contract that Riley Stoker did not install
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1 the insulation?
1 conditions.
2 A. No.
2 Q. Would that include just the thickness
3 Q. You have no reason to believe that?
3 and materials to be used?
4 A. No.
4 A. The configuration material, whether it
5 Q. Okay. And again, you have a
5 was going to be a hard block, whether it be a
6 superintendent present, true?
6 blanket or something like that, the generic
7 A. Yes.
7 terminology.
8 Q. All right.
8 Q. Okay. And you'd agree with me they
9 (Exhibit 35, Document dated
9 have that because that's an internal part of
10 3/22/55, so marked.)
10 their boiler that they're supplying, right?
11 Q. Take a look at Smith No. 35, and at
11 A. Rephrase that, please.
12 the top of the document we have the contract 12 Q. It was probably poor.
13 number next to the words "Insulation Contract 13
The reason they have these standards
14 No. B-2216," right?
14 is because they supply these materials for the
15 A. Yes.
15 hot air ducts and gas ducts to be put on and
16 Q. So this is the part of the insulation
16 it's their boiler, it's their equipment they're
17 specification for this contract, right?
17 supplying, so they need to know how thick the
18 A. It's not the spec. It's a listing of
18 insulation needs to be, right?
19 what we're going to provide.
19 A. If they do it, yes, they do.
20 Q. Okay. And Riley Stoker made this
20
(Exhibit 36, Document dated
21 document, right?
21 1/12/56, so marked.)
22 A. Yes.
22 Q. Are you all set, Mr. Smith?
23 Q. All right. And what I'd like to just
23 A. Okay. We don't have the numbers here.
24 briefly look at is hot air ducts and gas ducts. 24 Q. Yes, I know. I apologize for that.
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1 Do you see that?
1 They got cut off, but basically what we're
2 A. Yes.
2 looking at here is a contract change, it says,
3 Q. And under hot air ducts, it says, "To
3 correct?
4 burner windbox, Riley" -- I'm assuming that is 4 A. I believe this is Bates 627.
5 standard?
5 Q. Do you have an additional copy of it?
6 A. Yes.
6 A. We can get one.
7 Q. And gas duct says, "To air heater,"
7 Q. Okay.
8 and in quotations means the same thing, you'd 8 A. But I have the notation for the same
9 agree with that, right, per Riley standard?
9 thing, and I referenced 627.
10 A. Yes.
10 Q. We'll go through it then. And if we
11 Q. Okay. Do you know what Riley's
11 have to, we'll look at it, but maybe we won't,
12 standards, what does that signify? What is
12 okay.
13 that?
13 A. Okay.
14 A. It's an engineering standard that
14 Q. And this is for DuPont, Niagara Falls,
15 isn't here.
15 Contract 2216, and it says "Change: Applied
16 Q. Do you know what it is?
16 insulation as follows." Skip the first
17 A. No. It applies to different
17 paragraph. The second paragraph says, "On
18 applications. They list different ways of
18 surfaces outside building apply chicken wire
19 insulating them, different thicknesses,
19 over power house cement and supply Thermotex of
20 different types of insulation.
20 sufficient thickness wet to give 1/4" coat
21 Q. So Riley Stoker had standards on how 21 dry." Do you see that? I read that right,
22 to insulate parts of their boiler?
22 right?
23 A. The generic way of dealing with a
23 A. Yes.
24 particular part of the boiler under different
24 Q. And it says, continues, "On surfaces
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1 not insulated as yet, apply block insulation,
1 look through these products that were given --
2 chicken wire and Thermotex 1/4" thick dry."
2 specific products that were listed for the EPA
3 Now, we know that Thermotex contains asbestos; 3 by the Celotex Corporation and Philip Carey and
4 we went through that earlier, didn't we?
4 see if you find a product that's just Thermotex
5 A. Did we do that one?
5 without a B.
6 Q. Let me ask you, do you know that
6 A. I don't find one.
7 Thermotex contains asbestos?
7 Q. Okay. So you don't see one, right?
8 A. No, I don't.
8 A. No.
9 Q. Can we take a look at -- I'm not going
9 Q. Now, at the bottom it says, "Price
10 to remember what the number is, but the EPA
10 change later. Keep record of cost of
11 document.
11 scaffolding and applying finish coat power
12 MR. WHITCOMB: 30.
12 house cement on inside work, and record of time
13 Q. Got it?
13 for applying Thermotex." Do you see that?
14 A. Yes.
14 A. Yes.
15 Q. Start at 5145 and let me know when
15 Q. Would you agree with me that this
16 you're there.
16 indicates that a Riley employee was supervising
17 A. I'm there.
17 or keeping track of this work?
18 Q. Center column No. 4 says, "The Celotex 18
MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form.
19 Corporation," and if you skim through that
19 Q. Well, what does that mean to you?
20 paragraph, it says predecessors, Philip Carey
20 A. It means that whoever was doing it was
21 Corporation. We talked about Philip Carey,
21 saying keep track of it and submit the costs to
22 correct?
22 Riley so we can bill the customer.
23 A. Yes.
23 Q. Okay. Well, this is a Riley document,
24 Q. And then if you turn to the next page,
24 isn't it?
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1 in the first column you'll see Thermotex-B. It
1 A. Yes.
2 says, "Produced 1906 to 1984, contained 14
2 Q. And you already mentioned that most of
3 percent asbestos, asphalt and mineral
3 these Riley documents don't go to the customer,
4 stabilizer." Did I read that right?
4 true?
5 A. For Thermotex-B, yes.
5 A. True.
6 Q. Would you agree with me that
6 Q. Let's take a look at --
7 Thermotex-B contains asbestos, based on those 7
MR. VONA: Tom, if I could beg you one
8 years anyway?
8 more time, this is the last blowup.
9 A. Based on this, Thermotex-B contains
9 Q. And if you can look again by the No. 1
10 asbestos.
10 sticker, we have Riley Stoker applied
11 Q. And so would you agree with me the
11 insulation for DuPont, correct?
12 Thermotex that's being used in this contract
12 A. Yes.
13 with DuPont was asbestos-containing?
13 Q. And up at the top by the No. 2 we have
14 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form. 14 that same language, it says it's a Riley Stoker
15 A. It might, based on this. It's just,
15 document, their property, true?
16 once again, we don't have exactly the same
16 A. Yes.
17 designation.
17 Q. Can you take a look at that one on the
18 Q. What do you mean by that?
18 left of it. Does it read any better? Probably
19 A. Well, this doesn't say Thermotex-B on 19 not, but just take a quick look, if you could.
20 the contract change.
20 A. No.
21 Q. Because there's no B, that's your
21 Q. All right. No worries.
22 basis?
22 Now, I'd like you to take a look in
23 A. It's a question, yes.
23 the No. 3, okay, and I want you to specifically
24 Q. Well, if you could, could you take a
24 look at where it says -- if I'm pronouncing
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1 this wrong, let me know. It says, "Recirc HA 1 Q. Now, if you could remove -- can you
2 duct"?
2 remove that sticker for me?
3 A. Recirc hot air duct, right there?
3 A. (Witness complies.)
4 Q. Yes. Do you see that?
4 Q. Thanks. Just to the left of that
5 A. Yes.
5 paragraph, do you see the diamond with a 1 in
6 Q. What is that?
6 it? Well, I don't know if it's a 1, but you
7 A. It's part of the hot air duct system.
7 see that little diamond there, right?
8 Q. Okay. And does it indicate -- was
8 A. Yes.
9 block insulation used for that?
9 Q. If you look on the left-hand column,
10 A. Block insulation was used for that.
10 do you see the two little diamonds there?
11 Q. Okay. And same question for the HA 11 A. Yes.
12 duct. That's hot air duct, right?
12 Q. All right. It's next to the primary
13 A. Yes.
13 air duct. Would you agree with me that that
14 Q. Was block insulation used for that?
14 statement on how to use that block insulation,
15 A. Yes.
15 how to insulate, applies to the primary air
16 Q. All right. And primary air duct as
16 duct?
17 well, they used block insulation on that?
17 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form.
18 A. Yes.
18 A. No.
19 Q. Now, how about cement, was insulating 19 Q. Why not?
20 cement used on any of those three items?
20 A. Those diamonds refer to a drawing
21 A. Yes.
21 revision. Something was revised under that
22 Q. Okay. Now, I want you to take a look 22 column.
23 at No. 4. If you have to move the sticker, you 23 Q. Okay.
24 can. Could you read that?
24 A. If you could read this, this is the
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1 A. "All pipe insulation attached with
1 drawing revision here, and that's what that --
2 No. 14 gauge tie wire."
2 that ties to that.
3 Q. Keep going.
3 Q. Okay. So then you'd agree with me,
4 A. "All exposed reinforcing angles and
4 then, the way that that's stated there as to
5 flats to be covered with 1 1/2-inch block
5 the block insulation would apply to all block
6 insulation and" --
6 insulation on this boiler or at least on this
7 Q. Does it say finished or furnished?
7 schematic?
8 A. It's something like that -- "with
8 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form.
9 insulation cement, glass fab and insulmastic." 9 A. You're talking about --
10 Q. Okay. Well, first of all, this is a
10 Q. Well, if it's not specific to the
11 Riley document, correct; they created it?
11 primary air duct, which you correctly pointed
12 A. Yes.
12 out, I assume, then what does it apply to?
13 Q. Would you agree with me that Riley 13 A. Just this one particular area.
14 Stoker is basically stating how this pipe
14 Q. Which area is that?
15 insulation is supposed to be applied?
