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PLAINTIFFS' EXHIBITS ABEX CORPORATION
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Abex Corporation's Answers to Master DiscoveryRequests, In re: Asbestos Litigation, District Court, 352nd Judicial District, Tarrant County, TexaB, June 28, 1991,
Abex Corporation's Answers to Set 2 of Interrogatories Propounded by Plaintiffs, DiSantis v. Abex Corporation, USDC, Eastern Dist. of Pennsylvania, October 2, 1987.
Minutes of AIA Board of Directors Meeting, December 9, 1976.
EPA fact sheet titled "Controlling Brake Dust to Protect Your Health ...What Every Auto Mechanic Should Know", EPA-560, OPTS-86-003, September 1986.
EPA booklet titled "Guidance for Preventing Asbestos Disease Among Auto Mechanics", EPA-560-OPTS-86-002, June 1986.
Abex Corporation's Answers to Set I of Interrogatories Propounded by Plaintiffs, DiSantis, et ux. v. Abex Corporation, et al., USDC, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, September 30, 1987.
Abex Corporation's Answers to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories - Set I, Marcinowski v. Abex Corp., et al., USDC, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, December 21, 1990.
Asset Purchase Agreement by and between Pneumo Abex Corporation and Wagner Electric Corporation dated as of November 21, 1994.
Letter dated August 13, 1971 from Charles C. Blackwell, Jr., M.D. to Milton Pogsin, Abex Industries of Canada, Ltd., with attached article: "Newest pollution discovery: Asbestos can be a killer", Toronto Daily Star, July 31, 1971. (Bates Nos. SPNY 000114-15)
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AB- 10
AB- 11 AB- 12 AB- 13 AB- 14 AB- 15 AB- 16
AB- 17 AB- 18
Abex letter dated June 13, 1972 from D. K. Rennie to N. G. Belury? re: Asbestos Controls - Occupational Safety and Health Regulations,- with
attached article: "Asbestos Rulings Held Inadequate. Cancer Authority Says Many Workers Face Death" by Felix Belair, Jr., The New York Times, June 13, 1972. (Bates Nos. SPNY 006089-90)
Abex Corporation letter dated November 8, 1972 from M. David Gidley to C. B. Mallory; subject: Asbestos Counts? with attached list (Bates Noe. SPNY 000S04-505)
Abex Corporation letter dated November 21, 1972
from M. David Gidley to C. B. Mallory; subject:
Asbestos Counts; with attached list (Bates Nos.
SPNY 000502-503)
.
Article "Asbestos Exposure of Brake Repair Workers in the United States" by w. v. Lorimer, A. N. Rohl, A. Miller, W. J. Nicholson, and I. J. Selikoff, The Mount Sinai Journal Of Medicine, Vol. 43, No. 3, May-June 1976.
Letter dated May 10, 1972 from C. C- Blackwell, Jr., M.D. to D. K. Rennie; re: Asbestos. (Bates NOS. SPNY 000112-13)
Abex memo dated July 27, 1972 from D. K. Rennie to Messrs: E. H. Feierabend, C. B. Mallory and F. E. Tayler; with attached article: "Asbestos Exposure Is Linked to Cancer in Cigarette Smoker", July 27, 1972 New York Times. (Bates Nos. 000110-111)
Illinois Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease
Association letter dated August 11, 1972 from
Marguerite L. Sandman to C. C Blackwell, Jr., M.D.? with attachment: Letter dated August 1, 1972 from C. C. Blackwell to Illinois Tuberculosis &
Respiratory Disease Assoc, (Bates Nos. SPNY '
oooioa-io9}
Abex Corporation letter dated September 25, 1969 from Arvon M. Griffith to C. H. Borcherding, Jr.; subject; Comet 30 Composition Shoe Processing. (Bates No. 005399)
Abex Corporation letter dated June 4, 1969 from E.
R. Knauer to C. H. Borcherding, Jr. (Bates No.
005371)
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AB- 19
AB- 20 AB- 21 . AB- 22
AB- 23 AB- 24 AB- 25
AB- 26 AB- 27 AB- 28
Abex Corporation memo dated March 11, 1969 from R. J. Ely to E. J. Salter; subject: Composition Brake Shoes; with attachment: Abex Corporation letter dated March 11, 1969 from E. R- Knauer to C. H. Borcherding, Jr. (Bates Nos. 005372-73)
Abex Corporation Inter-Office Correspondence dated March 25, 1968 from G. M. Theodore to J. D. Henderson; subject: Liberty Mutual Safety Management Institute. (Bates No. SPNY 005544)
Letter dated October 20, 1964 from G. C. ' Blackwell, Jri, M.D. to R. B. Parker; subject:
Asbestos. (Bates Nos. SPNY 000365-66)
Report titled "The Importance of Industrial Medicine, A talk given at a luncheon of the National Fund for Medical Education January 17, 1950 by Wm. B. Given, Jr." Bates Nos. SPNY 005771-78)
Industrial Hygiene News Letter, February 1948, vol. 8, No. 2 (Bates Nos. SPNY 000313-28)
"NYU - Bellevue Talk - March 31 1949. (Bates Nos. SPNY 005724-28) '
List titled "Copy of Mr. Given's Talk Sent To" with attachment: Letter dated May 3, 1949 from L. E. Hamlin, M.D. to Arthur J. Vorwald, M.D., Director, Saranac Laboratory, containing handwritten edit notes. (Bates Nos. SPNY 005746-475
Industrial Hygiene Foundation of America, Inc. letter dated May 31, 1949 from C. Richard Walmer, M.D. to Dr. L. E, Hamlin (Bates No. SPNY 005751)
