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JOHN BISCHOFF John Bischoff was bom in 1920 in rural Indiana. In the mid 1940's, John left home and traveled to stay with other family members out on the west coast. Part of his travels eventually landed John a full time job at the Hanford Nuclear Power Plant located in South Eastern Washington as an Electricians Apprentice. At this job, John was exposed to various forms of asbestos fibers, including those associated with Asbestos Cement Pipe, Boilers, and Turbines. John returned to his home state of Indiana in 1946 where he began a lifelong career in the field of Elevator Maintenance. His actual title over the years was as that of an "Elevator Maintenance Mechanic", John worked in this position from 1956 until his retirement in 1984. John basically worked in and around the Terre Plaute, IN territory. However, his job also took him into Illinois where he also worked at a variety of locations performing his trade. Over the years, John spent a considerable amount of time routinely at numerous jobsites, some of which are listed here: East Alton (IL) Power Plant Newport Chemical Depot Gartland Foundry American Can Corporation Anaconda Aluminum Corporation Marathon Oil Refinery Texaco Oil Refinery Wabash River Power Plant East Alton, IL Newport, IN Terre Haute, IN Terre Haute, IN Terre Haute, IN Robinson, IL Lawrenceville, IL Terre Haute, IN. John was exposed to the following types of asbestos containing products: Boilers, Turbines, Pipe Covering, Insulating Cements, Asbestos Cement Pipe, Electrical Materials, Elevator Brakes and Friction Pulleys, Insulation Panels, and Refractory Products. John also performed several home remodeling jobs over the years between 1960 and 1980. Although this work involved upkeep and general maintenance, John was also exposed to other asbestos containing items such as Flooring Materials, Roofing and Siding Materials, Joint Compounds, Plaster, and Drywall. John passed away after a short but dreadful battle with mesothelioma in the fall of 2005. He is survived by a loving wife, two children, and numerous grandchildren. Exposure History of Kenneth Garrard D.O.B. 2/27/1944 Mr. Garrard passed away on December 8,2008. Mr. Garrard was first exposed to asbestos in the 1960's while working for a construction corporation. This work included working as a laborer at an oil refinery. This type of work exposed Mr. Garrard to asbestos containing products including but not limited to cooling towers, cat crackers, pumps, valves, and insulation. In the late 1960's, Mr. Garrard began working in the utilities department at an oil refinery. This work continued until his retirement in 1994. Mr. Garrard worked around contractors and construction during this time as well. This type of work exposed Mr. Garrard to asbestos containing products, including but not limited to boilers, furnaces, pumps, valves, packing, gaskets, cooling towers, insulation, motors, super heaters, cat crackers, generators, turbines. During the 1960's and 1970's, Mr. Garrard performed maintenance on his family vehicles. This type of work exposed Mr. Garrard to asbestos containing products, including but not limited to brakes, clutches, gaskets, and engine components. During the 1970's, Mr. Garrard performed home remodeling work on his family home. This work included an addition and replacement work. This type of work exposed Mr. Garrard to asbestos containing products, including but not limited to joint compound, tape, floor tile, and roofing materials. CONFIDENTIAL Attorney Work Product No mention of Marathon Charles W. Herring Charles Herring was bom September 9, 1941. He moved to Metropolis Illinois at age 11. His father was an insulator. There may be exposure to asbestos from his fathers clothing. He worked as a paper boy as a child and worked for his father when he was older. The work for his father included painting walls in old homes that his father would remodel. Mr. Herring attended a local community college after high school graduation and also attended SIU in Carbondale for one and one half years. During one summer of college he worked as a permit insulator for Asbestos Workers Local 37 out of Evansville IN. Mr. Herring had two uncles, two cousins and a brother in law that were also employed as insulators. He has been working as an insulator since approximately 1960. Originally he was employed by A&K Midwest Insulation as an apprentice to lug material and mix mud. The materials handled and used included pipe covering, insulating blocks and one coat muds. After serving his apprenticeship he worked as an insulator with a variety of contractors on new construction and remodeling of existing facilities until 1999. When doing remodeling of existing facilities he would remove old asbestos containing materials as well as install new coverings. There was a point in time that he worked as a fabricator. As a fabricator he would cut asbestos containing materials, usually with a saw, and cement pieces together using asbestos containing glues and cements to manufacture pieces to cover specialized locations such as fittings and valves. During his employment he routinely worked with pipe coverings, castable cements, asbestos