15 A. Where they're covering the angles and
16 MR. RaDClIFFE: Object to the form. 16 flats, that's how you're going to hold it on.
17 A. Pipe insulation?
17 Q. Where would there be angles and flats
18 Q. I'm sorry, the block insulation.
18 on a boiler?
19 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form. 19 A. It's in the ductwork.
20 A. Yes, that's how you fasten it.
20 Q. How big is the ductwork on this
21 Q. Well, Riley Stoker actually printed
21 boiler, do you know?
22 that as to how to do that, correct?
22 A. You have to go to the drawings. I
23 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form. 23 don't think I even saw a dimension on the
24 A. Yes.
24 drawings.
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1 Q. Can you give us a general estimate?
1 contained asbestos, right?
2 A. No.
2 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form.
3 Q. So, basically, they're stating how to
3 A. We just reviewed Thermotex, right?
4 apply the insulation on the ductwork?
4 Q. And it contained asbestos, right?
5
MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form. 5
MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form.
6 A. On the angles and flats of the
6 A. (Nodding.)
7 ductwork. There's a difference.
7 Q. Now, we've already established that
8 Q. Okay. The angles and flats.
8 the ductwork on this boiler was insulated,
9 A. Ductwork is made with reinforcing
9 true, based on this?
10 angles, then you have to join it together and 10 A. The air and gas duct, yes.
11 there may be a flat there. And they're saying 11 Q. Now, if Mr. Tredinnick had removed
12 independent of the ductwork itself, these
12 insulation off of that ductwork, the hot air
13 angles and flats have to be covered with at
13 duct or the recirc hot air duct or what was the
14 least an inch and a half.
14 other one, gas duct?
15 Q. And that's high-temp. block, right?
15 A. Primary air duct.
16 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form. 16 Q. Primary air duct. If Mr. Tredinnick
17 A. It does not say high-temp. block here. 17 had removed insulation from those areas, those
18 Q. I'm sorry. It says block insulation,
18 ductwork areas, while performing his work, he'd
19 true?
19 be exposed to that material, wouldn't he?
20 A. Yes.
20 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form.
21 Q. And insulating cement, right?
21 A. If he removed the insulation, he'd
22 A. Yes. And that doesn't say high-temp. 22 obviously be exposed to the material he was
23 block either there.
23 removing.
24 Q. You're right. But you'd agree with
24 Q. Okay. And if he had removed Thermotex
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1 me -- would you agree with me that this
1 insulating cement, he would have been exposed
2 insulation for the hot air ducts, would that be
2 to asbestos, wouldn't he?
3 asbestos-containing?
3 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form.
4 A. Don't know.
4 A. If it was Thermotex, he could have
5 Q. Could it be?
5 been exposed.
6 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form. 6 Q. Okay. One more on DuPont.
7 A. Could be, could not be, same thing.
7
(Exhibit 37, Blown-up diagram, so
8 Q. You just don't know, right?
8 marked.)
9 A. Don't know. Don't know what's on
9
(Exhibit 38, Letter dated
10 there.
10 February 2, 1967, so marked.)
11 Q. You would at least agree with me that 11
MR. RADCLIFFE: And just for the
12 some of the insulating cement that would have 12 record, this blowup is --
13 been used could be asbestos-containing, right? 13
MR. VONA: Smith 37.
14 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form. 14 MR. RADCLIFFE: It's also Bates
15 A. It might have some.
15 No. 691.
16 Q. Because we looked at the Thermotex, 16 Q. Could you tell us what Smith No. 38
17 right?
17 is?
18 A. That's one. Others we don't know
18 A. It's a letter from Fred Kightlinger of
19 about. I haven't looked.
19 the service department to Corp. Officer of
20 Q. If it was Thermotex, it would be
20 DuPont.
21 asbestos-containing?
21 Q. Okay. And this is on Riley Stoker
22 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form. 22 letterhead, true?
23 A. It could have.
23 A. Yes.
24 Q. Well, you don't dispute that Thermotex 24 Q. And it was written by a Riley Stoker
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1 employee?
1 it's the only response, but it's a response.
2 A. Yes.
2 Q. That's fair. We already established
3 Q. And what's the date on that?
3 before that Riley also kept track or keeps
4 A. It looks like February 2, 19, blank,
4 track of locations of all its boilers and its
5 7. It's not '07.
5 customers, right?
6 Q. I'll submit to you that it's 1967.
6 A. We have a card database of where the
7 Would you be able to agree to that?
7 boilers were that we sold.
8 A. Well, it's after '64, so yes.
8 Q. All right. Now, I don't know that I
9 Q. All right. And you'd also agree
9 asked you this yet, but did Riley Stoker, have
10 that's 12 years after the initial date of the
10 they ever warned about the hazards of asbestos
11 contract, isn't it?
11 to any of their customers?
12 A. After the sale date of the contract,
12 A. Not to my knowledge.
13 yes. 14 Q. Okay. So they were probably talking
13 Q. Okay. Sir, if Riley Stoker had chosen 14 to warn about the hazards of asbestos, could
15 to DuPont prior to the sale date, correct,
15 they have easily contacted their customers?
16 Riley Stoker, I mean?
16 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form.
17 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form. 17 A. We were all warned about the hazards
18 A. The proposal is dated 1954.
18 of asbestos at the same time, the premises
19 Q. Right. So my question I want to ask
19 owner, the manufacturers and everyone else, so
20 you, sir, is: Riley Stoker, was it their
20 there was no need to warn customers because
21 practice to keep in contact with their customer 21 they had already been warned by the experts.
22 after the initial installation of the boiler? 22 MR. VONA: I'm going to strike as
23 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form. 23 nonresponsive.
24 A. Usually it worked both ways.
24 Q. But I'm just asking you, if Riley
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1 Customers kept in contact with us, and we kept 1 Stoker, prior to OSHA in 1972, had they known
2 in contact with them.
2 about the hazards of asbestos, if they wanted
3 Q. Right. So Riley Stoker didn't just
3 to, could they track their customers and let
4 come and install the boiler and then just walk
4 them know?
5 away and never have contact with the customer 5 A. Could they have?
6 again; is that true?
6 Q. Yes.
7
MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form.
7 A. It's possible.
8 A. Riley clearly had contact with this
8 Q. Well, I don't mean to beat around the
9 customer after the boiler was installed.
9 bush, but what do you mean it's possible?
10 Q. Obviously, we can see that from the
10 A. Because when we learned --
11 document, but my question is: Did they do that 11 Q. Let me back up. I'll just phrase the
12 with other customers, to your knowledge?
12 question differently.
13 A. Yes.
13 I'm not trying to trick you in any
14 Q. Okay. What exactly are they
14 way. I'mjust saying prior to OSHA in 1972, if
15 contacting DuPont for in this letter, if you
15 Riley Stoker had known about the hazards of
16 can just take a quick look at it?
16 asbestos, would they have a means through their
17 A. It sounds to me DuPont had contacted 17 database to be able to contact these customers
18 Riley because they had an issue with the
18 and pass this information on, yes or no, could
19 boiler, and they wanted Riley to look at the
19 they?
20 issue. And it looks like it was a boiler
20 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form.
21 baffle.
21 A. It's possible.
22 Q. And this is Riley's response then to
22 Q. Okay. Do you know if they ever did
23 that?
23 that?
24 A. This is a response. I don't know if
24 A. I think we already answered that.
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1 Q. They didn't, right?
1 Q. All right. So these documents that
2 A. No, not to my knowledge.
2 we're talking about with regard to Chevy, there
3
(Exhibit 39, Document dated July
3 are three boilers that were installed there,
4 31, 1951, so marked.)
4 correct, whether it be by Union Iron Works or
5 Q. Now, sir, before I ask you about Smith
5 Riley Stoker?
6 No. 39, I'm going to ask you, you're aware that 6
MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form.
7 Riley Stoker bid on and installed at least
7 A. There were three boilers furnished for
8 three boilers at the GM Chevy plant in
8 there. They weren't installed by Union Iron
9 Tonawanda, New York, correct?
9 Works.
10 A. No.
10 Q. Do you know who they were installed
11 Q. You're not?
11 by?
12 A. Union Iron Works bid on providing
12 A. W. Holly & Company.
13 materials for three boilers for the Chevy
13 Q. Okay. So Union Iron Works, they
14 plants.
14 supplied the boilers, right?
15 Q. Union Iron Works?
15 A. Yes.
16 A. Yes.
16 Q. Did they supply additional material
17 Q. Okay. We didn't cover that earlier in
17 outside of the boilers?
18 the history, but you'd agree that's part of
18 A. They supplied some supporting
19 Riley Stoker?
19 structural steel, some hoppers, some ducts,
20 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form. 20 some breeching, and some pipe valve and fitting
21 A. Not at the time this happened.
21 trim around the drums and the casing, the steel
22 Q. Okay. Why don't you tell us who Union 22 casing for the project.
23 Iron Works is?
23 Q. Okay. Did you say stokers?
24 A. Union Iron Works was a separate
24 A. No.
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1 company located in Erie, Pennsylvania, that was 1 Q. Okay. Do you know who would have
2 making boilers and had their own manufacturing 2 supplied the stokers on this contract?
3 facilities from around the turn of the century.
3 A. No.
4 Q. Right.
4 Q. I just want to ask you what documents
5 A. Around 1960 Riley Stoker purchased
5 did you look at, if you could show me, that you
6 them and started using them as one of the
6 base that statement as to what they provided?
7 manufacturing spots. And at the end of the
7 Do you follow me? Where did you come up with
8 '60s, '69, '70, they actually merged and became
8 that?
9 a subsidiary so they became part of Riley
9 A. In the contract documents that you
10 Stoker.
10 looked at, too.
