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ItAARY SMITH, ?r al. Plaintiffs,
VS . JOItNS-MANVI LLK SALKS CORPORATION, a Corp.,
Defendants.
I 1 1 Civil Actinn No. 77-U144-C (A) ) 1 |
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TO PLAINTIFFS* SUPPLEMENTAL TkTERROCATOUIES
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of Civil Procedure, Johns-Honville Soles Corporation, hereby answers me Inrerrogarorles or Plamrirr served on Defendant's counsel.
Defendant reserves the right to amend or supplement its answers, if it finds that inadverrenr omissions or errors have been made, or if additional or more accurate inforaarion becomes available that is required to be provided by the Federal Rules of Civil Piece- ""S Jure.
1. please stare whether or' not this defendant supplied raw, asbestos products to GAP (huboroid) during, the years 1940 ro l#7J.
If so, state the-foilowing: (a) Describe the. method of transporting such raw products to CAF (burlap bag, cloth bag, plast ic bag?)
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(c) Star* the mode of delivery, whether by truck, railroad
car or the like'.
(dl Pl'eoic stare whether or not any warnings of danger or
hazard of asbetros were on any such bags and if so, stare the exact
language and when such warnings wer**[Haced on such bags.
ANSWER: Yes. See Exhibit A attached hereto for fiber sales
froa 19SB-197J. Due to Defendant's rocord retention program, it does
not have sales records available for the period of time preceding
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(a) Defendant's fiber has been shipped over the years in
bags* of jute, valve paper, woven polyethylene, polyethylene film, jute
and polyethylene, and pressure-packed multi-walled Kraft paper. It is
not possible with existing records for Defendant to determine what
type* bag was utilized to ship fiber to Ckf.
(b) 10U pounds.
(cj 50-ton rallmad cars'.
(d) Oofcm)ant placed warning noriccs on rhe packaging of
its asbestos fi.ber. The warning labels and the dates of ux ar<* as
follows;.
CAUTION
TlllS.JgG CONTAINS ASBESTOS FXUER.
PERSONS EXPOSED TO THIS MATERIAL SHOULD USE ADEQUATE PROTECTIVE DEVICES AS
INHALATION OP THIS MATERIAL OVER LONG PERIODS HAY OE IIAMMPUL.
(1369-1972)
CAUTION
CONTAINS ASBESTOS PIUEK AVOID CREATING DUST
' BREATHING ASBESTOS OUST HAY CAUSE .SERIOUS 0001LY HARM
(1-972-PkESENT)
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presently in use is p* esc r ibcvl by Hie United j'mes Department of .
Labor, Occupational Safety and Ileal fh Admini sr rat ion (OSIIA1 pursuant,
to 2* C.F.B. See. imo.lUOl. such regulation being promulgated by OSHA
in 1S72. Defendant also plocos this warning on all bags containing
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asbestos fiber in five additional languages; L.e., French, Dutch,
German, Spanish and. Japanese.
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Dated this.
.day of May, . 19.7H-.
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Attorneys!or Defendant, Johns-rtanville Sales Corporation
J14 H.. or.mway. St, Louis, mu 6J102
(414) 621-7755.............
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Copy fo lie forcejug Bulled this 24th day of May, 1971 to
James r.. ilu I Iversnn. 770 riwtmie tt , ,TM1', Ho., attorney
for plaintiffs.