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ik. Bruce A. Featherstone KIRKLAND 8. ELLIS A PARTNERSHIP INCLUDING PROFESSIONAL CORPORATIONS 1999 Broadway Denver, Colorado 80202 303 291-3000 July 15, 1993 Facsimile: 303 291-3300 VIA TELECOPY - COVER LETTER VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS - LETTER AND ENCLOSURES Paul E. Merrell, Esq. Bradley & Merrell c/o Jones Jones Close & Brown 300 So. Fourth St., 7th Floor Las Vegas, NV 89101-6026 Re: Nevada Power v. Monsanto, et al Dear Paul: Dr. Kelly continues to be unavailable for testimony for medical reasons. We have had discussions regarding Monsanto's response to plaintiff's Rule 30(b)(6) Notice to Monsanto for corporate witnesses on Monsanto's notice or knowledge of "any and all alleged potential, or actual hazards" of PCBs (Attachment A ) . We are enclosing a copy of Dr. Kelly's testimony from the litigation entitled Glenn Brown v. Monsanto, which we are proposing to use as a partial response to Attachment A. Please review the enclosed transcript promptly and advise whether you will accept this deposition testimony. We will then discuss the particulars. I may also wish to offer portions of this testimony for Monsanto's partial response to plaintiff's Rule 30(b)(6) Notice re IBT, recently served (Attachment B) . This Notice has been modified by Mr. Bradley, and as modified, is an exhibit to the transcript for Dr. Levinskas. I have not seen the exhibit, but I believe Attachment B, as attached, reflects Ralph's changes. Thank you Very truly yours BAF/pat end. Bruce A. Featherstone Chicago Los Angeles New York Washington D.C. SEN !' BY: 7- 2-83 ;4:04PM :BRADLEY AND MERRELL- 'Eftk d.k ATTACHMENT B 303 291 3334;# 6/ 6 ATTACHMENT "A" Produce the person(s) nost knowledgeable who can testify regarding the following subject natter: Monsanto1s hiring of industrial BioTest Laboratories (IBT) in whatever capacity (for example, as employer to employee, principal to agent, etc.) to conduct research on Monsanto products, particularly polychlorinated biphenyl compounds (PCBs). Monsanto's knowledge of inaccuracies in reports of the conduct of tests regarding PCB compounds produced by Monsanto and its health effects from industrial BioTest Laboratories, and the reasons for such inaccuracies. up tv IQTb Monsanto's knowledge at any t i m ^ o f conditions at IBT and the reliability of studies conducted by IBT. Monsanto's hiring of Industrial BioTest employees after their termination (voluntary or involuntary) from Industrial BioTest. Monsanto's discussions of proposed experiments and experiments actually conducted by Industrial BioTest concerning PCB compounds produced by Monsanto. Monsanto's reviews of experiments conducted by i b t on Monsanto's PCB products and their results. Communications between Monsanto and IBT regarding experiments and reports thereon conducted on PCBs. Communications between Monsanto and government agencies concerning PCB studies performed for Monsanto at IBTgjand similarly designed studioa performed by other^ J:\HEV\KCD\DIS\ATTACH.I8T ATTACHMENT A 1 ATTACHMENT " A " 2 Produce the person(s) most knowledgeable about your company': 3 (or its predecessors' in interest) dates arid substance of it: 4 acquisition of notice and/or knowledge at any time about an 5 concerning any and all alleged, potential, or actual hazards o 6 polychlorinated biphenyls or monochlorinated biphenyls, vhethe 7 denominated by those terms or by any other terms having the sam 8 meaning. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 P:\USERS\LSC\S1S\KQMSAUT2.N0T -3 J-K Bruce A. Featherstone KIRKLAND 8. ELLIS A PARTNERSHIP INCLUDING PROFESSIONAL CORPORATIONS 1999 Broadway Denver, Colorado 80202 303 291-3000 July 15, 1993 Facsimile: 303 291-3300 VIA FIRST CLASS MAIL Paul E. Merrell, Esq. Bradley & Merrell c/o Jones Jones Close & Brown 300 So. Fourth St., 7th Floor Las Vegas, NV S9101-6026 Re: Nevada Power v. Monsanto, et al Dear Paul This letter will confirm that Monsanto delivered to plaintiff, via Federal Express, on Saturday, July 10, 1993, certain documents in response to plaintiff's Rule 30(b)(6) Notice regarding sales (attached). The documents are NEV 029771-NEV 031014, production folders 61-71. The referenced documents, along with Mr. Papageorge's July 12, 1993, testimony, constitute Monsanto's response. Very truly yours BAF/pat end. Bruce A. Featherstone MS182LCJ.BAF Chicago Los Angeles New York Washington D.C. i.