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IN RE: ASBESTOS LITIGATION 94-02380 RECEIVED MAY 2? 1994 BARON & BUDr IN THE DISTRICT COURTS OF TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS ANSWERS AND OBJECTIONS OF THE IjpCKBESTOS COMPANY TO PLAINTIFFS MASTER INTERROGATORIES AND REQUESTS FOR PRODUCTION PROPOUNDED TO DEFENDANT To: plaintiffs, by and through their attorney of record, Russell W. Budd, Baron & Budd, P.C., The Centrum, 3102 Oak Lawn Avenue, Suite 1100, Dallas, Texas 75219. COMES NOW, The Rockbestos Company, and files its answers and objections to Plaintiffs' Master Interrogatories and Requests for Production as follows: 1. The Rockbestos Company, at the time of service of the above-referenced master interrogatories and requests for production of documents was not, and is presently not, a defendant in any Baron & Budd asbestos case, or any other asbestos case^in Travis County, Texas. Therefore, The Rockbestos Company objects to each and every interrogatory and request for production because it is not a party to any such case. 2. Further, The Rockbestos' Company has already answered virtually identical discovery in Dallas County, and hereby adopts and incorporates, by reference, its answers and objections to Plaintiffs' Master Interrogatories and Requests for Production filed on or about March 9, 1994, with Baron & Budd and in Cause No. 93-3625-1, Gambrell v. The Aber Co., et al. in the 162nd Judicial District Court of Dallas County, Texas. SC-ELEC-10700 Respectfully submitted, GRAY & BECKER, P.C. 900 West Avenue Austin, Texas 78701 (5121 482-0061 (512) 482-0924 - Telecopier RICHARD E. GRAY7 III St^te Bar Number 08326300 JACK C. O'DONNELL State Bar Number 14373800 ATTORNEY FOR THE ROCKBESTOS COMPANY CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing answers and objections of The Rockbestos Company to Plaintiffs' Master Interrogatories and Requests for Production was sent by certified mail, return receipt requested to Russell Budd, Baron & Budd, 3102 Oaklawn Avenue, Suite 1100, Dallas, Texas 75219 and by Regular First Class United States mail, postage prepaid to all other known counsel of record on this the ZS~ day of , 1954: ' C [ry^iry^cl JACK Jc. O'DONNELL JCOislh 11255-2) rqpdrog.ons 2 r Oi>^ - s l_0y Robert D. Bjork, Jr. 1 Dorine R. Kohn N J^ 2 BJORK, FLEER,& LAWRENCE 483 Ninth Street ' Oakland, California 94607 3 Telephone: (415) 832-8134 4 Attorneys for Defendant 5 The Rockbestos Company 6 1 < v. t We Host. Br. 'JUN 1 1 1991 ,ToF L. Class._ _ Bs___ WCfCEF ** * < O * "i fi.tPcc/ flZKS 7 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA - COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO 8 9 In Re: 10 COMPLEX ASBESTOS LITIGATION 11 12 13 / No. 828684 TSE ROCKBESTOS COMPANY'S AMENDED RESPONSES TO GENERAL ORDER NO. 29 STANDARD INTERROGATORIES 14 15 16 The Rockbestos company ("Rockbestos*'), pursuant to 17 California Code of Civil Procedure Section 2030 and San Francisco 18 General Order No. 29 submits the following amended responses and 19 objections to Plaintiffs* Standard Interrogatories. These 20 amended responses are based upon additional information obtained 21 by Rockbestos since the date it filed responses. All prior 22 responses to General Order No. 29 Standard Interrogatories are 23 hereby withdrawn. 