The Trudeau. Foundation letter dated May 13, 1949 from Lillian R, Blinn, Executive Secretary to Arthur J. Vorwald, M.D. to L. E- Hamlin, M.D. (Bates No. 005752)
Letter dated October 30, 1947 from K. Davis, Treasurer, New York Office to L. E. Hamlin, M.D. (Bates No. 005753)
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AB- 29
AB- 30 AB- 31 AB- 32 AB- 33 AB- 34 AB- 35 AB- 36 AB- 37 AB- 38 AB- 39
Letter dated January 15, 1975 from P. C. Milner to Ontario Ministry of Health; with attachments: Letter dated January 9, 1975 Rajhans to Milner and Field Visit Report dated December 23, 1974. (Bates Nos. SPNY 001348-54)
Abex Corporation Invoice No. H-97 dated August 6, 1984 to Ralph Smoot, Appleton Electric Company; with attachments. (Bates Nos. SPIM 1856-61)
Particle Data Laboratories, Ltd. letter dated October 5, 1982 from Michael Bayard to Abex Corporation, with attachments. (Bates Nos. SPIM 1938-52)
Abex Friction Materials Research letter dated July 11, 1978 from Ray E. Spokes to B. J. Iwarsson. (Bates No. SPNY 004791)
Abex Corporation letter dated February 22, 1980 from B. Iwarsson to E. W. Drislane, Friction Materials Standards Institute, Inc.; with enclosed report. (Bates Nos. SPNY 005240-45)
Raybestos-Manhattan Inter Organization Communication dated January 11, 197 8 from John H. Marsh to R. R. Moalli; copy distribution includes B. J. Iwarsson. (Bates Nos. SPNY 004718-19)
Timeline (1945, 1947 and 1952) regarding asbestos hazards. (Bates No. SPNY 000367)
Article titled "A Better Place to Work1'; the keynote address of the 12th Annual Meeting of the Industrial Hygiene Foundation, November 20, 1947. (Bates Nos. SPNY 005168-77)
American Brake Shoe Company Nurses Conference, September 13-16, 1953. Proceedings of the Third Conference, issued by the Medical Department. (Bates NOS. SPNY 000125-226)
1961 Catalog. BHT Factory Bonded Brake Shoes with American Brakeblok for New Car Stopping Power. (Bates Nos. SPNY 001624-51)
Letter dated October 13, 1964 from c. c. Blackwell, Jr., M.D. to William F. Veenstra. (Bates No. 000397)
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AB- 40
AB- 41 AB- 42 AB- 43 AB- 44 AB- 45 AB- 46 AB- 47 AB- 4B
Letter dated October 8, 1964 from D. K. Rennie to
Dr. C. C. Blackwell; with attached article:
"Medical Specialists Suspect Asbestos as a Cause
of Cancern The Pontiac Press, October 6, 1964.
(Bates Nos. SPNY 000396-99)
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Abex Corporation letter dated November 20, 1967 from J. W. Riley to C. H. Borcherding, Jr. (Bates NOS. SPNY 006363-64)
Liberty Mutual letter dated May 9, 1963 from Lee 0. Gaskins to Charles Mallory; re: Accident Prevention Visit, April 25, 1963. (Bates Nos. 005574-76)
Liberty Mutual letter dated August 7, 1963 from
Lee 0. Gaskins to Charles Mallory; re: Accident
Prevention Visit - July 25, 1963. (Bates Nos.
005572-73)
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Letter dated July 10, 1964 from Lee 0. Gaskins to Charles Mallory; re: Accident Prevention Progress Report, 8-1-63 to 5-1-64. (Bates Noa. SPNY 005569-71)
Liberty Mutual letter dated February 8, 1967 from Lee 0. Gaskins to Charles Mallory; re; Loss Prevention - February 1, 1967. (Bates No. SPNY 005568)
Letter dated October 30, 1969 from c. h.
Borcherding, Jr. to R. G. Brown. (Bates No. SPNY 006360)
Letter dated July 28, 1972 from C. H. Borcherding, Jr. to P. C. Milner; subject: Lead and Asbestos Study by Ontario Dept, of Health. (Bates Nos. 3PIM 1902-03)
Abex letter dated February 16, 1972 from D. K. Rennie to distribution including C. H. Borcherding, Jr.; re: OSHA - Asbestos; with attachment: pages A-16 and A-17 from BNA Daily Labor Report - "Occupational Safety, Health Body Moving to Get Asbestos Dust Compliance at Plant" (Bates Nos. SPNY 003506-06)
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AB- 54 AB- 55 AB- 56 AB- 57 AB- 58 AB- 59
Letter dated March 19, 1973 from C. H. Borcherding, Jr. to E. H. Feierabend; subject: Lindsay Industrial Hygiene Survey. (Bates Nos. SPNY 001375)
Telex "NEWYORK 31 JAN", from T. R. Wagener to D. A. Shackelford, E. Feierabend, c. Mallory and J. Troester. (Bates No. SPNY 005200)
Letter dated December 18, 1975 from M- David Gidley to Charles L. Curtis. (Bates No, SPNY 007237)
National Environmental instruments, Inc. Price
List for Bendix Personnel Monitoring System, BDX
Series, effective August 1, 1975, (Bates No. SPNY
007224)
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Friction Products Group letter dated October 27, 1975' from E. H. Feierabend to C. B. Mallory, et al,,; subject: Our Memo of 10/21/75 re OSHA Proposed Standard - Occupational Exposure to Asbestos and EPA Amended Standard - Emissions Standards for Asbestos. (Bates No. SPNY 00723B)
Letter dated August 22, 1975 from C. C. Blackwell, Jr., M.D. to D. K. Rennie; with enclosure: OSHA Excerpts - June 18, 1975 - "163 Former Raybestos-Manhattan Workers Seek Damages in Suit; other suits filed". (Bates Nos. SPNY 000068-69)