11 Q. Okay. But prior to them becoming a 11 MR. VONA: Let's go off the record.
12 subsidiary, Riley Stoker owned them, true? You 12
THE VIDEOGRAPHER: The time is 2:06.
13 just said in 1960 they purchased them?
13 We're off the record.
14 A. In 1960 they did purchase them, yes.
14
(Off the record, 2:06 p.m.)
15 Q. So for purposes of these contracts or
15
(Back on the record, 2:09 p.m.)
16 these documents that we're looking at regarding 16
THE VIDEOGRAPHER: Back on the record.
17 the Chevy plant, first of all, these are all
17 The time is 2:09.
18 Riley Stoker documents that were provided,
18 Q. All right. Mr. Smith, we just went
19 correct?
19 off for a quick minute. I just want to get
20
MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form.
20 some dates straight from you real quick. 1960
21 Q. You know, you're right. That's a poor
21 is when Riley Stoker purchased Union Iron
22 question. You just stated 1960 Riley Stoker
22 Works, right, in that ballpark?
23 purchased Union Iron Works?
23 A. Yes.
24 A. Yes.
24 Q. And you mentioned what year was it
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1 that they became a subsidiary?
1 Corporation, right?
2 A. Like, 1969.
2 A. Yes.
3 Q. You'd agree with me that -- well,
3 Q. What, if any, role did Riley Stoker
4 strike that.
4 itself have with this contract with Chevy
5 (Exhibit 40, Document titled
5 regarding these boilers, if you know?
6
Section C, Boilers and Equipment,
6 A. This is another contract, one boiler.
7 so marked.)
7 Q. Okay. So this is an additional
8 Q. Don't let all these pages scare you.
8 boiler?
9 I just have a couple questions on it.
9 A. Yes.
10 The title of that is "Section C,
10 Q. Okay. Let's get on the same page.
11 Boilers and Equipment," correct?
11 How many boilers -- whether it be Union Iron
12 A. Yes.
12 Works or Riley Stoker, how many boilers were at
13 Q. And this is something -- well, the
13 Chevy?
14 boilers in some of the equipment were supplied 14
MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form.
15 by Union Iron Works for these boilers, true?
15 A. Four.
16 A. Yes.
16 Q. So there were three Union Iron Works
17 Q. If we could go to No. 32. It's going
17 and one Riley Stoker; am I correct?
18 to be the last page, actually, all the way at
18 A. One Riley Stoker.
19 the bottom it says "Setting." Do you see where 19 Q. So this is for an additional boiler in
20 it says "Setting"?
20 1971?
21 A. Yes.
21 A. It was completed and started up about
22 Q. Okay. And it says, "The Boiler
22 April of 1971.
23 Contractor" -- in this case which was Union
23 Q. Okay. And it says next to -- do you
24 Iron Works, right?
24 see the job contract name and location, Chevy
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1 A. I don't think so.
1 Motor, Tonawanda, New York?
2 Q. You don't?
2 A. Yes.
3 A. No. I think it was Holly in this
3 Q. There's an account number 886. Do you
4 case. Holly bought pieces of the boiler from
4 know what that indicates? Did Chevy have an
5 Riley, and then they put the rest of the boiler
5 account with Riley Stoker?
6 together.
6 A. I don't know.
7 Q. All right. You said that's what you
7 Q. All right. If we go down to the
8 think. You don't have any personal knowledge 8 bottom where it says "Special Instructions," do
9 or documents that would establish that, do you? 9 you see that?
10 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form. 10 A. Yes.
11 A. The boiler couldn't be built without
11 Q. All right. And it states, "Purchasing
12 the rest of the equipment specified in here
12 will issue purchase order to Oldman Boiler
13 that we didn't supply. We quoted the boiler to 13 Works, Inc. in Buffalo, New York. Order will
14 Holly. We did not quote to GM or Chevy or 14 be based on cost-plus with a 'not to exceed'
15 anyone else. We quoted to Holly, and he's a 15 price of $1755." Did I read that right? I'm
16 boiler contractor is my understanding.
16 sorry, "for material and labor."
17 Q. Okay.
17 A. Yes.
18 (Exhibit 41, Document dated
18 Q. My first question: Do you know who
19 10/1/71, so marked.)
19 Oldman Boiler Works was?
20 Q. I'm going to show you what's marked
20 A. The only thing is I know that's who
21 Smith Exhibit 41, and take a look at that, sir. 21 Mr. Tredinnick worked for from '69 to '71.
22 You're all set?
22 MR. RADCLIFFE: Is it Old Man or
23 A. Yes.
23 Oldman?
24 Q. The top of it says Riley Stoker
24 MR. VONA: It's pronounced both ways.
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1 I've heard it many, many times both ways.
1 Q. Are you all set?
2 MR. RADCLIFFE: Just curious.
2 A. Yes.
3 Q. And what kind of company is that, if
3 Q. All right. Basically, why don't you
4 you know?
4 tell the jury what this is.
5 A. It's the boiler works that he worked
5 A. This is a purchase order from Riley
6 for.
6 Stoker to Oldman Boiler Works.
7 Q. They employed boilermakers?
7 Q. And is this for the same repair or is
8 A. They employed Mr. Tredinnick, so yes. 8 this a different repair, do you know, that we
9 Q. They do work on boilers, right?
9 just discussed?
10 A. Yes.
10 A. I can't --
11 Q. All right. Do you know did Riley
11 Q. Let me ask you this: The last one we
12 Stoker regularly contract with boilermakers? 12 looked at was from October of 1971, right?
13 A. Boilermakers?
13 A. Yes.
14 Q. Yes.
14 Q. And this one says May 28, 1971, and
15 A. Or a company to supply them for us?
15 then below it says start May 26 and then finish
16 Q. Well, I see your point, but okay.
16 sometime in June it looks like, so this would
17 Let's rephrase the question to say, did Riley
17 be different, right?
18 Stoker regularly contract with companies who 18 A. Yes.
19 employed boilermakers?
19 Q. Now, at the top right-hand corner it
20 A. It would be a case-by-case basis. For 20 says "Purchase Requisition No." and it says
21 instance, we have no superintendent, no
21 "Account Number" again.
22 equipment, no material in an area, and we need 22
Do you know did Riley Stoker have
23 a small job done on a boiler, on our boiler,
23 account numbers for the boiler repair companies
24 it's better to get someone local who's working 24 like Oldman iron works -- or I'm sorry, Oldman
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1 in that area all the time to go in and do the
1 Boiler Works?
2 job rather than trying to move in all the
2 A. I don't know.
3 equipment, all the supervision and everything
3 Q. Do you know what that signifies then?
4 else.
4 A. That's an accounting issue within
5 Q. So would that be in the context of an
5 Riley. I have no idea what it means.
6 initial installation of a boiler or repair of a
6 Q. So it could be? You don't know one
7 boiler?
7 way or another?
8 A. This is repair.
8 A. I believe that's an internal
9 Q. This is repair work?
9 accounting number.
10 A. This is repair. Correction order is
10 Q. All right. It says vendor, and that's
11 shown up in the right-hand corner.
11 Oldman Boiler Works in Buffalo, New York,
12 Q. Do you know when this boiler was
12 right?
13 installed?
13 A. Yes.
14 A. It was completed in 1971.
14 Q. Okay. And obviously, the top of the
15 Q. So they were already doing a repair
15 purchase order is Riley Stoker. Mr. Smith,
16 job on it in October of '71?
16 would you agree with me that in this instance
17 A. Yes.
17 Riley Stoker is paying Oldman Boiler Works to
18 Q. Okay. Do you know if Riley Stoker
18 repair its boiler?
19 ever provided a warning to any of the companies 19 A. It's paying him to do a repair on the
20 that employed boilermakers with regard to
20 site on something we furnished, gas-sealing
21 asbestos hazards?
21 baffle, that's not really on the boiler. It's
22 A. I don't believe so.
22 ductwork.
23
(Exhibit 42, Document dated May
23 Q. But it's still something that Riley
24 28, 1971, so marked.)
24 Stoker provided; they're paying Oldman to do a
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1 repair on equipment that was supplied by Riley 1 Q. And it's dated July 22, 1971?
2 Stoker?
2 A. Yes.
3 A. Yes.
3 Q. All right. And Chevy is the customer,
4 Q. Okay. And this isn't an isolated
4 right?
5 incident, is it? I mean, Riley Stoker would
5 A. The one we're writing to. There isn't
6 contract with boiler -- or companies that
6 a reference number on here.
7 employed boilermakers to repair their boilers,
7 Q. Regarding what, the contract, you mean?
8 true?
8 A. Yes.
9 A. Under certain conditions.
9 Q. How about in the middle where it says
10 Q. Okay. Had Riley Stoker known about 10 69035, isn't that the contract number we were
11 the hazards of asbestos, wouldn't you agree
11 looking at on the last page as well?
12 that they should have warned these companies 12 A. I'm saying it's not typed into the
13 like Oldman Boiler Works?
13 letter.
14 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form. 14 Q. Nonetheless, they're writing Chevy?
15 A. I can't answer that. This is in 1971.
15 A. Yes.
16 Both of these are '71. Riley, to my knowledge, 16 Q. All right. And it says -- if you want
17 was unaware of the potential hazards of
17 to take a minute, did you read the letter? Do
18 insulation.
18 you want to read it?
19 Q. Sure. Well, all I'm asking is if they
19 A. Yes.
20 had known, do you think it would be reasonable 20 Q. Okay. Let me know when you're ready.
21 for them to warn these individuals?