24 /// 25 /// 26 /// 27 /// 28 tt 1 X. PRELIMINARY STATEMENT AND GENERAL OBJECTIONS 2 3 Rockbestos, is a Delaware Corporation with its 4 principal place of business in Connecticut. The information 5 contained in these responses has been assembled by authorized 6 employees and counsel for Rockbestos. It is impossible to 7 reconstruct each step in the information gathering process or to 8 state that all pertinent documents have been discovered and 9 examined. It is also impossible to state that all individuals 10 with relevant knowledge have been contacted as of this date. 11 Investigation continues and Rockbestos specifically reserves the 12 right to revise, correct, supplement and amend these 13 interrogatory responses. Moreover, Rockbestos objects to the 14 interrogatories on the grounds that they seek "corporate 15 knowledge" because it is impossible for Rockbestos to set forth a 16 collective knowledge of all Rockbestos employees, past and 17 present. _ 18 19 Rockbestos has never mined asbestos fiber or 20 manufactured asbestos thermal insulation. Many of the 21 interrogatories request information relating to the mining of 22 asbestos and the processes utilized in manufacturing raw 23 asbestos. Rockbestos objects to these and other interrogatories, 24 propounded as a boilerplate set of interrogatories in that they 25 are not designed to elicit discoverable information from 26 Rockbestos. 27 /// 28 2 I *< 1 Many of the interrogatories exceed the permissible 2 scope of discovery as defined by California Code of Civil 3 Procedure 52017, by requesting information which is neither 4 relevant to the subject matter of this action nor reasonably 5 calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence. The 6 interrogatories are also overbroad as to time, scope, and 7 geographic boundaries because they seek information relating to 8 products manufactured between 1930-1985, a 55 year period, and 9 are not limited to products allegedly used by 10 plaintiff/plaintiff's decedent or allegedly sold and/or supplied 11 to plaintiff's/plaintiff's decedent's employers during the period 12 of plaintiff's/plaintiff's decedent's employment. Accordingly, 13 the interrogatories are objected to on these grounds and on the 14 further ground that the information sought by many of the inter 15 rogatories is so burdensome to ascertain as to be unjust, harass 16 ing, annoying and oppressive.* 17 *- 18 Rockbestos further objects to the interrogatories to 19 the extent that they assume the truth of matters specifically 20 denied by Rockbestos or which have not been established by 21 plaintiff. In addition, Rockbestos objects to the 22 interrogatories to the extent that they seek privileged 23 information, proprietary information, confidential trade 24 information, marketing information, chemical compositions and 25 other information entitled to protection under California Code of 26 Civil Procedure 52017 and 2030, and/or which is otherwise subject 27 to the attorney-client privilege or the attorney work product 28 3 ft 1 doctrine as provided by California Code of Civil Procedure 2 2018. 3 4 Rockbestos was not a party to any action in San 5 Francisco Superior Court on June 21, 1985 when General Order No. 6 29 was issued and did not receive notice of the application for 7 consolidated discovery. Moreover, Rockbestos did not appear at 8 the hearing on the notion for the order consolidating discovery 9 and has had no opportunity to be heard with regard to that order 10 or to the form of discovery propounded. In addition, the Civil Discovery Act of 1986, California Code of Civil Procedure 2016 11 et sec.. which became effective on July 1, 1987, has superseded 12 13 General order No. 29. Thus, the Court is without jurisdiction to 14 modify the discovery procedures established by the state legisla 15 ture and codified in California Code of Civil Procedure 2030, 16 and absent a legislative enactment, the legislature's governing 17 provisions pertaining to interrogatories cannot be overruled by a 18 local court rule. Shadle v. City of Corona. 96 Cal. App. 3d 19 173, 177 (1979). . 