Outlines, page 1 titled "European Research Priorities". (Bates Nos. SPNY 000947-62)
Report '*6000 Set Distributors", list of customers and contract dates. Stamped received "Abex
Corporation, August 15, 1986". (Bates Nos. SPNY 000771-76)
Abex Corporation memo dated August 25, 1986 from
M. G. Beaver to T. Carpenter, et al.? subject;
Cancellation of Orders. (Bates No. SPNY 000777)
Abex Corporation letter dated August 27, 1986 from Ronald V. Bagley to All Abex Heavy Duty Distributors. (Bates No. 000768-69)
Napa report and report titled "The Asbestos Issue". (Bates Nos. SPIM 0121-31)
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AB- 60 AB- 61 AB- 62
AB- 63 AB- 64 AB- 65 AB- 66 AB- 67
AB- 68
AB- 69
AB- 70
AB- 71
Friction Products Group letter dated October 10, 1977 from BJ iwarsson to S. S. Conway; re: Asbestos, (Bates No. SPNY 004785)
Abex telex dated 12-4-75 from Barb to Tom Lloyd Catalog Department. (Bates No. SPNY 001063)
Report of Commercial and Industrial Uses of Asbestos - Continued, Section F. Importation of Article(s) Containing Asbestos Components - 1979 1981, signed Bob Wells. (Bates No. spny 000712)
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AIA brochure "Asbestos Fibres, Packaging, Handling and Transportation" (Bates No. SPNY 000607-607a-608-608a-d)
American Brakeblock Division Annual Reports 1948. (Bates Nos. SPNY 003759-3805)
Abex advertisement introducing new Tiger Shoe. Railroad Products Group. (Bates No. SPNY 001071)
Abex Corporation advertisements. Various dates 1966 - 1977 and undated. (Bates Nos. spim 0094-115)
Article "Industrial Dust - The Pneumoconioses" by L. E. Hamlin, Medical Director, American Brake Shoe Company, Chicago. (Bates Nos. SPNY 000227-34)
Personal & Confidential letter dated July 2, 1981 from F. W. Knoch, M.D., Medical Director to Stephen S, Conway, Jr., President. (Bates Nos. SPNY 000466-68)
The Saranac Laboratory letter dated March 28, 1945 form Leroy U. Gardner, M.D. to Dr. L. E. Hamlin;
re: Experiments on Burner Dusts. (Bates Nos. SPNY 000455-56)
Report dated July 3, 1945 titled "Report of Meeting with the American Industrial Hygiene Foundation, Pittsburgh - June 29, 1945 from L. E. Hamlin, M.D. to K. Dunn. (Bates Nos. SPNY 000448 50)
Industrial Hygiene Foundation of America, Inc. letter dated August 8, 1945 from John F. McMahon to Dr. L. E. Hamlin. (Bates No. SPNY 000446)
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AB- 72 AB- 73 AB- 74 AB- 75 AB- 76 AB- 77
AB- 78
AB- 79 AB-.80 AB- 81
AB- 82 AB- S3
Letter dated November 20, 1936 from Vandiver Brown to LeRoy U, Gardner, M.D, (Bates Nos. SPNY 000461-62)
Memorandum of Agreement dated November 20, 1936, signed by American Brake Block Corporation. (Bates Nos. SPNY 00458-60)
New York Office memo dated September 12, 1945 signed by the Treasurer(KD) to L. E, Hamlin; re: Siderosis, (Bates No. 000444)
Letter dated September 14, 1945 from L. E. Hamlin, M.D. to Kernpton Dunn, Treasurer; re: Siderosis. (Bates No. 000441)
New York Office letter dated October 12, 1945 from Treasurer (KD) to L. E. Hamlin; re: Siderosis. (Bates No. SPNY 000443)
Article "Chest Conditions Simulating Silicosis", L. E. Hamlin, presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Industrial Physicians and Surgeons at Chicago, April 11, 1946. (Bates Nos. SPNY 000235-36)
Letter dated December 24, 1946 from L. S. Hamlin to K. Dunn; re: Experimental Work - Saranac Laboratory, Grinding Dust Exposure on Laboratory Animals. (Bates No.' SPNY 000434)
Letter dated January 6, 1947 from Manfred Bowditch to Kentpton Dunn, cc: L, E. Hamlin. (Bates No. SPNY 000433)
Letter dated January 30, 1948 from Medical Director (LEH) to K. Dunn; re; Siderosis. (Bates NO. SPNY 000419)
Crawford & Company Insurance Adjusters First Status Report dated October 22, 1982; regarding Insured: Abex and Claimant: J. Riley (Bates No. SPIM 1979)
Handwritten letter dated August 23, 1982 from Joseph I. Riley. (Bates Nos. SPIM 1985-88)
Abex Corporation letter dated January 19, 1979 from B. Iwarsson to T. A. Dougherty, AIA. (Bates No. SPNY 004867)
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AB- 88
AB- 89 AB- 90 AB- 91
AB- 92
AB- 93 AB- 94 AB- 95
The Trudeau Foundation letter dated May 19, 1948 from Arthur J. Vorwald, M.D. to L. E. Hamlin. (Bates No. SPNY 000416)
Letter dated May 24, 1948 from L. E. Hamlin, M.D. to Arthur J. Vorwald, M.D. (Bates No. SPNY 000415)
The Trudeau Foundation letter dated November 2, 1948 from Arthur J. Vorwald, M.D. to L. E. Hamlin, M.D. (Bates No. SPNY 000403)
American Brake Shoe Company, Plant Engineers' Conference, September 27, 28 and 29, 194B. Proceedings of the First conference (Bates Nos. SPNY 000237-92)
Letter dated October 27, 1948 from Vandiver Brown to American BrakeBlok, et al.; re: Saranac Laboratory, Asbestos Dust Experiments. (Bates Nos. SPIM 2006-7
American Brake Shoe Company letter dated November 3, 1948 from L. E. Hamlin.
