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REDACTED Rt j Er t 4,. Mo e l l e r Ro b e r t B.-Da v l in Ric h a r d W. Gu n n in g De n n is S. O'Br ie n L. Ro b e r t Mu e l l e r Ke v in J. Da v l in LIVINGSTONE. MUELLER, GUNNING, O'BRIEN & DAVLIN, P.C. Attorneys at Law 620 Eas t Ed w a r d s St r e et Po s t Of f ic e Bo x 335 Sp r in g f ie l d , Il l in o is 62705 FORMERLY Liv in g s t o n e , Mu e l l e r , Dr a k e a n d Da v l in C. A. Liv in g s t o n e 1896-1982 Le s l ie V. Dr a k e 1895-1971 Te l ep h o n e (217) 525-1070 October 8, 1985 Mr. Steven Borgstran Raymond Sheakley & Associates, Inc. 2605 West 22nd Street - Suite 34 Oak Brook, Illinois 60521 r v?; Dear Steve: In re: v. Sherwin-Wiliams Since we last talked of this case by telephone, I have received the attached letter from John J. Larsen, Jr., the widow's attorney. The subject of settle ment has ccme up separately in my conversations with you and in my conversa tions with Larsen. Larsen does not return telephone calls, - may be one in ten. Just before I left for a week's excursion north, I wrote to him regarding a possible agreement to let'each other's medical articles into evidence. I frankly don't feel that his Russian article is all that damaging. Larsen's suggested settlement is not anywhere near what we are thinking. I've not taken the time to sit down and calculate the life expectancy of the widow, etc., however he obviously is asking for big bucks. I recall that you indicated to me that you had $5,000.00 up as a reserve on this. I plan to try to reach Larsen again by telephone and tell him that we are in terested mainly in the area of defense costs in taking this case on up to the Appellate Court. In the meantime, I'm putting together our medical articles, along with Dr. Van Orstrand's letters, and sending them to him. With best regards, I am Very Enc. N40279 0007-SWP-005800976 CONFIDENTIAL