20 The interrogatories also violate the order*, amending 21 General order No. 43, of April 2, 1990 which declares that the l 22 provisions of California Code Of Civil Procedures 2024 through 23 2036 are applicable to all complex asbestos litigation without 24 exception. 25 26 /// 27 /// 28 4 <t 1 More specifically, the interrogatories and their 2 subparts exceed the Statutory number permitted by California Code of Civil Procedure 2030(c) and are not accompanied by a 3 4 declaration for additional discovery. Thus, the interrogatories 5 are objected to on these grounds and to the extent that many of 6 the interrogatories are not complete in and o'f themselves, 7 contain subparts, are compound, conjunctive or disjunctive in 8 violation of California Code of Civil Procedure 2030(c)(5). 9 Moreover, the interrogatories contain instructions and 10 11 definitions" which do not comply with California Code of Civil 11 Procedures 12030(c)(5), are overbroad, vague, inconsistent with 12 normal usage and meaning and are unintelligible. Accordingly, 13 the responses utilize those terms as they are commonly 14 understood. 15 16 Rockbestos does not waive any right or objection, 17 whether or not asserted herein, to the interrogatories or .to the 18 admission of the interrogatories and responses at trial. The 19 preliminary statement and general objections contained herein are 20 specifically made a part of and incorporated by reference into 21 each of the responses set forth below. - 22 23 Response to Interrogatory Ho. 1: 24 25 See Preliminary Statement and General Objections. 26 Notwithstanding these objections, Rockbestos responds: 27 (a) George Littlehales; 28 5 (< 1 (b) The Rockbestos Company, 285 Nicoll Street, New 2 Haven, Connecticut 06504; 3 A (c) Quality Assurance Manager; 5 (d) Dates of Employment 6 1967-1968 7 1968-1971 1971-1973 8 1973-Present 9 Position Held Personnel Mgr. Materials Mgr. Superintendent Quality Assurance Mgr. 10 Response to Interrogatory No. 2: 11 12 13 See Preliminary Statement and General Objections. 14 Notwithstanding these objections, Rockbestos responds: 15 16 (a)-(g) The Rockbestos Company was incorporated on 17 March 1, 1923. It is a Delaware Corporation with its principal 18 place of business at 285 Nicoll Street, New Haven, Connecticut 4 19 06504. The registered agent for service of process is United 20 States Corporation Company, 6430 Sunset Boulevard, Sfcite 1117, 21 Los Angeles, California 90028. It has maintained a Certificate 22 of Authority to do business in California from January 29, 1981 23 to the present date. 24 /// 25 7// 26 /// 27 /// 28 6 (i 1 Response to interrogatory No. 3: 2 See Preliminary Statement and General Objections. 3 Notwithstanding these objections, Rockbestos responds: 4 5 6 Rockbestos was known as Rockbestos Products Corporation 7 dating from March 1, 1923. In 1959 it became a division of Cerro 8 Corporation. In 1984, it became The Rockbestos Company. 9 10 Response to Interrogatory-No. _4i 11 12 See Preliminary Statement and General Objections. 13 Notwithstanding these objections Rockbestos responds: 14 15 No. 16 17 Response to Interrogatory No. S: 18 19 See Preliminary Statement and General Objections. 20 Notwithstanding these objections, Rockbestos responds: 21 22 No. 23 24 Response to Interrogatory No. 6: 25 26 See Preliminary Statement and General Objections. 27 Notwithstanding these objections, Rockbestos responds: 26 7 t i_ 1 (a) The Rockbestos Company, 285 Nicoll street, New 2 iaven, Connecticut 06511; 3 (b) E. C. Randall, Vice President, Finance; The 4 Rockbestos Company, 285 Nicoll Street, New Haven, Connecticut 5 )65ll. 6 7 Response to interrogatory No. 7: 8 9 See Preliminary Statement and General Objections. 