-aa 13:06 JJC&D-3STH FLOOR FAX NO. 3 8 44 (-^fc9 P. 02/08 X J. RANDALL JONES, ESQ, CHARLES H- McCREA, SR., ESQ. 2 DOUGLAS K. COHEN, ESQ. JONES, JONES, CLOSE 3 & BROWN, CHARTERED 700 Bank of America Plaza 4 300 South Fourth street Las Vegas, Nevada 89101^6026 5 Telephone: (702) 385-4202 6 PAUL E. MERRELL, ESQ. RALPH A. BRADLEY, ESQ. 7 BRADLEY & MERRELL c/o JONES, JONES, CLOSE e & BROWN, CHARTERED 700 Bank of America Plaza 9 300 South Fourth Street Las Vegas, Nevada 89101-6026 10 Telephone: (702) 385-4202 11 DAVID S. McCREA, ESQ. McCREA & McCREA 12 119 South Walnut Street Post.Office Box 1310 13 Bloomington, Indiana 47402 Telephone: (812) 336-4840 14 FREDERICK M. BARON, ESQ. 15 RUSSELL WILLS BUDD, ESQ. JANE N. SAGINAW, ESQ. 16 BRIAN D. WEINSTEIN, ESQ. PAUL F. DONSBACH, ESQ. 17 BARON & BUDD 3102 Oak Lawn Avenue, Suite 1100 18 Dallas, Texas 75219 Telephone: (214) 521-3605 19 Attorneys for Plaintiff 20 NEVADA POWER COMPANY, a Nevada Corporation 21 22 23 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 24 DISTRICT OF NEVADA Z i NEVADA POWER COMPANY, a Nevada corporation, Zi Plaintiff, r vs. 21 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CASE NO. CV-S-89-555-LDG (LRL) *-93 13:07 JJC&PbP FLOOR FAX HO. 384Q7k9 P'. 03/08 l MONSANTO COMPANY, a foreign corporation; GENERAL ELECTRIC 2 CORPORATION; a foreign corpora tion; WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC 3 CORPORATION; a foreign corpora tion; and DOES I through XXV, 4 inclusive, 5 Defendants, 6 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) .) PLAINTIFF NEVADA POWER COMPANY'S NOTICE OF TAKING DEPOSITION OF DEFENDANT MONSANTO COMPANY PURSUANT TO FRCP 30(b) (6) BY VIDEO TAPE AND/OR BY STENOGRAPHIC RECORDING 7 TO DEFENDANTS MONSANTO COMPANY, a foreign corporation; GENERAL fi ELECTRIC COMPANY, a foreign corporation; WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC 9 CORPORATION, a foreign corporation? and to their attorneys of 10 record herein: 11 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, pursuant to Rule 30(b)(6) of the 12 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, plaintiff Nevada Power Company 13 will take the deposition of defendant Monsanto Company at 8;30 a.m. 14 on February 22, 1993, at Monsanto Company's corporate headquarters IS located at 800 North Lindbergh Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri 16 63167. The deposition will be taken, until completed and by video 17 tape, upon oral examination before a Notary Public or before some 18 other officer authorized by law to administer oaths. You are 19 invited to attend and cross-examine. 20 / / / 21 / / / 22 / / / 23 / / / 24 / / / 25 / / / 26 / / / 27 / / / "; // / -2 4-93 HU 13:07 JJC&r T H FLOOR FAX NO. 3 8 4 0 ^ P. 04/08 l The individual(s) produced shall be the ones who can testify 2 concerning the subjects listed on Attachment 111" to this Notice. 3 DATED: 4 February V _ , 1993 BRADLEY & MERRELL RALPH A. BRADLEY PAUL E. MERRELL 5 6 By: 7 c/o JONES, JONES, CLOSE & BROWN 300 South Fourth St., Suite 700 8 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 (702) 385-4202 9 Attorneys for Plaintiff 10 NEVADA POWER COMPANY il ia 13 14 IS 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 P :\USERS\LSG\0 IS\DEPS\H0HSANT3.HOT 4-93 13:07 J J C W y T H FLOOR FAX NO. 384Qft9 P. 05/08 l ATTACHMENT 1 2 Definitions 3 "PMK11 means person most knowledgeable, 4 "PCB fluids11 means dielectric fluids manufactured by Monsanto 5 Company containing monochlorinated or polychlorinated biphenyls in 6 any concentration. 7 "Vendee11 or "vendees" means any of the persons or entities 8 listed on Schedule "1" annexed hereto. 9 "Any time" means a calendar year during which Monsanto Company 10 shipped PCB fluids to a vendee. 