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Q Late 1980s.
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A No, I don't think so. Not -- there wasn't set --
I mean, the question had come up in those -- in that time
period, had only come up in a couple or handful of cases
that I'd seen.
Q Okay. So prior to then, prior to the early -- the
late 1980s, would it have been prudent for a manufacturer of
asbestos-containing friction products to have warned of the
potential dangers?
MR. BISHOP: Objection to form.
MR. MCGEARY: Beyond the scope of proper report.
Ted, can we have the agreement that one objection
by one is an objection by all?
MR^GIANARIS: Sure.
A I think one could make that argument.
Q Well, how do you feel about that?
MR. BISHOP: Same objection.
A It's -- it's difficult -- it's difficult to
answer.
I mean, one way you can look at it is that at that
point in time, in the '80s, asbestos is asbestos is
asbestos. And that any asbestos product, no matter what
type it was, no matter how well encapsulated it was, should
have had a warning on it.
And the other way to look at it is, well, that's