21 A. I'm ready.
22 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form. 22 Q. All right. Now, the first paragraph
23 A. If you know something is wrong, you
23 does say, "Attached you will find six copies of
24 normally tell people. You just don't do it.
24 service manuals from Copes-Vulcan covering the
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1 It's not a warning. You just don't do it.
1 Model 1 Pneu-Blast System. I ask that you
2 Q. That's all I'm asking, Mr. Smith.
2 insert one set of these instructions in each of
3 Now, would you also agree though that a
3 your Riley service manuals at the back of
4 reasonable company would make sure that their 4 Section 3."
5 product is safe before allowing other people to 5
I want to ask you, Riley Stoker, did
6 work on it?
6 they provide service manuals with all their
7
MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form.
7 boilers?
8 A. Obviously, we believed our product was 8 A. Operating manuals, yes.
9 safe if we were working on it.
9 Q. And I have to ask, but did they ever
10 Q. And you felt it was safe for the
10 place a warning about any asbestos-containing
11 boilermakers to work on it, too?
11 materials in any of those manuals?
12 A. There was no reason not to believe
12 A. Not to my knowledge.
13 that at that time.
13 Q. "These are complete instructions
14 Q. All right. Let me move ahead.
14 covering the Pneu-Blast System and are intended
15 (Exhibit 43, Letter dated July 15 to replace those in your service manual, since
16 22, 1971, so marked.)
16 the existing instructions are not complete.
17 Q. Are you all set, Mr. Smith?
17 You will recall we noted this earlier this week
18 A. Yes.
18 when I was at your plant."
19 Q. Okay. And again, this is a Riley
19 Did Riley Stoker -- employees of Riley
20 Stoker document, true?
20 Stoker make regular visits to their customers
21 A. It's a letter from Riley Stoker, yes.
21 where the boilers were installed?
22 Q. And it's to Chevy Motor Division,
22 A. I don't know what regular is. Joe
23 right?
23 Mignacca was the district service manager.
24 A. Yes.
24 This boiler was in the start-up mode with
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1 issues, and he was sure going there to resolve
1 labor, accelerated schedule, too many things.
2 the outstanding issues that were incomplete.
2 Q. True. But you did look at this
3 Q. So there was a problem and he went out
3 contract though, right?
4 there to investigate it?
4 A. Yes.
5 A. I guarantee the issue was the contract
5 Q. But still based on that, you're just
6 couldn't be closed because the customer wasn't
6 not sure?
7 satisfied, so we did everything we could
7 A. No. I didn't price up boilers.
8 because until it's closed, we don't get paid.
8 Q. Okay. Now, if we look at the bottom
9 Q. And again, sir, you'd agree with me
9 where it says "Field Labor," do you see that,
10 that if Riley Stoker was aware of the hazards
10 "Field Labor Boiler"?
11 of asbestos, this gentleman, he could have
11 A. Yes.
12 warned the Chevy plant in 1971; isn't that
12 Q. There was an entry there that says
13 right?
13 257,864, and next to that in parentheses it
14 A. We didn't know in '71. When we knew,
14 says "including settings and insulation." Did
15 everyone knew.
15 I read that right?
16 Q. I'm just asking you -- just listen to
16 MR. RADCLIFFE: Hold on a second. I
17 my question, and we'll get through it faster.
17 think you read the wrong line.
18 I'm just asking you had Riley Stoker
18 MR. VONA: How so?
19 known. I know your position, but I'm asking
19
MR. RADCLIFFE: Well, you said Field
20 you had they known prior to OSHA, would it have 20 Labor and then you said 257 when the number
21 been possible for that individual, Mr. -- I
21 left --
22 forget, you mentioned his name.
22 MR. VONA: I see what you're getting
23 A. Joe Mignacca.
23 at. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to confuse the
24 Q. -- for him to tell the people at Chevy
24 record.
187 189
1 and say, Hey, there's asbestos in these
1 Q. I'll step back. You saw where it says
2 boilers, be careful?
2 "Field Labor." Actually, let's just move down
3 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form. 3 to the number, 257,864, we'll clear that up.
4 Q. He could have warned them, right?
4 Do you see that? And right next to it, it says
5 A. Anything is possible, yeah.
5 "settings and insulation"?
6 Q. That's all I'm asking.
6 A. Union Iron Works supply.
7 (Exhibit 44, Document titled
7 Q. And as we've already established, that
8
Contract Price dated 7/18/69, so
8 was owned by Riley Stoker, right?
9 marked.)
9 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form.
10 Q. Now, this document is titled "Contract 10 A. Union Iron Works in '69 -- yes, it was
11 Price," right?
11 part of Riley Stoker.
12 A. Yes.
12 Q. It was part of Riley Stoker?
13 Q. Okay. Do you know if this would be -- 13 A. Yes.
14 is this preliminary, or would this be a final,
14 Q. Does it sound accurate to you,
15 or do you not know?
15 $257,000 for settings and insulation? And if
16 A. Based on the date, I would suggest it 16 not, that's fine, but I'm just asking.
17 would probably be pretty close to the final
17 A. No, it's also Union Iron Works supply.
18 number.
18 Q. What do you mean by that?
19 Q. Okay. Does it sound -- I mean, from 19 A. They would often split up the scope of
20 your review of the documents and contracts, I 20 the work in the contract between Riley -- even
21 mean, does this sound about accurate that the 21 though it's a Riley contract, Riley would
22 price would be $417,000?
22 supply part of it and Union Iron Works would
23 A. I can't comment on that. The size of 23 supply part of it, so they'd split it up that
24 the boiler, the constituents, the labor, no
24 way.
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1 Q. All right. I got you. Okay.
1 Q. I think you mentioned them as -- if we
2 A. So Riley supplied the labor and some
2 didn't, let me know. I thought we did.
3 other material, and Union Iron Works supplied 3 A. They were the engineer of record on
4 more. That's how it breaks out.
4 this contract for Chevrolet.
5 Q. Okay. Thank you.
5 Q. All right. Now, the date of this
6
(Exhibit 45, Letter dated May 7,
6 letter is March 23, 1970, right?
7 1969, so marked.)
7 A. Yes.
8 Q. Let me know when you're ready, sir.
8 Q. And it is addressed to Riley Stoker
9 A. Ready.
9 Corporation?
10 Q. This is Riley Stoker letterhead, yes?
10 A. Yes.
11 A. Yes.
11 Q. Regarding the Chevy Tonawanda facility
12 Q. Okay. May 7, 1969 is the date, true?
12 and your job number 398-4?
13 A. Yes.
13 A. Yes.
14 Q. All right. I've got to wait for a
14 Q. All right. And the letter does read,
15 response, I'm sorry.
15 "This letter will be your authority to use
16 In its subject matter, Chevy Motor
16 Niagara Asbestos Company as your insulating
17 Division, Tonawanda, New York, right?
17 contractor on this project." I read that
18 A. Yes.
18 right?
19 Q. Mr. Riel, did we see him anywhere
19 A. Yes.
20 before? Is he a Chevy employee, if you know? 20 Q. Okay. Would you agree with me now
21 A. Don't know.
21 that Niagara Asbestos Company is an insulation
22 Q. Why don't you take a minute to read
22 contractor?
23 the letter.
23 A. Yes, but I need to back up on one
24 A. Okay.
24 thing. That job number you referenced up
191 193
1 Q. All right. And if you look at
1 above, 398-4, I believe is Benjamin, Woodhouse
2 paragraph 4, it says, "Will you also forward to
2 and Guenther's job number.
3 this office copies of P.A. Knowe and Niagara
3 Q. That's fair, but getting back to the
4 Asbestos quotation letters. Is the settings
4 point. You would agree with me though that
5 and insulation, as described in Mr. Baumann's
5 Niagara Asbestos Company is an insulation
6 letter of April 30, 1969 to Mr. George Hart, to
6 contractor?
7 be subcontracted to these two companies?"
7 A. That's what this says.
8 Right? I read that right?
8 Q. And you'd also agree with me that
9 A. Yes.
9 Riley is getting permission to use them as a
10 Q. Do you know who Niagara Asbestos is?
10 contractor for this job, right?
11 A. No.
11 A. For repair or modernization, not for
12 Q. Would you agree with me that they're
12 the original job.
13 an insulation contractor?
13 Q. But for this job, they're getting
14
MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form.
14 authority to use Niagara Asbestos, correct? I
15 A. Might be.
15 mean, that's what the letter says, doesn't it?
16 (Exhibit 46, Letter dated March
16 A. Are you talking about the erection?
17 23, 1970, so marked.)
17 Q. I'm talking about this document right
18 Q. Why don't you take a quick minute to
18 here, whether it be the erection, you're saying
19 read that.
19 it's a repair job, it doesn't matter to me.
20 A. Okay.
20 A. We had to get permission, absolutely.
21 Q. Now, Benjamin, Woodhouse and Guenther, 21 Q. And you got permission, your company,
22 it says architects/engineers, right; we talked
22 Riley Stoker got permission to use Niagara
23 about them earlier, right?
23 Asbestos as the insulation contractor, true?
24 A. We did?
24 A. Yes.
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1 Q. Now, do you think a reasonable company 1 Q. All right. Now, to your knowledge,
2 might have suspected that an insulation company 2 has Riley Stoker ever specified the use of an
3 by the name of Niagara Asbestos might be using 3 asbestos-containing product in any of its
4 asbestos-containing products?
4 boilers?
5
MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form.
5
MR. RADCLIFFE: Objection to the form.
6 A. I never made the connection when I was 6 Asked and answered. Go ahead.
7 in the field during that period of time.