11 "Contract" or "contracts" means formal written agreements, 12 purchase orders, confirmations, specifications, appendices, 13 addendas, memoranda, invoices and without limitation other 14 instruments (including any instrument incorporated by reference) 15 individually or collectively documenting the terms and conditions 16 of..transactions involving sales of PCB fluids to vendees. 17 Witnesses to be Produced 18 1. Produce the PMK to testify about the quantity of PCB fluids 19 . shipped to each vendee at any time. > 20 2. Produce the PMK to testify about the contracts, including the 21 terms and conditions thereof, pursuant to which PCB fluids 22 were sold to vendees at any time. - 23 3. Produce the PMK to testify about any contracts between 24 Monsanto Company and any vendee pursuant to which Monsanto 25 Company agreed at any time to supply the entire requirements 26 of any such vendee for PCB fluids, PCB fluids-of any 27 particular type, formula or specification, or PCB fluids for -- 28 any particular application. 4 1-93 13:08 ' JJC&P.ATH FLOOR FAX NO. 3840^9 P. 06/08 l 4. Produce the PMK to testify about any agreements between 2 Monsanto Company and. any vendee in any way relating to any 3 warranty, disclaimer of warranty, restriction, use, resale, 4 ' return or disposal of PCB fluids, including any such agreement 5 pursuant to which Monsanto Company or any vendee agreed to 6 indemnify the other in respect of any use of any PCB fluid or 7 any consequence of any use of any PCB fluid. 8 5. Produce the PMK to testify about Monsanto Company's market 9 share of all PCB fluids manufactured in the United states and 10 11 6. any of its possessions and territories at any time. Produce the PMK to testify about Monsanto Company's market 12 `share of all PCB fluids sold in the United States and any of 13 its possessions and territories at any time. 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1-93 HU 13:08 JJC&B-4TH FLOOR FAX NO, 3840479 P. 07/08 1 SCHEDULE 1 2 Listed below are the "vendee" referred to under "Definitions" 3 in Attachment "l" hereto: 4 McGraw Edison Line Material (now McGraw Edison) 5 Ohio Brass Sangamo (now Sangamo-Schlumberger) 6 Standard Packard 7 Allis-Chalmers (now Siemens) Line Material (now McGraw Edison) 8 Pennsylvania RTE (purchased by Cooper Industries, is now Cooper Power 9 Systems) ITE 10 Bear State 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 6 L d.k. COURT K EP0 R TE R S July 14, 1993 Bruce J. Alverson, Esq. A1verson, Taylor, Mortensen & Nelson 3821 West Charleston Boulevard Las Vegas, Nevada 89102 IN RE: Deposition of Allison Urbon Dear Mr. Alverson: Please be advised that the above deposition is being forwarded to you at this time, in compliance with Local Rule 190-1(g), having been signed and notarized. Enclosed are the corrections and/or changes to said deposition at time of signing. If you have any questions, please contact our office. Very truly yours, Liz McDonald Office Manager lm: ss Enel. cc: 'Deborah N. Mailander, Esq. John H. Tatlock, Esq. Steven R. Kuney, Esq. Konrad L. Cailteux, Esq. 5 17 S. 9th Street !as Vegas, Nevada 89101 (702) 386-9322 Fox (702) 386-9825 285 W. Tabernacle Suite 206 Si. George, Utah 84770 (801) 634-7687 1-800-982-3299 a 4-23-93 URBON 189 1 CERTIFICATE OF DEPONENT 2 PAGE LINE CHANGE REASON 3 16________ 18_______ "dispatchI,11 to "warehouse11________________ 4 21______ 13-14______ "totally controlled hydrocarbons"_______ 5 _______ to "total petroleum hydrocarbons"_______ 6 56_______3_________"oil" to "soil"___________________________ 7 ______________ 4_____________ " n i l t n " g n i l " ____________ !_______________________ 8 141_____ _21________ "favorite" to "separate"_________________ 9 176 19________"some" to "Sun"___________________________ 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 I, A l l i s o n U r b o n , d e p o n e n t h e r e i n , do hereby certify and declare under penalty of 17 p e r j u r y t h e w i t h i n and f o r e g o i n g t r a n s c r i p t i o n to be my depositi o n in said action; that I have read, 18 c o r r e c t e d a n d do h e r e b y a f f i x m y s i g n a t u r e to s a i d deposition. 19 20 A l l i s o n U r b o n Deponent 21 22 23 24 25 L A U R I E H. 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