10 Notwithstanding these objections Rockbestos responds: 11 12 No. 13 14 Response to Interrogatory No. 8: 15 16 See Preliminary statement and General Objections. 17 Notwithstanding these objections, Rockbestos responds: 18 19 Between 1930 and 1985 Rockbestos distributed, marketed, 20 sold, labeled and manufactured wire and cable products with 21 Insulation containing encapsulated and saturated asbestos. 22 I 23 /// 24 /// 25 /// 26 /// 27 /// 28 _ ' * 8 (t 1 Response te interrogatory Ko>-9: 2 See Preliminary Statement and General Objections. 3 Notwithstanding these objections, Rockbestos responds: 4 5 Not applicable. 6 7 Response to Interrogatory No. 10: 8 * 9 See Preliminary Statement and General Objections. 10 The subparts of this interrogatory request information so 11 burdensome to ascertain, as to be unjust, harassing, annoying 12 and oppressive because the information relates to numerous 13 products manufactured during a 55 year period and the request is 14 not limited to products allegedly used by plaintiff/plaintiff's 15 decedent or allegedly sold and/or supplied to plaintiff's/plain 16 tiff's decedent's employers during the period of . 17 plaintiff's/plaintiff's decedent's employment. In addition, the 18 interrogatory requests detailed information not reasonably 19 calculated to lead t6 the discovery of admissible evidence and 20 which falls outside the scope of this litigation. Plaintiff has 21 not established that plaintiff/plaintiff's decedent utilized any 22 product manufactured by Rockbestos. Rockbestos will attempt to 23 provide all known, pertinent information for products identified 24 by plaintiff/plaintiff's decedent. Notwithstanding these 25 objections, Rockbestos responds: 26 27 28 9 < i* 1 (a) Between 1930 and 1985 Rockbestos manufactured and 2 marketed wire and cable products, some of which contained encapsulated and saturated asbestos. These products included: 3 4 apparatus and motor lead wire, appliance and fixture wire, con 5 trol cable, power cable, switchboard wire, high temperature wire, furnace and mud gun cable, shipboard cable and instrumentation 7 cable, and may also have been referenced by National Electric 8 Code and other specifications and designations. Rockbestos 9 utilized various brand names and trademarks during this period, 10 including, Firezone, Firewall, Rocktherm, Pyrotrol, Fhosroc, 11 Cryozone and H-Zone; 12 13 (b)-(c) Refer to Response to Interrogatory No. 10(a); 14 15 Some of the following wire and cable products contained 16 encapsulated and saturated asbestos during the indicated periods. 17 18 Wire/CabXe Products Approx. Dates of Manufacture 19 20 Apparatus wire 21 Motor lead wire 22 Appliance and fixture wire 23 Control cable 24 Power cable 25 Switchboard wire 26 High temperature wire 27 Furnace and mud gun cable 1936 to 1985 1930 to 1985 1930 to 1985 1930 to 1985 1930 to 1985 1930 to 1985 1938 to 1985 1974 to 1980 28 10 1 Shipboard cable 2 Instrumentation cable 1930 to 1979 1930 to 1977 3 4 (d) It is unduly burdensome for Rockbestos to provide 5 the chemical composition of each such product because Rockbestos 6 manufactured many different wire and cable products during the 7 fifty-five year period, and the chemical composition varied 8 broadly over time and with the type and size of the wire and 9 cable. 10 The following are examples: 11 12 [Year: 1981 13 14 Product 15 #14 Firezone 101 16 (High Temperature TAGT) 17 Components 18 Nickel clad conductor 19 Teflon tape 20 Teflon coated glass yam 21 Teflon finish compound 22 Glass yarn 23 Silicone and resin finish compounds 24 Lap: Asbestos 25 Other non-asbestoscomponents % 47.4 9.3 13.0* 1.6 4.9 9.7 12.1 2.0 26 27 28 11 ( { 1 Year: 1979 2 product: 3 #14 AVA 4 5 Components: 6 Copper conductor 7 Tape 8 Mylar 9 Saturant . 