7 A. I think we've been over that a lot
8 Q. So you dealt with other companies when 8 today. Specified, we put down that this
9 you were in the field that had asbestos in
9 gasket, asbestos or Eagle, we did that. We put
10 their company name?
10 down gaskets for this for handholes, for
11 A. Yes, I heard it a lot. It didn't
11 manholes. We listed asbestos millboard. I
12 register.
12 think we've been through all this. As far as
13 Q. Just so we're clear, when did you get
13 specifically stating asbestos insulation, I
14 in the field?
14 don't get it.
15 A. 1966.
15 Q. I'm not trying to isolate it just to
16 Q. Okay. And it never registered to you
16 insulation. I'mjust asking you, the Riley
17 that companies that had the name asbestos in
17 Stoker -- I'm asking you point blank, has Riley
18 their corporation or company name could be
18 Stoker ever specified -- have they ever said
19 using asbestos products?
19 this is what we should use? Have they ever
20
MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form.
20 specified the use of asbestos-containing
21 A. It didn't make any difference to us.
21 material in any of their boilers?
22 We weren't aware of what the heck -- that there 22 A. We have listed asbestos products as
23 was an issue. I mean, I was supervising
23 being the preferred product in certain
24 insulation companies.
24 circumstances.
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1 Q. You testified to that. In fact, you
1 Q. What circumstances?
2 testified before that Riley Stoker had no idea
2 A. Gaskets, millboard, rope. Those are
3 about the hazards of asbestos until 1972,
3 the three that I can think of because usually
4 right?
4 we usually catch them in specs. The specs
5 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form. 5 would say this is what you're going to use, so
6 A. They had no idea about the potential
6 we'd say this is what we're going to use.
7 hazards of thermal insulation on our boilers
7 Q. When did Riley Stoker start specifying
8 with asbestos.
8 the use of those materials?
9 Q. But what I want to ask you and I don't
9 A. I don't think Riley started
10 want to -- those are two different things.
10 specifying. We said we need something to do
11 Would it be apparent to Riley Stoker if they're 11 this job, and the vendors came back and told us
12 hiring a company called Niagara Asbestos that 12 what they could provide that would do the job
13 they may be using asbestos-containing
13 safely and let us meet the boiler code and all
14 materials? That's what I'm asking you, not
14 the safety codes.
15 whether they're harmful.
15 (Exhibit 47, Drawing dated
16 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form. 16
October 15, 1931, so marked.)
17 A. It wouldn't even register with me.
17 Q. All right. Take a quick look at it,
18 Q. But I'm asking you as a corporate
18 and let me know when you're all set.
19 representative of Riley Stoker, I'm asking you 19
MR. RADCLIFFE: Let me just note an
20 that question.
20 objection.
21
MR. RADCLIFFE: Well, objection.
21
MR. VONA: Based on?
22 Calls for speculation. Go ahead.
22 MR. RADCLIFFE: To what I believe to
23 A. It wouldn't register with me, and I
23 be writing on the first page here that's not
24 can only speak to what I know.
24 part of the original.
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1 MR. VONA: Let's see. Yes, you can
1 Riley Stoker Corporation." Right?
2 have an objection to the writing. That's fine.
2 A. That's what it says. I have no idea
3 That's it though. You don't have any objection 3 what it means.
4 to the document itself, do you?
4 Q. And it's dated application October 15,
5
MR. RADCLIFFE: I've never seen the
5 1931?
6 document before. I don't know anything about 6 A. Yes.
7 it.
7 Q. All right. Now, I'd like you to turn
8 MR. VONA: I'll submit to you that
8 to the next page. Are you there?
9 this patent was sent to Mr. Whitcomb under
9 A. Yes.
10 notice to admit, and I'd also submit that they
10 Q. If you go down on the left-hand column
11 are admitted at this time as authentic.
11 there's a number 35. I'm going to read that
12 MR. RADCLIFFE: I don't know anything 12 paragraph for you. It says, "In order to
13 about that.
13 prevent any air leakage through the slight
14 Q. Are you all set, Mr. Smith?
14 clearance space between the ring 21" -- which
15 A. I don't know. I've got a document
15 corresponds to the diagram -- "and the drum 12,
16 here.
16 I preferably provide suitable flexible packing
17 MR. RADCLIFFE: Wait for a question. 17 material such as asbestos rope surrounding the
18 Why don't you ask a question.
18 drum outside the ring. This rope is held in
19 MR. VONA: I did. I asked if he's
19 place by a cylindrical projecting shelf or
20 ready.
20 sleeve formed integral with the ring. The
21
MR. RADCLIFFE: Ready for what?
21 cylindrical portion is larger in diameter than
22 MR. VONA: Ready to continue.
22 the drum, and the space between these parts is
23 MR. RADCLIFFE: He's ready to
23 occupied by the asbestos packing." Did I read
24 continue.
24 that correctly?
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1 MR. VONA: I appreciate you answering 2 for him. I was just asking him. 3 Q. Are you all set? 4 A. Yes. 5 Q. All right. You can skip over the 6 cover page -- well, actually, don't. Let's go 7 back. I'm going to change my mind. Let's go 8 to the second page. It says United States 9 Patent Office, right? 10 A. Yes. 11 Q. Have you ever seen any patents before 12 in your career? 13 A. No. 14 Q. You're an engineer, right? 15 A. Yes. 16 Q. Now, the title of the patent says "Air 17 Seal For Boiler Drums." Do you see that? 18 A. Yes. 19 Q. All right. And it's by a Max Kuhner 20 to Riley Stoker Corporation; do you see that? 21 I skipped over some words. 22 A. Right. 23 Q. But you'd agree that it says, "By Max 24 Kuhner, assignor, by mesne assignments, to
1 A. That's what it says. 2 Q. All right. Now, it continues to say, 3 "A layer 35 of a suitable heat insulating 4 material, such as 85 percent magnesia, is 5 preferably placed against the outer surface of 6 the drum head." Did I read that right? 7 A. That's what it says. 8 Q. All right. Now, this Max Kuhner, was 9 he an employee of Riley Stoker, do you know? 10 A. He was around a long time. I don't 11 know whether he came from Badenhausen or where. 12 Q. But he was employed by Riley Stoker, 13 wasn't he? 14 A. It looks like he was employed by 15 Badenhausen, which became part of Riley Stoker. 16 Q. Okay. Nonetheless, he's authoring a 17 patent for Riley Stoker, true? 18 A. He's applying for a patent. I don't 19 understand the legal mumbo-jumbo. 20 Q. Sure. I'm just asking you what the 21 document says. It's true he's specifying 22 asbestos to be used in this application, isn't 23 he? 24 A. No, I don't agree with you.
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1 Q. Why not?
1 MR. RADCLIFFE: Asked and answered.
2 A. He's doing exactly what I've been
2 Q. You're right. I'll withdraw the
3 talking about all day. He's saying provide a
3 question.
4 suitable flexible packing material, such as
4
(Exhibit 48, Document titled
5 asbestos rope. Down below he says a suitable 5
Power, so marked.)
6 heat-insulating material such as 85 percent
6 Q. Mr. Smith, you've seen the Power
7 magnesia. He's using a generic example. He's 7 magazine before, haven't you?
8 not saying that's what you've got to use. He
8 A. Yes.
9 was giving an example of something that had
9 Q. Numerous times in depositions?
10 been used and that's what he's doing.
10 A. (Nodding.)
11 MR. VONA: Move to strike as
11 Q. Can you just turn to the next page and
12 nonresponsive.
12 there's an article titled "Furnace Design of
13 Q. It does say, "I preferably provide a
13 Large Steam Generators," right?
14 suitable flexible packing material such as
14 A. Yes.
15 asbestos rope"; does it not?
15 Q. And who wrote that article?
16 A. Such as asbestos, yes.
16 A. Max Kuhner.
17 Q. Do you have any reason to dispute that 17 Q. And what's his title?
18 Max Kuhner wrote this patent?
18 A. He was the vice president of
19 A. Request for patent, no.
19 engineering, Riley Stoker.
20 Q. So those are his words?
20 Q. Did you know that, that he was vice
21 A. Yes.
21 president of engineering at any time at Riley
22 Q. He chose to write asbestos rope and
22 Stoker?
23 asbestos packing, right?
23 A. I was not aware of that.
24 A. Such as.
24 Q. Okay. And if you look on the cover
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1 Q. He chose to put 85 percent magnesia?
1 page, it says August 1952; is that right?
2 A. Such as 85.
2 A. Yes.
3 Q. We've already talked about 85 mag,
3 Q. Okay. So in 1931, the future vice
4 that's asbestos-containing, isn't it?
4 president of Riley Stoker was specifying the
5 A. And his reference was he was using
5 use of asbestos-containing products in one of
6 that as an example.
6 his patents, right?
7 Q. Okay. And basically, he's filing a
7 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form.
8 patent in 1931 that shows how to insulate a
8 Q. Is that not true?
9 boiler drum with asbestos-containing materials, 9 A. He gave an example of the type of
10 true?
10 product he would use in a specific application.
11 A. No. He's not insulating a boiler
11 Q. I'll break it down simpler, okay. In
12 drum. He's sealing. This is a seal.
12 1931, the future vice president of engineering
13 Q. Okay. Is he using insulation to seal
13 for Riley Stoker, he wrote a patent, and in
14 it, 85 mag?
14 that patent, he did use the words asbestos
15 A. There is a seal -- he's not insulating
15 packing and asbestos rope and 85 percent
16 the drum. That's what you said.
16 magnesia, did he not?
17 Q. Fine. But is he using 85 percent mag
17 A. He did use them.
18 to help seal the air?