blocks, spray on insulation and zonolite. His entire work history has been associated with being an insulator out of Local 37 in Evansville IN. Dianna L. Kibler Dianna Kibler was employed by the Victor- Dana Gasket Company, Robinson, IL, in 1968. Her job was to cut out gaskets from asbestos-containing sheet material. While living with her parents until age 19, she was exposed to asbestos-containing building materials, including but not limited to: floor tile, roll insulation, asbestos-containing joint compound, and underground pipe. She also had secondary exposure to her father, Earl Moade, who worked at Marathon Oil Refinery, Robinson, IL from 1949 to 1986 ( Dianna was born in 1950) in a variety of maintenance positions. He was exposed to the full range of asbestos-containing insulation products, including but not limited to: refractories, pipe coverings, castables, insulating cements, and gaskets. He did not change clothes at work; they were shed daily and piled on the back porch, which was used as a passageway by the whole family. Dianna helped wash her father's clothing. Dianna Kibler moved to South Carolina with her then-husband in the late `60s. She began working in auto body shops with him and was exposed to asbestos-containing auto parts and refinishing materials and the subsequent dust and debris. EUGENE MANN Eugene Mann is a 74 year old living meso client born on April 27, 1931. In 1951 Mr. Mann worked for Tidewater Construction (Getty Oil) as a roustabout. While working in the oil fields he was exposed to the asbestos dust from drilling muds, insulation, and other industrial products. . Mr. Mann worked for Briggs Pottery in 1951. He assisted in the making of toilet bowls. During the time he was close to the large kilns. He would have been exposed to the asbestos dust from the kilns and insulation. From 1952 until 1986 Eugene worked for Marathon Oil as a laborer and operator. He ran a fork lift, painted, insulated, cleaned, loaded trucks, patched steam lines, and did other duties. For 34 years Eugene was exposed to the asbestos dust from insulation, pipe covering, boilers, turbines, brakes, gaskets/packing, and other industrial products. Eugene worked on his own vehicles at home throughout his lifetime. While doing this type of work he would have been exposed to the asbestos dust from brakes and other automotive parts. Eugene did some remodeling on his residence as well as his parent's home. While engaged in this endeavor he would have been exposed to the asbestos dust from joint compound/drywall, shingles, and other building materials. No mention of Marathon WENDELL MASON Wendell Mason was born in 1941 in Violet Hill, Arkansas. At a very young age, Wendell and his family moved to the State of Washington where Wendell's father was involved in farming. In 1957, Wendell and his family moved to the Kansas City, KS area where Wendell completed high school. Wendell married his present wife Elizabeth in 1963 in Lebanon,. MO. Together, they had four children. Wendell worked for a brief period of time in 1961 as a clerk at the Valentine Drive-In inn Kansas City, MO. According to Wendell, there were no known exposures to asbestos products at this jobsite. Wendell then went to work for the Sellers & Marquis Roofing Company in the Kansas City, MO area as a "Roofer's Helper". This work involved mostly light commercial construction. Wendell was often assigned the tasks of hauling the various materials up ladders to the other laborers and roofers who were working on the roofs. Wendell recalled handling asbestos shingles as well as felts and insulting tars and cements that may have contained asbestos. In 1963, Wendell went to work for Owens Corning in Kansas City, MO and spent the majority of his career in the Fabrication Department. For about a ten year period (1965-1975), Wendell was assigned to unload the asbestos materials from the rail cars as they would be delivered after manufacturing on the east coast. Wendell would then help load the materials onto delivery trucks where he would be assigned to deliver the products directly to various jobsites in numerous states and locations. The materials Wendell recalled unloading, handling, and delivering consisted of asbestos pipe covering, asbestos cements, refractory cements and block insulations and mastics. Wendell recalled the majority of the deliveries involving delivering straight into the jobsites, many of which were power plants and refineries. Wendell would deliver and assist in the unloading of the various asbestos materials to internal jobsites such as the boiler and turbine areas. Wendell recalled that often these deliveries would take place during tear-outs where the turbines and the boilers would be in the process of being overhauled. Wendell does recall most of the delivery job as being dusty and he recalled rarely wearing a mask for protection from the various dust. Wendell left Owens Corning in 1991 and went and went to work for the Olathe (KS) School District. While employed by the Olathe School District, Wendell basically was assigned to perform grounds maintenance work which included mowing grass and shoveling and clearing snow. Fie recalled little to no asbestos exposures