American Brakeblok letter dated November 8, 1948 from Kelly to Vandiver Brown.
Article "An Epidemiological Study of Lung Cancer in Asbestos Miners", Braun and Truan, AMA Archives of Industrial Health, June 1958, Vol. 17, pp. 634-653. (Bates Nos. SPNY 000293-312)
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company report "American Brake Shoe Company Evaluation of Environmental Health in Manufacture of Brake Linings, submitted by S. T. Wagner, August 7, 1959. (Bates Nos. SPNY 000368-96)
Industrial Hygiene Foundation of America, Inc. letter dated December 2, 1946 from John F. McMahon to S. Simpson. (Bates No. spny 000457)
Letter dated January 12, 1937 from Secretary to S. Singpson to W. C. Scott. (Bates No. SPNY 000464)
Letter dated January 21, 1937 from President (SS) to Vandiver Brown. (Bates No. SPNY 000463)
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AB- 96 AB- 97 AB- 98
AB- 99 AB-100
AB-101 AB-102
AB-103 AB-104 AB-105
American Brakeblok Corporation letter dated February lr 1937 from W. A. Blum to Sumner Simpson {Bates No. SPNY 000465)
Letter dated October 20, 1964 from c. c. Blackwell, Jr., M.D. to R. B. Parker; re: Asbestos. (Bates Nos. SPNY 000363-64)
Letter dated March li, 1976 from M. David Gidley to E. H. Feierabend? subject: Notes on Environmental Meeting with New York Transit Authority, New York Air Resources, and Representatives form Environmental Sciences Laboratory at Mt. Sinai Hospital. (Bates Nos. SPNY 006289-91)
Handwritten list titled "Winchester Asbestos Counts, February 1972; showing Location, Name, Concentration-Fiber/cc (Bates Nos. SPNY 003209-12)
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company Evaluation of Environmental Health in Manufacture of Brake Linings for American Brake Shoe Company, American Brake Blok, by S. T. Wagner (June 25 and 26, 1959) (Bates Nos. SPNY 007381-82)
American Brake Shoe Company letter dated September 10, 1959 from W. H. Baker, Safety Director to D. K. Rennie. (Bates Nos. SPNY 007417-20)
Handwritten and typewritten notes Occupational Disease cases in 1979, 1982, 1983,1964 and Medical Department lists of Enployees' home addresses and telephone numbers - 12-8-71 and May 1970. (Bates Nos. SPIM 1110-19)
Letter dated March 15, 1979 from C. H. Borcherding to D. K. Rennie. (Bates No. SPNY 003711)
Abex letter dated June 28, 1979 from D K. Rennie to F. W,, Knoch, M.D. and C. H. Borcherding; with attachment: Draft of notice to employees. (Bates Nos. SPNY 003708-10)
Friction Materials Standards Institute, Inc. letter dated March 6, 1979 to Dr. W. J. Nicholson, with attachments. (Bates Nos. SPNY 004540-46)
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AB-106 AB-107 AB-108 AB-109
AB-110 AB-111
AB-112 AB-113 AB-114 AB-1I5
Asbestos Information Association list of AIA/NA Member Companies, December 13, 1978. (Bates Nos. SPNY 004193-98)
Friction Products Group letter dated November 16, 1978 from B. Iwarsson to Dr. F. w. Knoch; re: Physicians Conference, New Orleans, November 9 and 10, 1978. (Bates NO. SPNY 004844)
Letter dated June 30, 1978 from B. Iwarsson to S. S. Conway, Jr.; re: Asbestos Information Association (Bates Nos. Spny 000480-82)
Friction Materials Standards Institute, Inc. memo dated December 28, 1977 from E. w. Drislane to Asbestos Study Committee; subject: Forwarding attached letter of 12/28/77. (Bates Nos. SPNY 004739-44)
Friction Materials Standards Institute, Inc. Bulletin No. 607, July 29, 1977, "Consumer Product Safety commission", from E. w. Drislane. (Bates No, SPNY 004521)
Raybestos Manhattan memo dated August 16, 1977 from John H. Marsh to Messrs. B. Iwarsson - Abex Corporation, et al.; subject: NIOSH Contract with Mt. Sinai School of Medicine for Investigation of Health Hazards in Brake Lining Repairs and Maintenance Workers Occupationally Exposed to Asbestos. (Bates NOS. SPNY 004358-59)
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Friction Products Group memo dated January 20, 1977 from C. B. Mallory to S. S. Conway, Jr., et
al; subject: Asbestos Information Association; enclosing AIA and OSHA literature. (Bates Nos. SPNY 003411-36)
Letter dated May 13, 1976 from C. C. Blackwell, Jr., M.D. to D. K. Rennie; re: "Asbestos Write-Up'1 . Bates Nos. SPNY 003730-31)
Ahex letter dated May 19, 1976 from D. K. Rennie to Dr. C. C. Blackwell, Jr.; re: "Asbestos
Write-Up". (Bates Nos. SPNY 003729)
Memo to the file dated December 12, 1975; with attachment: handwritten letter from David Gidley to Geoffrey Nicholson. (Bates Nos. SPNY 003474-80)
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AB-116
AB-117 AB-1I8 AB-119
AB-12Q AB-121 AB-122
AB-123 AB-124 AB-125
Memo dated February 26, 1976 from Don Rennie to
C. Blackwell, Jr. and E. H. Feierabend with
attached article "Cancer Kills 1 in 5 Asbestos
Workers, Says Doc", N. Y. Daily News, 2/26/76.