18 Q. Thank you. We're still to believe to
19 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form. 19 this day that Riley Stoker had no idea up until
20 A. He made a suggestion that that would
20 1972 that any of these thermal insulation
21 be the type of thing he would use.
21 materials had asbestos?
22 Q. Okay. Now, you said that Max Kuhner 22
MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form.
23 worked for -- who was it? Did he ever work for 23 Q. Yes or no?
24 Riley Stoker?
24 A. I've said repeatedly I don't know if
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1 someone knew there was asbestos in something,
1 Michael Smith. We're back on the record. The
2 but as far as being aware that the application 3 of thermal insulation to Riley boilers was
2 time is 2:58. 3 *****
4 hazardous was not found out until '72 when OSHA 4
EXAMINATION CONDUCTED
5 came out and said these have this in it and
5 BY MR. RADCLIFFE:
6 it's bad. And our answer is we stopped using
6 Q. Mr. Smith, I'm going to ask you some
7 it, period.
7 questions. I know I'm sitting next to you, but
8 Q. *And despite the fact that Riley
8 feel free to look at the camera, if you can.
9 Stoker was a party to several workers'
9 All right?
10 compensation claims with regard to asbestos
10 A. Yes.
11 disease prior to 1972 --
11 Q. I want to back up just a little bit
12 A. We've been all through that.
12 and talk to you about your experience. You
13
MR. RADCLIFFE: Wait for a question.
13 mentioned that you actually worked in the field
14 MR. VONA: That's my question.
14 in the erection of boilers. Do you recall that
15 MR. RADCLIFFE: Well, it's not a
15 testimony?
16 complete question. Can you read it back?
16 A. Yes.
17 (*Testimony read back by
17 Q. Can you tell the jury when did you
18 reporter.)
18 first start working in the field in connection
19
MR. RADCLIFFE: I object. That's not
19 with boilers?
20 a complete question.
20 A. I started working in the field in June
21 Q. Okay. Fine. So it's still Riley
21 of 1966 with Ebasco Services on a jobsite in
22 Stoker's position, you just testified, they
22 Dallas, Texas.
23 didn't know asbestos was a hazard until 1972?
23 Q. And how long did you work in the field
24 And that's in contrary or in despite there are
24 in connection with the erection of boilers?
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1 several workers' compensation claims filed with
1 A. I worked in the field in connection
2 regard to asbestos disease prior to 1972?
2 with the erection of boilers until February
3 MR. RADCLIFFE: Object to the form.
3 1973.
4 A. I've already testified to all of that.
4 Q. And what was your job from '66 to '73?
5 Q. So the answer is yes? I'm just asking
5 A. In '66 I was in Dallas, Texas. I was
6 you what Riley Stoker's position is on the
6 a field engineer. I was supervising
7 health hazards of asbestos, that's all, when
7 insulators, carpenters until the following
8 they thought it was hazardous; you said 1972,
8 summer, and then I went over to Lake Ray
9 right?
9 Hubbard in Texas, and we installed a complete
10 A. We became aware of the potential
10 base for a power plant.
11 hazard of the thermal insulation on our boiler
11
In December of 1967 I was assigned to
12 with the advent of OSHA in 1972.
12 Bridgeport Harbor Station where I supervised
13 MR. VONA: All right. I don't have
13 various crafts, including ironworkers,
14 any further questions at this time.
14 boilermakers, painters in the erection of coal
15
MR. RADCLIFFE: Anybody else in the
15 barge unloading, berths, and fuel oil unloading
16 room with questions? Anybody on the phone with 16 berths, and various modifications to the
17 questions?
17 boilers.
18 (No response.)
18 Q. And during this time that you were
19 THE VIDEOGRAPHER: The time is 2:49. 19 working in the field, if I can refer to it that
20 We're off the record.
20 way, did you ever work near boilermakers?
21 (Off the record, 2:49 p.m.)
21 A. Every day.
22 (Back on the record, 2:58 p.m.)
22 Q. Did you ever work near insulators?
23 THE VIDEOGRAPHER: This is the
23 A. Yes.
24 beginning of Tape No. 4 in the deposition of
24 Q. When you worked near insulators, how
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1 far would you be from them?
1 Stoker products versus Riley Stoker equipment.
2 A. In Dallas, Texas, I was actually
2 What did Riley Stoker sell?
3 supervising the installation of the insulation
3 A. Riley Stoker's primary product was
4 on the power plant, not just the boiler, the
4 boilers and fuel-burning equipment.
5 entire power plant. And I was with them daily,
5 Q. You already mentioned that these
6 all up and down the structure, so I was with
6 boilers are not the size of a water heater or a
7 them probably from June through March or April 7 boiler furnace in somebody's house. Would you
8 the following year.
8 refer to a Riley Stoker boiler as a product?
9 Q. And when you were working with them,
9 A. No.
10 how close? Were you a foot away, 100 feet
10 Q. What would you describe it as?
11 away?
11 A. It's a very sophisticated piece of
12 A. Normally, we were a couple of feet,
12 equipment that only a very sophisticated buyer
13 and the only time I was a little bit distant,
13 would purchase.
14 we were working trying to create something in 14 Q. Explain that process for us a little
15 their shop and they started to cut some pipe
15 bit. Did a potential purchaser come to Riley
16 insulation, and they told me that I had to put
16 and say give us a boiler, or how did it happen?
17 a mask on because the dust could irritate me.
17 A. Normally, the owners, either
18 And so I put the mask on and stayed there, and 18 themselves or through an engineer, would define
19 we finished the project.
19 a need that they had and prepare a
20 Q. All right. Did anyone at that time
20 specification, and that would include things
21 tell you about any of the hazards associated or 21 like where the boiler was going, what the site
22 alleged to be associated with exposure to
22 looked like, what the fuel would be, what the
23 asbestos?
23 steam requirements had to be as far as
24 A. No.
24 temperature, pressure, quantity, the schedule
211 213
1 Q. What about at any time when you were
1 for the project, and what the scope of the work
2 working in the field, did anyone tell you that
2 for each of the vendors might be.
3 there were hazards associated with exposure to 3 Q. All right. So how was that
4 asbestos?
4 information -- now, was this information
5 A. No.
5 provided by the buyer or somebody else, or who
6 Q. When you left -- did you work for
6 gave it to you?
7 Ebasco Services the entire time that you were
7
MR. VONA: Form.
8 in the field?
8 A. It was usually either the buyer or
9 A. Yes, at various sites, but for Ebasco.
9 their architect/engineer.
10 Q. And when you left Ebasco, is that when 10 Q. And on whose behalf was the
11 you started to work for Riley?
11 architect/engineer working?
12 A. Yes.
12 A. For the owner.
13 Q. Now, back when you were working for 13 Q. All right. So when you got this
14 Ebasco, did any of the insulators tell you that 14 information from the owner, are we talking
15 working with insulation materials was
15 about a half a paragraph or something more
16 hazardous?
16 significant than that?
17 A. No.
17 MR. VONA: Form.
18 Q. Do you know when OSHA started to
18 A. There was quite a wide variety of ways
19 regulate exposure to asbestos in the workplace? 19 they could request it. If they already had a
20 A. It was late in 1971.
20 boiler there from us, they might just have a
21 Q. I'm going to jump around a little bit
21 one-page requirement, duplicate this boiler
22 to try to cover some of the information that
22 plus do this, this, and this, and we would then
23 was covered earlier today.
23 give them a price for doing it based on that
24 There were questions about Riley
24 requirement.
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1 And we'd range from there to the large
1 delivered to Hooker Chemical, right?
2 utility boiler where they have specifications
2 A. Yes.
3 that are literally feet thick.
3 Q. Was Hooker Chemical a sophisticated
4 Q. Well, let's talk about the customers
4 purchaser of boilers?
5 in this specific case. You talked about some 5 MR. VONA: Form.
6 boilers that were at DuPont today, right?
6 A. Yes.
7 A. Yes, a boiler at DuPont.
7 Q. Who had control over the boilers at
8 Q. Was DuPont a sophisticated purchaser
8 Hooker Chemical once they were delivered to
9 of boiler equipment?
9 Hooker Chemical?
10 MR. VONA: Form.
10 A. Hooker Chemical.
11 A. Yes. DuPont actually was a very
11 Q. While we're talking about Hooker, let
12 significant customer of Riley and there was a
12 me just ask you some questions. Do you
13 lot of different boilers at a lot of different
13 remember being shown Exhibits 17, 19, and 20?
14 sites that had been specified, sold, erected
14 A. Yes.
15 and operated over the years.
15 Q. Can I see No. 17 and I'll
16 Q. Did DuPont know how to specify a
16 specifically --
17 boiler?
17 MR. VONA: Tom, which contract is
18 MR. VONA: Objection. Form.
18 that?
19 A. Yes, they did.
19 MR. RADCLIFFE: This is Hooker
20 Q. Did DuPont know how to run a boiler? 20 Chemical Contract 1705.
21 A. Yes.
21 MR. VONA: Okay. Thanks.
22 Q. And once a boiler was delivered to
22 MR. RADCLIFFE: Actually, we don't
23 DuPont, who was in charge of the operations and 23 need this one.
24 maintenance of that boiler?
24 Q. On Exhibit 17, I want to direct your
215 217
1 A. E.I. DuPont.
1 attention specifically to the -- is this a
2 Q. Once a boiler was delivered to DuPont,
2 requisition document?
3 who had control over that boiler?
3 A. This is a contract material
4 A. DuPont.
4 requisition document.
5 Q. Did Riley Stoker ever have the ability
5 Q. Okay. Does this mean that these
6 after a boiler was delivered to go back onto
6 materials were actually purchased?