10 Varnished cambric tape 11 Lap and yarn: asbestos other non-asbestos components 12 13 Year: 1981 14 15 Product; 16 #8 AVA 17 Components 18 Copper Conductor 19 Nomex tape 20 Mylar * 21 Varnished cambric tape 22 Saturant 23 Lap and yarn: Asbestos Other non-asbestos components 24 25 /// 26 /// 27 /// 28 12 % 29.0 .5 .7 29.5 12.8 23.5 4.1 % 55.5 " .4 .5 9.2 18,4 13.4 2.4 1 Rockbestos used only chrysotile asbestos in 2 manufacturing wire and cable products with insulation containing 3 encapsulated and saturated asbestos. 4 5 (e) It would be unduly burdensome to provide a 6 description of the physical appearance and nature of each product 7 because Rockbestos manufactured many different wire and cable 8 products during the fifty-five year period. To the extent 9 possible, Rockbestos will attempt to provide this information for 10 products to which plaintiff/plaintiff's decedent alleges 11 exposure. Rockbestos' wire and cable products generally did not 12 have any external markings, although the boxes, spools or reels 13 containing the products generally were marked or tagged with the 14 names Cerro or Rockbestos, the brand or trade names Firezone, 15 Firewall, Rocktherm, Pyrotrol, Phosroc, Cryozone or H-Zone, an 16 hourglass within a circle or other distinctive markings. In 17 general, wire and cajble products were marked internally with 18 marker threads. . 19 20 (f) It would be unduly burdensome to provide a 21 detailed description of the intended use of each product. To the 22 extent possible, Rockbestos will attempt to provide this 23 information for products to which plaintiff/plaintiff' decedent 24 alleges exposure. The intended use of wire and cable products 25 with insulation containing encapsulated and saturated asbestos is 26 in those applications requiring resistance to high temperature 27 28 13 (( 1 and flame, and as required in military, government and trade 2 specifications for certain wire and cable construction; * 3 4 (g) Rockbestos is without sufficient information and 5 knowledge at this time to respond to this subpart. Investigation 6 is continuing; 7 8 (h) The asbestos suppliers include: 9 1. Raybestos-Manhattan Corp. 10 Products: Lap, roving yam. 11 Dates: 1945-1986 12 2. Amatex Corp. 13 Products: Roving yam. 14 Dates: 1976-1986 15 3. Harco Chemical 16 Products: Cable filler 17 Dates: 1950-1986 18 4. Manning Paper Co. 19 Products: S.A. Asbestos tape ~ 20 Dates: 1970-1986 * 21 5. Facile Div. Sun Chemical Corp. 22 Products: AM - Asbestos Mylar Tape 23 Dates: 1970-1986 24 6. Johns-Manville Corp. 25 Products: AM - Asbestos Mylar Tape 26 Dates: 1976-1986 27 28 14 1 (i) Refer to Exhibit 1. Addresses are being complied 2 and will be supplied to the. extent they are available. Pre-1980 3 sales records and data for the defined geographic area are not in 4 existence with the exception of some records reflecting sales of 5 wire and cable products, some of which contained encapsulated and 6 saturated asbestos, to nuclear power plants. It would be unduly 7 burdensome so as to be unjust and oppressive to ascertain the 8 trade or brand names of each product sold in the defined geo 9 graphic area between 1981 through 1985 because the information 10 would have to be compiled from numerous uncatalogued documents. 11 Please refer to Response to Interrogatory No. 10(a) for Rockbes12 tos' trade and brand names. 13 14 (j) A compilation of sales data for the period 1981 to 15 1985 is maintained by the Rockbestos Company, 285 Nicoll Street, 16 New Haven, Connecticut 06504. underlying records no longer 17 exist. E.C. Randall, Vice-President, Finance, is the custodian 18 of Records. 