Bates Nos. SPNY 000079-81)
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C.
Medical Department Memo to File dated June 16, 1975 from M. David Gidley. (Bates Nos. SPIM 1580-81)
Medical Department memo dated October 2, 1973 from C. C. Blackwell, Jr., M.D. to r. G. Brown, et al.? subject: Booklet re Asbestos Dust. (Bates Nos. SPNY 00047$)
Memo dated March 27, 1975 from P. C. Milner to E. H. Feierabend? re: Ministry of Health; with attached Abex Corporation Industrial Hygiene Survey, February 10-14, 1975, by M. David Gidley. (Bates Nos. SPNY 001286-316)
Abex letter dated January 31, 1973 from D. K. Rennie to Dr. C. C. Blackwell, Jr.; with attachment: 10/10/72 Memo from M. Pogson and article "Asbestos linked to disease", The Toronto Star, October 6, 1972. (Bates Nos. SPNY 000104-06)
Medical Department Memo to the File dated April 12, 1976 from C. C. Blackwell, Jr., M.D.; re: FFG Meeting Presentation. (Bates No. SPNY 003722)
Routing Slip dated February 6, 1976 from e. h. Feierabend to M. D. Gidley and File; transmitting: Western Union Mailgram dated February 5, 1976 from R. H. Merenes, Executive Director AIA/NA to E. H. Feierabend. (Bates Nos. SPNY 003468-69)
Friction Products Group letter dated November l,
1977 from B. Iwarsson to Dr. F, W. Knoch. (Bates Nos. SPNY 003703-04)
Abex letter dated November 10, 1977 from D. K. Rennie to B. Iwarsson? Reference your letter of November 1, 1977 to Dr. Khoch. (Bates Nos. SPNY 003700-702)
Abex Memorandum dated May 13, 1980 from J. J. Brown to J. J. Lukas? re: O.E. Priorities; with handwritten comments of J. Lukas dated 5-15-80. (Bates No. SPNY 005362)
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AB-126 AB-127aAB-128 AB-129 AB-130
AB-131 AB-132 AB-133 AB-134 AB-135
Abex Memorandum dated May 277 1980 from B. Iwarsson to Steve Conway; subject: Non-Asbestos Materials (Bates Nos. SPNY 003568-88)
Letter dated October 1, 1935 from President (SS) to Vandiver Brown and Johns-Manville letter dated October 3, 1935 from Vandiver Brown to S. Simpson (Bates NOS. SPNY 004944-45)
Minutes of the Asbestos Textile Institute Air Hygiene Committee Meeting June 4, 1956. (Bates NOS. SPNY 004946-47)
Friction Materials Standards Institute, Inc. Minutes of the Meeting of the Asbestos study Committee, January 18, 1978. (Bates Nos. SPNY 004693-701)
American Brakeblok Division Memorandum dated June 19, 1972 from E. H. Feierabend to Messrs. G. L. Romine, et al.? subject: Asbestos Fibers Emissions - Friction Materials; with attachment: FMSI mailing of June 6, 1972 from E. W. Drislane. (Bates Nos. SPNY 006096-6113)
Memo dated July 20, 1972 from P. G. Milner to C. H. Borcherding, Jr.; re: Ontario Dept, of Health; with attached D.O.H. reports. (Bates Nos. SPIM 1586-93)
Letter dated August 3, 1979 from F. w. Knoch, M.D. to L. F. Keenan; re: Plant Visit July 24 and 25, 1979, FPD - Winchester (Bates Nos. SPIM 1575-76)
Abex Corporation Industrial Hygiene Survey (Asbestos), American Brakeblok, Winchester, Virginia, August 14-18, 1972 (Bates Nos. SPNY 003351-55)
Abex Corporation Industrial Hygiene Survey, American Brakeblok Division, Winchester, Virginia, October 2-6, 1972. (Bates Nos. SPNY 000527-44)
Memo dated November 16, 1970 from R. B. Cooper to H. C Platt; subject: OSHA Inspection November 15, 1978; with attachment: U. S. Department of Labor Complaint dated 10/26/78. (Bates Nos. SPIM 1817-18)
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AB-136 AB-137 AB-138
AB-139 AB-140 AB-X41 AB-142 AB-143 AB-144
Minutes of the Asbestos Textile Institute Air
Hygiene Committee Meeting, March 7, 1956. (Bates
Nos. SPNY 004948-49)
.
