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Babcock & Wilcox W. ARNOLD - RISK MANAGEMENT - NEW ORLEANS From M.L. RUTHRAUFF - CORPORATE SAFETY & HEALTH - BARBERTON Sub j. WILMINGTONj NO,ALLEGED ASBESTOS CASE File No. or Ref. GO oGoG*. Date JULY 8, 1980 Attached for your information is a copy of the Wilmington Plant Safety Supervisor's letter dated June 16 regarding the above subject. My response to Wilmington will MLR/11 attach .V. THE BABCOCK & WILCOX COMPANY POWER GENERATION GROUP To | M. L. Ruthrauff - Manager, Corporate Safety & Health From L, G. Johnson - Safety Supervisor Oust. Subj. Mesothelioma Claim j This letter to cover one customer and one subject only. File No. or Ref, SOS 663-6 Date June 16, 1980 Reference: Letter': Hutchins, Attorney At Law - Babcock & Wilcox' , June 11, 1980 Attached is the letter which 1 contacted you about Monday, June 16th. Please note the following points in question: 1. The letter is not addressed to any particular person or department at Babcock & Wilcox. 2. The letter does not provide the name of the proposed ex employee. 3. The letter does not identify the place of exposure: north, south etc. 4. Babcock & Wilcox - Wilmington Works began in Wilmington in 1951 vs. World War II era. If I can be of further assistance in this matter, please do not hesitate contacting me. "Committed to Excellence " R. W. HUTCHINS ANDREW L. ROMANET. JR. T. R. THOMPSON. Jft. J.W. MILLAR CHARLES T. BUSST HUTCHINS, ROMANET, THOMPSON & HILLARD ATTORNEYS AT LAW POST OFFICE BOX 688 PLYMOUTH, NORTH CAROLINA 27962 AURORA OFFICE: ROST OFFICE SOX 90S AURORA.NORTH CAROLINA 27SOS !9>B 322-A646 June 11, 1980 Babcock 6c Wilcox Vance Street Wilmington, North Carolina 28401 Gentlemen: We have been informed by one of the residents of this county that he worked for your company during World War II, installing boilers in ships and working with asbestos. Please be informed that this man has now been diagnosed as having mesothelioma, which his doctors indicate has been caused by his exposure to asbestos. Please contact us immediately in order that we might take some remedial action in this matter. Thanking you, I am Yours very truly RWH/nfb R. w. nuucains