19 20 Response to Interrogatory No. 11; ` 21 * 22 See Preliminary Statement and General Objections. 23 Notwithstanding these objections, Rockbestos responds: 24 25 No. 26 /// 27 /// 28 15 1 Response to Interrogatory Ho. 12: 2 3 See Preliminary Statement and General Objections. 4 Notwithstanding these objections, Rockbestos responds: 5 6 No. 7 8 Response to interrogatory No. 13: 9 10 See Preliminary Statement and General Objections. 11 Notwithstanding these objections, Rockbestos responds: 12 13 Not applicable. 14 15 Response to Interrogatory No. 14: 16 17 See Preliminary Statement and General Objections. e 18 Notwithstanding these objections, Rockbestos responds: 19 20 No. . 21 22 . Response to Interrogatory Mo. 15: 23 24 See Preliminary statement and General Objections. 25 In addition, this interrogatory incorrectly assumes that Rockbes 26 tos' wire and cable products, with insulation containing 27 encapsulated and saturated asbestos, were hazardous. 28 16 1 (a)-(c) Refer to Exhibit 2. Between 1979 and 1986 a 2 warning was included on all boxes, spools or reels of cable and 3 wire products containing insulation with encapsulated and satu 4 rated asbestos. 5 6 Response to Interrogatory No._ 16: 7 8 See Preliminary Statement and General Objections. 9 Notwithstanding these objections, Rockbestos responds: 10 1 11 Not applicable. 12 13 Response to Interrogatory No. 17; 14 15 See Preliminary Statement and General Objections. This 16 (interrogatory requests detailed information not calculated to 17 lead to the discovery of admissible evidence and which falls 18 outside the scope of this litigation. In addition, the 19 information.requested by this interrogatory is so burdensome to 20 ascertain as to be unjust, harassing, annoying and oppressive 21 because it relates to numerous products manufactured during a 55 '* 22 year period and is not limited to products allegedly used by 23 plaintiff/plaintiff' s decedent or allegedly sold and/or supplied 24 to plaintiff's/plaintiff's decedent's employer during the period 25 of plaintiff's/plaintiff's decedent's employment and would have 26 to be derived from numerous uncatalogued documents. 27 Notwithstanding these objections, Rockbestos responds: 28 17 < . r * 1 Notwithstanding these objections, Rockbestos responds: 2 3 Rockbestos is without sufficient information to 4 identify each product and describe each product's trademark, logo 5 or color coding, or to state if and when, the practice to place 6 identifying markings upon the product was begun, when it ended or 7 to provide a detailed description of the pertinent markings 8 and/or the purpose, if any, of such markings. Rockbestos* wire 9 and cable products generally did not have any external markings, 10 although the boxes, spools, or reels containing the products, 11 were marked or tagged with the names Cerro or Rockbestos, or the 12 brand or trade names previously identified in Response to 13 Interrogatory No. 10(a). In general, wire and cable products 14 were marked internally with marker threads. IS 16 Rockbestos will attempt to provide all known, pertinent 17 information for products identified by plaintiff/plaintiff's 18 decedent. 19 20 Response to Interrogatory No. 18: 21 22 See Preliminary Statement and General Objections. 23 Notwithstanding these objections, Rockbestos responds: 24 25 None. 26 /// 27 /// 28 18 < < 1 Response to Xnterroqatogg_No^_19; 2 3 See Preliminary Statement and General Objections. 4 Notwithstanding these objections, Rockbestos responds: 5 6 No. 7 8 Response to Interrogatory No. 20: 9 10 See Preliminary Statement and General Objections. 