Handwritten memo dated September 3, 1974 from CBM to C. L. Curtis; with attachments: Letter dated August 20, 1974 from M. David Gidley to S H. Felerabend; subject: Comparative Asbestos Levels, with attached survey. (Bates Nos. 000513-18)
Letter dated August 20, 1974 from D. K. Rennie to C. C. Blackwell, Jr.; re: Industrial Hygiene Survey, FPG - Winchester; with enclosure: Letter dated August 12, 1974 from C. C. Blackwell, Jr., M.D. to D. K. Rennie; re: Industrial Hygiene Survey, FPG - Winchester, VA (Bates Nos. SPNY 000519-21)
Report titled "Abex Corporation, an Evaluation of Various Factors Influencing Airborne Asbestos Concentrations; Friction Products Group Winchester, September 30, 1974 - October 4, 1974. (Bates Nos. SPNY 003283-305)
Friction Materials Standards institute, Inc. Bulletin No. 613, October 31, 1977; "California Department of Health - - Reporting of Asbestos Use by Brake Repair Facilities'*. (Bates Nos. SPNY 004747-51)
Personal & Confidential memo dated May 19, 1978 from E. P. Hoff to Messrs. F. A. Cappucci, et al; subject: Asbestos Dust; Blind Note to B. Iwarsson/C. B. Mallory with attachments. (Bates Nos. 004778-83)
Abex letter dated November 18, 1980 from James F. Nieves to Grace Duffy, US Dept, of Labor; reference: Meadow Lands - RPG, Follow-up Inspection. (Bates No. SPNY 003582)
Abex Cast Products Group, New Castle, Delaware memo dated February 12, 1982 from J Baine to H. J. South; subject: OSHA Visitations. (Bates No. SPIM 1819)
Handwritten Memorandum dated January 12, 1987 from Don Johnson to E. H. Feierabend; subject: Asbestos Standard 0.2 Fiber/cc; with attached report. (Bates Nos. SPNY 00563-69)
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AB-145 AB-146 AB-147 AB-148 AB-149 AB-150 AB-151
AB-152
Memo dated September 12, 1958 from Home Office Legal to Home Office claims, Paul N. Charmichael; re: Link vs. Nussman Refrig. Co. C42-180812 (Bates Nos. SPNY 00023-24)
Answers to Interrogatories (Abex Corporation), Nall v. Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., Circuit Court of the Tenth Judicial Circuit of Illinois, September 14, 1982. (Bates Nos. SPNY 003525-58)
Crawford & Company letter dated September 20, from J. Michael Wise to Terry Eichenseer; re:
Employee Joseph I. Riley. (Bates Nos. SPIM 19B1-84)
1982 Abex
Letter dated December 13, 1988 from Joseph W. Dorn to Steve Wright; re: Dr. Pratt/Abex Corporation. (Bates No. SPIM 1700)
Letter dated April 3, 1989 from Scott R. Adams to Raymond R. Kiss; re: Trudeau Institute Documents (Bates Nos. SPIM 1701-02)
IC Industries letter dated October 11, 1988 from
Karl J. Zimmel to Rollins Burdick Hunter; re: Insured: IC Industries, Inc. (ABEX). (Bates No. SPIM 1703)
Group of documents as follows: a) February 27, 1947 Blinn letter to Lynch; b) July 23, 1947 Lynch letter to Lanza? c) Excerpts of deposition of Dr. Philip C. Pratt, June 21, 1988; d) March 15, 1943 letter Leroy U. Gardner to Dr. Ludwig Hektoen; e) January 8, 1944 Proceedings of Twenty-Fourth Meeting, National Advisory Cancer Council, National Cancer Institute; f) article "Carcinoma of the Lung in Asbestos Weavers" by Kenneth Lynch; g) March 15, 1989 trial testimony of Dr. David Michael Ozonoff; h) article "Pulmonary Tumors in Mice Exposed to Asbestos Dust'* by Lynch, et al. (Bates Nos. SPIM 2079-2135)
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company report American Brake Shoe Coirpany Survey of Lead and Dust
Exposures, Submitted by Charles A. Cole, January IS, 1963. (Bates Nos. SPNY 007329-38)
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EXHIBIT NUMBER
DESCRIPTION
AB-153 AB-154 AB-155 AB-156
AB-157 AB-158 AB-159 AB-160 AB-161 AB-162
AB-162 AB-164
Handwritten list "Winchester Asbestos Count - PHS 1965 listing location and concentration-fiber/cc. (Bates Nos. SPNY 003201-08)
Letter dated September 1, 1965 from G- A. Riley to J. Soviak, (Bates Nos. SPNY 005592)
Letter dated November lr 1968 from C. H. Borcherding, Jr. to Harry King- (Bates No. SPNY 005593)
Letter dated May 2B, 1968 from J. T. Gresh to Messrs C. C. Blackwell and D. K. Rennie; attachment: page 121 of Air/Water Pollution Report dated April 8, 1968/ "Asbestos Particles in Air Suspected as Ovary Cancer Cause" (Bates Nos. SPNY 005594-95)
Johns-Manville letter dated November 21, 1978 from James F. Reis? with attached JM response: Special Bulletin 11/14/78. (Bates Nos. SPNY 00.4349-50)
Abex Corporation Hygiene Survey for Lead and Asbestos, November 16, 1966, Charles A. Cole, Jr. (Bate NOS. SPNY 005616-20)
Paper titled "How Our Company has Grown - 1902 1950'' (Bates Nos. SPNY 0184-86)
Paper titled "Medical Department, American Brake Shoe Company" (Bates Nos. SPIM 0206-10)
Paper titled "Historical Outline - Brake Shoe Company (Bates Nos. SPIM 0197-99)
American Brakeblok Division Internal Correspondence dated October 31,1972 from E. M. Green to P, H. Grim; subject: Service Tip Information; with attachment: San Mateo High School letter dated October 20, 1972 from Charles E. Christensen to R. E. Nelson. (Bates Nos. SPNY 001012-13)
Letter dated June 5, 1963 from G. A. Riley to J. S. Holtaway; with reply June 7, 1963. (Bates No. SPNY 06358)
Letter dated June 10, 1963 from Eileen Abbott, Secretary to G. A. Riley to J. S. Holtaway. (Bates No. SPNY 006357)
EXHIBIT NUMBER
DESCRIPTION
AB-165
AB-iee
AB-167 AB-168 AB-169 AB-170 AB-171
AB-172 AB-173 AB-174
Memo dated June 13, 1963 from James S. Holtaway to Wm. H. Baker; subject: ABB-Wincheater Respirators. {Bates No- SPNY 006356)
American Brakeblock Division Internal Correspondence dated June 20, 1963 from W. H. Baker to James S. HoItway; with handwritten comments of Jim to Bill {Bates No. SPNY 006355)
Memo dated June 27, 1963 from James S. Holtaway to Wm. H. Baker; subject: ABB-Winchester Respirators {Bates No. SPNY 006354)
Letter dated October 30, 1969 from C. H. Borcherding, Jr. to R. G. Brown (Bates No. SPNY 006258)
Letter dated March 18, 1974 from C. C. Blackwell, Jr., M.D. to C. B. Mallory; re: U.S. Dept, of Labor Plant Inspection 3-13-74 (Bates Nos. SPNY 007240-41)
NATLSCO letter dated November 17, 1986 from John L. Reese to Vince Wise (Bates Nos. SPNY 006479-80)
Abeat Memorandum dated July 16, 1987 from V. Weiss to C. Borcherding,- subject: Va. Dept, of Occupational Health Survey (On-going); with enclosure: Memo dated July 16, 1987 from V. A. Weiss to M. Punk, et al; subject: #16 Block Perform Mach. (Bates Nos. SPNY 006120-21)
Medical Department Memo to File from M. David Gidley (Bates No. SPNY 007151)
Letter dated August 20, 1974 from M. David Gidley to E. H. Feierabend; subject: Comparative Asbestos Levels; with attached table (Bates Nos. SPNY 007149-50)
Friction Materials Standards Institute, Inc. memo dated February 29, 1972 from E. W. Drislane to MEMBERS (as listed); subject: Measurement of Airborne Asbestos Fiber by the Membrane Filter Method.