7 the premises of a customer and say we want to
7 A. No.
8 do work on a boiler, we want you to give us
8 Q. What does it mean?
9 access to our boiler?
9 A. It means -- it states it, the
10 MR. VONA: Form.
10 following or equal insulation. This is a
11 A. Not without the customer requesting
11 generic type of the product that you need to
12 us.
12 provide us with a certain benefit, and this is
13 Q. Now, we were talking specifically
13 a standard method of doing it.
14 about DuPont. What about GM? You talked about 14 Q. Do you remember being asked a number
15 a GM boiler earlier today, right?
15 of questions or a series of questions about the
16 A. Several boilers at GM.
16 Supertemp block?
17 Q. Was GM a sophisticated purchaser of
17 A. Yes.
18 boilers?
18 Q. And you see that Supertemp block is
19 A. Very. They bought a lot of boilers
19 listed here?
20 for their plants all over the country.
20 A. Yes, it is.
21 Q. Who had control over the GM boilers
21 Q. Of your own personal knowledge, do you
22 after they were delivered to GM?
22 know whether Supertemp block contains asbestos?
23 A. GM did.
23 A. I did not know.
24 Q. You also talked about boilers
24 Q. Do you know now on your own personal
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1 knowledge?
1 This is Exhibit 30 that was shown to
2 A. No.
2 you earlier, and I'd like you to just read the
3 Q. All right. So assuming that you were
3 paragraph. You can read it to yourself right
4 provided Answers to Interrogatories from the
4 at the beginning under summary.
5 company who made the product, they might say 5 A. Okay.
6 whether or not it contained asbestos, right?
6 Q. Based on your review of that
7 A. Yes.
7 paragraph, is the EPA publishing this document
8 Q. All right. I'm going to show you
8 to say that the EPA knows all this information
9 Exhibit 18 which you were shown earlier and ask 9 is true, or is the EPA publishing what other
10 you to look at the Supertemp block and tell me 10 people said was true?
11 the years that the company who made it said
11 A. They're publishing what other people
12 that it contained asbestos?
12 said was true.
13 A. Supertemp block contained asbestos of 13 Q. And does the EPA indicate the source
14 varying degrees from 1938 through 1945.
14 of this information?
15 Q. '45. What are the dates on the
15 A. It indicates by manufacturers and
16 requisition forms where Riley lists Supertemp
16 process of certain asbestos products.
17 block?
17 Q. And did the manufacturers of products
18 A. June 3, 1946.
18 as far as you know -- well, strike that.
19 Q. 1946. So if Riley actually did
19 Was it pointed out to you that anybody
20 purchase or had someone purchase Supertemp 20 submitted information for Thermotex, not
21 block in 1946, did it still contain asbestos
21 Thermotex-B but Thermotex?
22 according to the manufacturer?
22 A. No.
23 MR. VONA: Objection.
23 Q. Do you have any information about
24 A. No.
24 whether or not Thermotex-B contained asbestos
219 221
1 Q. So earlier if you were asked questions
1 other than what's in Exhibit 30?
2 about whether or not Supertemp block contained 2 A. No.
3 asbestos, were you relying on your own personal 3 Q. Did Riley Stoker ever manufacture
4 knowledge or were you relying on statements
4 block insulation?
5 from counsel or what you understood was in an
5 A. No.
6 interrogatory response?
6 Q. Any type of block insulation, high
7 A. Statements from today.
7 temp. or low temp.?
8 Q. Statements from counsel?
8 A. No.
9 A. Yes.
9 Q. Did Riley Stoker ever manufacture
10 Q. Is that true -- well, let me just say,
10 insulating cement?
11 you were also asked questions about Thermotex, 11 A. No.
12 do you remember that?
12 Q. Did Riley Stoker ever manufacture
13 A. Yes.
13 pipecovering?
14 Q. And there was a question about
14 A. No.
15 Thermotex, and then you were shown a document 15 Q. Are these all types of pipecovering
16 that referred to Thermotex-B. Do you remember 16 that have been used to varying degrees on
17 that?
17 boilers in the past?
18 A. Yes.
18 A. Yes.
19 Q. Of your own personal knowledge, are
19 Q. Did Riley Stoker manufacture
20 Thermotex and Thermotex-B the same products? 20 insulation of any type?
21 A. I don't know.
21 A. No.
22 Q. Thermotex-B, according to what the EPA 22 Q. Was insulation required in order to
23 says someone else said -- actually, let me back 23 make a boiler operate efficiently and safely?
24 up. I'll show you the document.
24 A. Yes.
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1 Q. Where did Riley Stoker get the
1 application. They had a combination of
2 insulation if it didn't manufacture it?
2 material on them.
3 A. It went out to third-party suppliers
3 Q. Let me ask you about the plaintiff in
4 on an open-bid basis.
4 this case. Did you read his deposition?
5 Q. Did Riley Stoker tell those
5 A. I read all four of them.
6 third-party suppliers how to manufacture the
6 Q. All right. And so do you have an
7 insulation?
7 understanding of what plaintiff says he did as
8 A. No.
8 a boilermaker?
9 Q. Did Riley Stoker require that the
9 A. Yes.
10 insulation contain any sort of raw ingredient
10 Q. When did Mr. -- I'm going to pronounce
11 or material?
11 it incorrectly.
12 A. No.
12 MR. VONA: Tredinnick.
13 Q. If Riley Stoker was looking for
13 A. Tredinnick.
14 insulation, what would they tell third-party
14 Q. When did Mr. Tredinnick say he started
15 suppliers? What kind of information would they 15 as a boilermaker?
16 give them?
16 A. I believe he started in 1967 as a
17 A. They would give them the generic
17 helper.
18 consideration that we had such as it had to be
18 Q. And how long did Mr. Tredinnick say he
19 2 1/2 inches thick, it had to be a soft form, a
19 worked as a boilermaker?
20 hard form. For pipe it might have been a
20 A. He had approximately a two-year break
21 curved form, half-rounds. They would give them 21 in service to serve in the Army. I believe it
22 the generic description, and the different
22 was '67 to '69, and then from '69 to 2002 he
23 vendors would then quote to that generic with 23 basically was a boilermaker.
24 their specific products.
24 Q. Did Mr. Tredinnick belong to a union?
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1 Q. On some of the documents that we've
1 A. Yes, I believe he belonged to Local 7,
2 seen, there's been references to casing and
2 boilermaker union.
3 lagging. What does casing and lagging mean in 3 Q. Have you ever in the past reviewed any
4 connection with a boiler manufactured by Riley 4 boilermaker union documents?
5 Stoker?
5 A. Yes.
6 A. Casing actually has two meanings, and
6 Q. Do any of those documents discuss the
7 one type of project, the casing, such as
7 hazards of exposure to asbestos?
8 10-gauge casing, is put right against the
8 MR. VONA: Objection.
9 boiler tubes to provide a smooth base for the
9 A. Yes.
10 installation of the insulation.
10 Q. Are those documents copied and set
11 And other boilers, the casing is
11 forth in your notebook here?
12 supplied outside of the insulation to basically 12 A. Yes.
13 provide an airtight, weathertight seal for it.
13 Q. In general, when do those documents
14 Lagging is used outside insulation
14 start to discuss the hazards -- when do those
15 normally when the inside is already sealed.
15 boilermaker union documents start to discuss
16 Q. Are you done?
16 the hazards of exposure to asbestos?
17 A. Yes.
17 MR. VONA: Objection.
18 Q. The lagging that was put on -- well, 18 MR. COMERFORD: I don't want to go off
19 strike that.
19 the record, but we agreed not to ask your
20 For the boilers that you've testified
20 client about the hazards of asbestos that were
21 about today, did they have lagging on the
21 memorialized.
22 outside?
22 MR. RADCLIFFE: That's fine. If
23 A. One boiler had lagging. Some had just 23 you'll agree to strike from this deposition
24 the insulmastic or the Thermotex-type
24 every question about knowledge of the hazards
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1 of exposure to asbestos, including the
1 review for us, for which jobsites did Riley
2 questions about workers' comp., including about 2 Stoker have contract documents?
3 when it was first known, I'll stop and move on.
3 A. Riley and Union Iron Works had
4 MR. COMERFORD: Give me a second to 4 contract documents for Bethlehem Steel Corp. in
5 talk with Keith.
5 Lackawanna. We had contract documents for
6 THE VIDEOGRAPHER: The time is 3:17. 6 three contracts at Hooker Chemical, and we also
7 We're off the record.
7 had contract documents for the start of a
8 (Off the record, 3:17 p.m.)
8 fourth, but that wasn't talked about.
9 (Back on the record, 3:43 p.m.)
9 MR. VONA: Okay.
10 MR. RADCLIFFE: We've had some
10 A. Chevrolet Motor Division, we had Union
11 off-the-record discussions, and it's agreeable
11 Iron Works documents for three boilers. We had
12 to all the parties in this case that we're
12 one Riley contract for a boiler starting up in
13 going to strike questions that have to do with
13 1971, and we had E.I. DuPont in Niagara Falls,
14 Riley Stoker's knowledge of the hazards of
14 New York, for one boiler.
15 exposure to asbestos, which would include
15 Q. All right. And did Mr. Tredinnick
16 workers' compensation-type questions as well as 16 describe working at all of these places?
17 when did you first know about the hazards,
17 A. Yes.
18 things of that nature, right?
18 Q. Specifically, with respect to -- well,
19 MR. VONA: I will just add to that, if 19 let me ask you first: When a boiler is erected
20 it's amenable to you, we'd also be striking
20 in the field, is insulation used on the boiler
21 Mr. Smith's specific knowledge of the questions 21 the first day the erection starts?
22 you asked him regarding the hazards of
22 A. No.
23 asbestos.