11 Rockbestos specifically objects to this interrogatory on the 12 grounds that it is overbroad, burdensome and oppressive. The 13 interrogatory requests detailed information not necessarily 14 calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence and 15 which falls outside the scope of this litigation. 16 Notwithstanding these objections, Rockbestos responds: 17 18 Numerous uncatalogued documents, responsive to this 4* 19 request are maintained at The Rockbestos Company, 285 Nicoll 20 Street, New Haven Connecticut 06504, and arrangements may be made 21 to inspect the documents in New Haven, Connecticut. E.C. 22 Randall, Vice-President, Finance is the custodian of these 23 documents. 24 25 /// 26 /// 27 /// 28 19 1 Response to Interrogatory Ho. 21; 2 3 See Preliminary Statement and General Objections. 4 Notwithstanding these objections, Rockbestos responds: 5 6 Not applicable. 7 8 Response to Interrogatory No. 22; 9 10 See Preliminary statement and General Objections. 11 Notwithstanding these objections, Rockbestos responds: 12 13 There are no records which reflect any such sales or 14 shipments. 15 16 Response to Interrogatory No. 23; 17 18 See Preliminary Statement and General Objections. 19 Notwithstanding these objections, Rockbestos responds: 20 21 No. 22 23 Response to Interrogatory No. 24: 24 25 See Preliminary Statement and General Objections. 26 Notwithstanding these objections, Rockbestos responds: 27 Not applicable. 28 20 ( 1 Response to Interrogatory Ko. 25s 2 3 See Preliminary Statement and General Objections. 4 Notwithstanding these objections, Rockbestos responds: 5 6 Rockbestos contends it had general liability coverage 7 for the relevant time periods; however, the extent and 8 application of insurance coverage is currently disputed. 9 10 Response to Interrogatory No. 26; 11 12 See Preliminary Statement and General Objections. 13 Notwithstanding these objections, Rockbestos responds: 14 15 1930 - 1943, unknown; 16 1943 - 1959, Travelers; 17 1959 - 1976, Liberty Mutual; 18 1/1/76 - 9/1/76, Home; 19 9/1/76 - Present, Self insured. 20 21 DATED: June 3, 1991 22 23 BJORK, FLEER, LAWRENCE 24 25 By; I* t Dorine R. Kohn 26 Attorneys for Defendant The Rockbestos Company 27 28 21 ( 1r 2 VEMPICATIOM 2 4 5 X, George G. Litt:.ehaies, 8a the Quality Aaeurance e Hanager tar The Roekbaatoa company, a party in the above-entitled 7 action, and aa such-am-authorized to make the following verification. I nave read tie foregoing Amended Xaaponaes to 6I 9 ; Plaintiff Oenaral order *<-. 29 Standard Interrogatories and I 10 know the contents thereof. No single official, employee, or 11 former employee of The Rockl estos Company haa personal knowledge 12 of all aueh mattera; the in:oraation contained herein haa been 13 compiled at my direction by counsel for The Hockbestos Company. 14 I am informed and believe a:i the reaponocs are true and verify 1ft (the reeponaee on that basle. 1ft 17 j i I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws' of 1ft i the state of California .that the foregoing is true and correct. [ I ; 19 20 Executed this 21 INew Haven, Connecticut. __ day 22 23 By: George Littlehales 24 25 2ft 27 28 ( Name Allied Electic Co. Allwire, Enc. Atomel Products Bay Associates Chevron Research Cereske Graybar Electric Exhibit 1 Year 1985 1984 1985 1982 1981 1985 1984 1984 1984 1984 1983 1982 1981 1984 1983 1982 i Order Quantity ffeet) 2,000 500 150 230 50 1,000 450 41,195 250 4,300 9,518 11,490 17,368 . 