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EXHIBIT NUMBER
DESCRIPTION
AB-175
AB-176 . AB-177 AB-178 AB-179 AB-180 AB-181 AB-182
Arthur D. Little, Inc. report T,U.S. Manufacturers of Asbestos-Bearing Friction Materials; Estimates of Distribution of 1973 Sales of Asbestos Friction Materials by the Major Manufacturing Companies,
Active Members and Regional Members", September 1975.
Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Friction Materials Standards Institute, Inc., June 28 & 29, 1972 *
Minutes of the meeting of the Asbestos Study Committee, August 17, 1972.
.
FMSI, Inc., Bulletin No. 471 from E. w. Drislane, dated March 9, 1973 to Delegates and Alternates; subject: Recommendations of the Asbestos Study Committee (pages 1, 2 and Labeling Survey).
Minutes of the annual meeting of the Friction Materials Standards Institute, Inc., June 27-28, 1973 .
Minutes of the annual meeting of the Friction Materials Standards Institute, Inc., June 28-29, 1978.
Minutes of the annual meeting of the Friction Materials Standards Institute, Inc., June 17-18, 1981.
Articles from The Armais of Occupational Hygiene, Vol. 13, 1970: D, E. Hickish - Exposure to
asbestos during brake and clutch maintenance? W. J. Smither - Asbestos and asbestosis; s. A. Roach - Hygiene standards for asbestos? D. E. Hickish and 2C. L. Knight - Exposure to asbestos during brake maintenance; S. Luxon - Technical implementation of the new asbestos regulations; D. Hatch - Possible alternatives to asbestos as a
friction material; M. L. Bentley - Control of the use of asbestos-containing friction materials; 0. L. Lee - Removing dust from brake assemblies during vehicle servicing--alternative cleaning methods; K_ L. Knight and D. E. Hickish Investigations into alternative forms of control for dust generated during the cleaning of brake assemblies and drums; ana S. Luxon - Respirators for protection against asbestos.
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EXHIBIT NUMBER AB-183
AB-184
AB-185 AB-186 AB-187 AB-188 AB-189 AB-190 AB-191
DESCRIPTION
Documents: Appendix A - Mineral Fiber Research Institute Lists; Appendix B - Basic Qualifications of an Executive Director, December 1, 1966; Appendix C - Suggested letter - 12/1/66; Appendix D - Memorandum dated November 22, 1966 from Carl Thompson to F. J. Solon, Jr*, subj: Estimates for Asbestos-Health Library and Literature Search.
Pneumo Abex Corporation's Answers to Plaintiffs Master Interrogatories and Request for Production; In re; All Asbestos-Related Personal Injury or Death Cases Filed or to be filed in El Paso County, Texas; District Courts and County Courts at Law of El Paso County, Texas, May 23, 1996.
Memo dated May 5, 1975 from John H. Marsh to F, D. Bruce; with attached article "Disease Found in 25% of Small-Business Workers".
U. S. Public Health Service letter dated January 10, 1944 from Ludvig Hektoen to Dr. Leroy U. Gardner
Application for grant...page 5. Budget For Proposed Project from August 1, 1943 to August 1, 1945; with attached handwritten notes and letter.
Memorandum of Record from E. W. Drislane; subject: Meeting (January 5, 1978) at Mount Sinai Hospital Relative to NIOSH Contract for Investigation of Health Hazards in Brake Lining Repair Shops.
Pages from August 1949 "Asbestos" magazine, pg 5, 8, 7, 10, 9, 12, 11. Article regarding brake linings and various ads.
Article titled "Brake Linings of Various Types and Their Manufacture", Asbestos magazine, October 1949.
Memo dated April 20, 1966 from W. P. Raines to J. L. Allen, Y. Couture, W. F. Goodwin and T. Paterson; subject: Asbestos/Cancer; with attachment: Article from April 15, 1966 Houston Post regarding statements of Vorwald.
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EXHIBIT NUMBER. AB-192 AB-193
AB-194 AB-195 AB-196 AB-197
AB-198
AB-199 AB-200 AB-201 AB-202 AB-203
DESCRIPTION
Draft of report titled "Recommended Work Practices for Handling Asbestos-Containing Friction Materials'1, dated March 13, 1978.