23 Q. How do you know when insulation is
24
MR. RADCLIFFE: Absolutely. That
24 being used or is supposed to be used or was
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1 includes my questions as well. And in fact,
1 used in the erection of a boiler?
2 for the record, I had not finished those
2 A. The insulation cannot be applied to a
3 questions. And had we not agreed to all of
3 boiler until after the boiler ASME code
4 this, I would have had more questions to ask
4 pressure parts are erected and hydrostatically
5 Mr. Smith.
5 tested. And after that you can start -- and
6 MR. VONA: I assume that. So we can
6 tested successfully. After that you can start
7 go back on the video.
7 applying insulation and refractory materials.
8 THE VIDEOGRAPHER: Back on the record. 8 Q. So for the boilers at issue here, were
9 The time is 3:44.
9 you able to determine when that took place
10 Q. Okay. Mr. Smith, we're back on the
10 time-wise?
11 record. I think I was asking you earlier if
11 A. I came up with a completion date on
12 you had read Mr. Tredinnick's depositions. Do
12 all the boilers except the Union Iron Works
13 you remember that?
13 boilers. And for those boilers, all I have is
14 A. Yes.
14 the ship date because that was the extent of
15 Q. All right. And from reading his
15 the Union Iron Works contract was to ship
16 depositions, do you have an understanding of
16 components to W. Holly, who bought the boilers
17 what he said he did at the various jobsites and
17 from them.
18 when he was there?
18 Q. All right. Let me go jobsite by
19 A. Yes.
19 jobsite. At DuPont, was Mr. Tredinnick present
20 Q. And have you looked through the
20 during the erection of any of the boilers?
21 contract documents for each of the jobsites at
21 A. No.
22 issue today?
22 Q. Did Mr. Tredinnick describe doing work
23 A. Yes.
23 on any of the boilers at DuPont?
24 Q. And specifically, if you could just
24 A. He described working on one Riley
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1 boiler at DuPont approximately one to two weeks 1 miscellaneous valves and stuff.
2 in 1967, and later on during his tenure with
2 Q. Did the side walls, would that have
3 the Oldman company, which was from 1969 to
3 involved any product that contained asbestos?
4 1971.
4 A. On the DuPont side walls, construction
5 Q. All right. When you say "two weeks,"
5 was tile, high-temp. mineral wool block and
6 is that two weeks total for both of those
6 mineral wool felt, and those materials I do not
7 times?
7 believe contained asbestos.
8 A. No, the first one was one to two weeks
8 Q. Let's move on to Bethlehem Steel.
9 in one case. Another case they said it was two
9 What do you have next?
10 to three, so one to three weeks the first time
10 A. Bethlehem would be easier.
11 in '67, and the second one was about one to two 11 Q. Okay. What kind of work did
12 weeks.
12 Mr. Tredinnick describe at Bethlehem Steel?
13 Q. All right. So for the first one in
13 A. He described a project in the '69 to
14 1967, did that involve working with or around 14 '70 time frame on the Riley boiler where they
15 any insulation materials on the boiler?
15 did superheat repair work.
16 A. At that job he was a helper and he
16 Q. How long did that work take?
17 basically said that he was supporting two
17 A. Approximately a month.
18 crews, one crew that worked inside the boiler
18 Q. And did he say that he did any work
19 and that handed him out primarily metal parts
19 that would have involved work with or around
20 that would not have contained asbestos. And
20 any product that contained asbestos?
21 half the time was with them and half the time
21 A. He said that he helped to put an
22 was with a crew over his head that were handing 22 opening in the roof of the boiler so that they
23 him down stuff in buckets that was described as 23 could get to the superheater elements and
24 round, white, chalky that he stated was
24 remove them, and that was the boiler we talked
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1 asbestos material, but he also said he didn't
1 about before that had high-temp. block from
2 really know if it was asbestos.
2 BEH.
3 Q. Did he describe that product? Are you
3 Q. All right. And you testified before
4 able to tell what that product was?
4 whether or not you thought it contained
5 A. Based on his description, I'm not even
5 asbestos. How long would it have taken to
6 sure it came off the Riley boiler. It could
6 remove that block based on the work that
7 have came off piping up there. He mentioned
7 Mr. Tredinnick described?
8 the air duct, but I don't know if they were
8 MR. VONA: Objection.
9 actually taking it off the air duct.
9 A. He described it taking approximately
10 Q. Well, that raises a good point. If
10 two days to make the hole in the boiler.
11 Riley erects a boiler at a jobsite like DuPont, 11 Q. Did he do any other work at Bethlehem
12 does Riley put up all the piping that's
12 Steel according to his testimony?
13 connected to that boiler?
13 A. There was, later on, I believe it was
14 A. No.
14 after '74 he was working for the Bethlehem
15 Q. Who's responsible for that?
15 Steel company itself, one of their groups, and
16 A. The owner's other contractors were
16 he did some work on the ductwork beside the
17 responsible for that.
17 boiler.
18 Q. All right. What about the second time 18 Q. How long did that work take?
19 that Mr. Tredinnick was at DuPont from the '69 19 A. I think that was approximately one
20 to '71 time frame, did he describe working with 20 week.
21 any materials -- with or around any materials 21 Q. Which one do you have next, Hooker or
22 that contained asbestos?
22 GM?
23 A. I believe there he stated he worked on 23 A. Hooker.
24 some side wall repairs and some other
24 Q. What kind of work did Mr. Tredinnick
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1 describe at Hooker Chemical?
1 Q. Are you able to tell -- flat-type
2 A. It was pretty much he did a one- to
2 insulation, are you able to tell whether that
3 two-week stint when he was with Oldman, and
3 is a material that contained asbestos?
4 they took stuff -- he said they took asbestos
4 A. No, because on this project, we did
5 off the boiler, worked on valves, packings,
5 not supply any insulation or refractory
6 things like that and without any real
6 material. Union Iron Works did not. And the
7 specifics.
7 second -- those were three boilers provided by
8 Q. What does that mean, took asbestos off
8 Union Iron Works.
9 the boilers?
9 The Riley Stoker boiler that was
10 A. He was assuming that the material on
10 provided to Chevy started up in '71, and he
11 the boiler was made out of asbestos, going
11 testified that he was there before his father
12 through leaks apparently.
12 retired, which was December of '70. So this
13 Q. Did he describe what that material
13 boiler was not there when he was on the site.
14 was? Were you able to figure out what he was 14 Q. Okay. Mr. Smith, at least at, I
15 talking about?
15 think, it was Hooker, those boilers were
16 A. He talked about white, chalky
16 erected in the 1940s; is that right?
17 material.
17 A. Hooker had one in '47, one in '49, and
18 Q. Based on that description, are you
18 one in '53 were the in-op dates.
19 able to tell whether or not it contained
19 Q. So even if we took the '53 boiler, if
20 asbestos?
20 Mr. Tredinnick was there six or nine years
21 A. No. On this project, this is where we
21 later, that was 15-plus years after the boiler
22 have the Eagle-Picher Supertemp block or Eagle 22 was erected?
23 for the boiler.
23 A. Yes.
24 Q. Okay. And you talked about the
24 Q. How do we know, if we can know, if the
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1 Supertemp. This was the 1946 Supertemp?
1 original insulation on those boilers was still
2 A. Yes.
2 present 15 years later?
3 Q. After they stopped making it in '45?
3 A. We don't know.
4 A. Correct.
4 MR. RADCLIFFE: Those are all the
5 Q. And what year did he say he was at
5 questions I have.
6 Hooker?
6 MR. VONA: Can we go off for one
7 A. They were there in the '69 to '71
7 second?
8 range.
8 MR. RADCLIFFE: Sure.
9 Q. All right. Let's go to GM. Did
9 THE VIDEOGRAPHER: The time is 3:56.
10 Mr. Tredinnick describe doing any work at GM on 10 We're off the record.
11 the boilers?
11 (Off the record, 3:56 p.m.)
12 A. He described work at GM on boilers
12
(Back on the record, 3:58 p.m.)
13 removing insulation.
13 THE VIDEOGRAPHER: Back on the record.
14 Q. And when did that work take place?
14 The time is 3:58.
15 A. In the same time frame, '69 to '71.
15 MR. VONA: The plaintiffs have no
16 Q. And how long was he there?
16 further questions.
17 A. I believe that was approximately one
17 MR. RADCLIFFE: I think we're done.
18 to two weeks also.
18 THE VIDEOGRAPHER: This is the end of
19 Q. And what kind of work did he describe
19 Tape No. 4 in the deposition. The time is
20 for this one to two weeks?
20 3:58. Going off the record.
21 A. It was one to two weeks he removed
21
(Whereupon, the deposition was
22 some flat-type insulation from the boiler
22 concluded at 3:58 p.m.)
23 sides. It took him about one to two days to
23
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hereby certify that the foregoing deposition 6 was taken before me on September 11, 2009;
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Jason M. Saul, Esq. 4 CETRULO & CAPONE
2 Seaport Lane, 10th Floor 5 Boston, MA 02210 6
Re: EARL AND KIMBERLY TREDINNICK 7 Vs: A.W. CHESTERTON, et al.
C.A. No.: I2008-10509
9 Dear Attorney Saul: 10
Enclosed herewith is a copy of the 11 deposition transcript of MICHAEL SMITH taken on
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Priority-One Court Reporting Services, Inc.
25B Vreeland Road, Suite 301, Florham Park, NJ 07932
718-983-1234
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