1,500 1,793 2,032 Mil-Spec supply Co. r.S. Deal Systron Donner Corp. 0, Of Cal. Valley Electric Co. Varian Associates - Wille Electric Syy. 1981 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1984 1981 1983 1981 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1985 1984 1981 500 1,513 1,857 1,595 1,200 25 525 400 2,275 1,125 15,500 18,607 12,174 13,219 7,800 500 100 300 ( CAUTION j (MHIMIIM* | I|MaMnI mllltmmii Vnu* * 1 I CAl TION ! CONTAINS . .4IST0S FIIUS AVOID c: *AT1N DOST IUATKINO A *ITO* DUST MAT CAUSI SSUt *08ILY HARM CAUTION ; CONTAINS A tSTOS FIBERS AVOID CR^flNG OUST j BREATHING ASBESTOS DUST MAT CAUSE f SERIOUS BODILY barm ' } tol 9V 0 , m DpD A* CAUTION . CONTAINS ASBESTOS FIBERS . AVOID CREATING DUST ' BREATHING ASBESTOS DUST MAY. CAUSE SERIOUS BODILY HARM < CAUTION CONTAINS ASBESTOS FIBERS AVOID CREATING DUST BREATHING ASBESTpS DUST MAY : ' 'CAUSE SERIOUS BODILY HARM EXHIBIT 2 (Labels Reduced In Size ( i 1 PROOF OF SERVICE BY MAIL (C.C.P. 1013, 2015.5) 2 3 I an a citizen of the United States and a resident of 4 Alameda County. I am over the age of eighteen years and not a 5 party to the within action; my business address is 483 Ninth 6 Street, Oakland, California 94607. 7 8 On the date below, I served THE ROCKBESTOS COMPANY'S 9 AMENDED TO GENERAL ORDER NO. 29 INTERROGATORIES, by placing a 10 true copy thereof enclosed in a sealed envelope with postage 11 thereon fully prepaid, in the United States mail at Oakland, 12 Alameda County, California, addressed as follows: 13 14 SEE ATTACHED LIST(S) 15 I declare under penalty of perjury that the above is 16 true and correct. 17 18 Executed at Oakland, California on June 6, 1991. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 / ( TN RE COMPLEX ASBESTOS LITIGATION - SAK FRANCISCO COUNTY DEFENSE COUNSEL SERVICE LIST Rand Chritton, Esq. Archer, HeComas 4 Lagason 2033 M. Hain Street, Suite 800 P.0. Box 8035 Walnut Creek, CA 94596 Attorneys tor: Cartiisle/Waldron Duffy Elaine McMahan, Esq. Berry 4 Berry Station o 9.0. 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Jackson, Wallace 4 Hayden 33 Hew Montgomery Street 18th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 Attorneys for: Eagle-Picher Ind./Okonite Andrew Schneider Jodeikin, Green, Sprague 4 Bishop SEX) Montgomery Street Suit* 450 San Francisco, CA 94104-1906 Attorneys for: Ericsson. Inc./Asbestos Corn./ Anaconda/Cook Rubber Coepanv Georg* M. Jeffrey, Esq. Jeffrey 4 Heineewnn 685 Market Street, Suite 330 San Francisco CA 94105 Attorneys for: ClKf^pnt Cc^anv- ne. William K. Bissell, Esq. Kincaid, Gianunzio, Caudle 4 Hubert 200 Webster Street, Suite 200 P.O. Box 1828 Oakland, CA 94604-0828 Attorneys for: Kaiser Csswnt/Kaiser Gypsun/Oasket Soecialties/Georoe Short Co./Oomtar/ Permanent* Steamship Drew Ryce, Esq. Kineella, Boesch, Fujikawa 4 Towle 1875 Century Park East Suite 1600 Los Angeles, CA 90067 Attorneys for: Parker-Hamifin Corn. Rupert Ricksen, Esq. Knox, Ricksen, Snook, Anthony, Harper 4 Robbins 1999 Harrison Street, Suite 1700 Oakland, CA 94612-3500 Attorneys for: Coato. Eno/Fester Wheeler/ S.K. Wellman/J.T. Thorp* John Ladd, Esq. 1683 Folsom Street San Francisco, CA 94102 John L. Staple, Esq. LaFollatte, Johnson, D* Haas 4 Fesler 50 California Street 35th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 Attorneys for: General Refractories I { Aim Psyne, Esq. sndela, Ripley 8 Diamond ,IU PlSIS 050 Steusrt Street San Francisco, CA 94105*1250 Attorneys for: The Flintkote Co., Inc. Genstar Conpanv/Blue diamond Coro./ Dow Chemical Cenranv Laura Preztak, Esq. Low, Sail 8 Lynch 601 California St., 21st Fir. San Francisco, CA 94108 Attorneys for: American Asbestos Co./Baades/ Gen. Venear/U.S. SieetTHeadtCUck Timothy Ryan, Esq. Hacfcenroth, Seley 8 Anwye 1610 Arden Way, Ste. 250 P.O. Box 255800 Sacramento, CA 95865 Attorneys for: John-Crane Houdai11e/Crane Pactino/ John Deere Michael Macron, Esq. Marron, Reid 8 Sheehy e International Bldg. 1 California Street, Suite 1200 an Francisco, Ca 94108*2896 Attorneys for: Georgia-Pacific Coro, Susan A. Ogdie, Esq. 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