Article titled "Mesothelioma Among Car Mechanics?" by H. W. Woitowitz and K. Rodelsperger, Am Occup Hyg, Vol. 38, No. 4, pp. 635-638, 1994; with attached calculation table.
Videotape titled "Don't Blow It", Asbestos Action Program, Department of Transportation, State Highway Administration. (16 min - no audio)
Friction Materials Standards Institute, Inc. Minutes of the Asbestos Study Committee, August 3,1978.
Johns-Manville letter dated November 29, 1977 from James F. Reis to Edward Drislane.
Johns-Manville, Internal Correspondence dated December 7, 1973 from N. W. Hendry-Denver to J. R. M. Hutcheson-Jeffrey, subject: Asbestos & Health Presentations, w/list of attendees
Johns-Manville Environmental Facts/Aebestos, A Condensation of Environmental Facts on Asbestos and Health Presented at a Series of Customer Seminars by Johns-Manville Corporation, March, 1974, report was prepared by the Environmental Affairs Department of Johns-Manville, in cooperation with the Asbestos Fiber Division, Employee Relations Department and Environmental Engineering
Memo dated November 3, 1948 to American Brake Shoe Company from Medical Dept.
Letter dated November 12, 1948 from Yandivar Brown to W.T. Kelly; Heading: Asbestos Dust Experiments.
United States Securities and Exchange Commission Form 10-K, Pneumo Abex Corporation, December 31, 1996.
Law and Associates, Inc. letter dated April 3, 1990 regarding Project Number 1190-2031-00 (DC-3 Brake Assembly Analysis) .
American Brake Shoe Company; American Brakeblok Division; titled Ready Reference Brake Service Guide,dated 1947.
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EXHIBIT
number
.DESCRIPTION
AB-204
AB-205
AB-206
AB-207 AB-208 AB-209 AB-21Q
AB-211 AB-212 AB-213
Abex Corporation Research Center? letter dated November 8, 1971; from G* R. Graham to Samuel T. Lawton of State of Illinois Pollution Control; regarding comments on proposed Regulation No. R71-16 "Asbestos and Spray Insulation" proposed by the Illinois Pollution Control Board? with letter from American Brakeblok Division attached.
The Wall Street Journal article Vol. CLXXIX No. 112, Eastern Edition; titled Perilous Particles, Tiny Asbestos Fibers Pose a Health Threat to Workers and Public, Long Exposure Can Result in Lung Disease, Cancer; Industry Seeks Solutions, The Bodies are in the Street; dated June 8, 1973.
Pennsylvania Department of Health, Division of Occupational Health; Occupational Health News & Views; Fall 1965; Vol. 3, No. 4; titled Malignancies in Asbestos Workers - A Preliminary Report ? (Bates Nos. F 00000004B61 to F 00000004356)
Industrial Hygiene Foundation? Health and Industry, Bulletin No. 8; Transactions of Eleventh Annual Meeting; dated November 7, 1946.
Industrial Health Foundation; 1970 Annual Report,
Minutes of Meeting of the Asbestos Study Committee; dated September 15, 1971 at 9:00 A.M.
Abex Corporation New York Office? Memo dated September 17, 1969? from T. W. Russell, Jr. to N. G. Belury, etc,; regarding establishment of Environmental Control Committee; (Bates Nos. SPNY 005038 to SPNY 005038A).
Industrial Hygiene Foundation; Transactions, Medical and Engineering Section, Tenth Annual Meeting; Transaction Series, Bulletin No. 6; 1946.
List of Textile and Fiber Customers from 1954 to 1975; with North American Asbestos Corporation transmittal letter dated October 6, 1976.
Pneumo Abex Corporation's Responses to Plaintffs Master Interrogatories and Requests for Production; In Re: All Asbestos-Related Personal Injury or Death Cases Filed by Baron & Budd, P. C. or to be Filed by Baron & Budd P. c. in Dallas County, Texas; District Courts of Dallas County, Texas 191st Judicial District; dated March 31, 1995.
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EXHIBIT NUMBER AB-2I4
AB-21S
AB-216 AB-217 AB-21B AB-219 AB-220
AB-221
AB-222
DESCRIPTION
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Abex Corporation's Revised Answers to Plaintiffs' First Set of Interrogatories; Rose Spears, et ux vs. A. P. Green, et al; circuit Court of the Eight Judicial Court Cass County, Illinois; dated April 19,
1995.
NDAL Responses to Plaintiffs' First Standard Set of Liability Interrogatories/ In Re: Northern District
Asbestos Litigation? United Sates District Court, Northern District of New York; with transmittal letter dated July 7, 1989.
Undated document titled "Outline of Proposed Monograph on Asbestosis, Saranac Laboratory Study
Under Grant from Asbestos Association.
Affidavit of Philip E. Enterline dated March 7, 1991.
Undated article by Matthew M. Swetonic titled "Death of the Asbestos Industry".
American Brakeblok Division American Brake Shoe Co.
publication, 00/00/1955, re Quick Reference Brake
Service Guide.
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Abex Corporation's Answers to Plaintiff's Proposed Second Set of Interrogatories Propounded to Defendant Abex Corporation, in the matter of Spears v. A.p. Green, et. al., dated November 17, 1993.
Letter from Vandiver Brown to American BrakeBlok, Latke Corporation, Keasbey fi= Mattison Company, Raybestos-Manhatten Company et al dated March 03, 1949 re Sarnac Laboratory Asbestos Dust Experiments.
Letter from American BrakeBlok to Vandiver Brown dated November 16, 1948 re Sarnac Laboratory Report.
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