while working for the Olathe School District. Wendell was diagnosed with mesothelioma in the Spring of 2006 and is currently unable to work due to complications from his current medical condition, Exposure History of Clay Rich D.O.B. 9/25/1927 Mr. Rich was bom September 25,1927. From 1942 to 1945 Mr. Rich worked for Harley Short Feed Company as a truck driver in the Flat Rock, IL area. From 1945 to 1949 Mr. Rich was in the U.S. Navy. While in the Navy his job duties included boiler tender, which exposed him to asbestos containing products, including but not limited to boilers, turbines, gaskets, packing, valves, and pumps. From 1949 to 1985 Mr. Rich worked for Marathon Oil in Robinson, IL, including periods of time at the Texas City, TX facility. He started out working as an insulator, insulating pipes all over the refinery. Mr. Rich also worked on the loading docks for a couple of years during this time. For 14 years Mr. Rich worked in the boiler house as a boiler operator. For the next 10 years Mr, Rich worked as a welder foreman which took him all over the Marathon Oil Refinery. During his career at Marathon Oil, Mr. Rich was exposed to the asbestos containing products, including but not limited to pipe insulation, block insulation, insulating cements, spray-on insulation, packing, gaskets, asbestos containing pipe, pumps, valves, transite board, and cooling towers. Mr. Rich was exposed to asbestos containing friction products while working on his own motor vehicles. This work exposed Mr. Rich to asbestos containing products, including but not limited to brakes, clutches, and gaskets. . In 1959, Mr. Rich built his own home near Robinson, IL, Mr. Rich has since done some remodeling on this home. This type work exposed Mr. Rich to asbestos containing products, including but not limited to joint compound, drywall, floor tile, shingles, ceiling tile, and siding. DONALD STEWART Donald Stewart is a 78 year old mesothelioma client bom on April 20, 1928, Mr. Stewart worked on a dairy farm from 1943 until 1945 in Robinson, IL. as a laborer and a delivery driver. From 1946 until 1948 Mr. Stewart worked at a lumber yard in Vincennes, IL. as a salesman, loader, and delivery driver. Donald served his country in the United States Army from 1949 until 1950. He completed his basic in Kentucky and was stationed in Japan. From 1951 until 1952 worked as a caster at a pottery manufacturer in Robinson, IL. Donald worked for an oil company as a dispatcher in 1952 in Olney, IL. Donald worked at an oil refinery from 1952 until 1986 as a laborer, boiler house operator, and cooling tower worker in Robinson, IL. For 34 years Don was exposed to the asbestos dust from pipe covering, insulation, packing/gaskets, boilers, turbines, cooling towers, and pumps/generators. Donald did home construction and remodeling work on the side from 1952 until 1975 as well as projects on his own home. During this time he was exposed to the asbestos dust from joint compound and roofing materials, Throughout his lifetime Don has worked on his own vehicles as well as those of his family. While doing this work he was exposed to the asbestos dust from brakes. While Don lived at home from 1928 until 1949 his father worked at an oil refinery in Robinson, IL as a laborer. His father was exposed to the asbestos dust from pipe covering, insulation, packing/gaskets, boilers, turbines, cooling towers, and pumps/generators. Don would have been a victim of asbestos bystander exposure when he would come into contact or close proximity of his father's dusty work clothes. Don's son worked for an oil refinery on the catalytic converter in Robinson, IL. while living at Don's home. His son was exposed to the asbestos dust from insulation, pipe covering, and boilers. Don would have been a victim of bystander exposure while living in the same house as his son. No Mention of Marathon WORK HISTORY Robert Ward Robert Ward was born on March 6,1931. He was diagnosed with mesothelioma on June 17, 2008. Mr. Ward did not know his natural father and his mother, Annie Ward (deceased), was a home maker. In the early 1950's, Mr. Ward worked for the Dolly Madison company where he delivered bakery items. From 1957 - 1959, Mr, Ward worked at the US Steel Plant, in Gary, IN. His family believes that he was a laborer at this location. As a laborer, he would have been exposed to asbestos containing pipe insulation, boilers, electrical materials, pumps, valves, packing, gaskets and refractory materials. From 1959 - 1992, Mr. Ward worked for the WR Grace Company. This company made numerous asbestos containing products. He started out as a laborer at their Traveler's Rest plant in South Carolina and within eight years moved into a supervisor's position. He was then transferred, in 1966, to their Calumet Park, IL, plant where he was a supervisor until 1973. In 1973, WR Grace opened up a new plant in West Chicago, IL, and Mr. Ward was made Superintendant of that plant where he stayed until 1980, In 1980 he was transferred to the Oklahoma City, OK, plant where he stayed until his retirement in 1992. From 1980 - 1992, he was often sent (on a temporary basis), to different plants, to shut them down. During this time, he went to WR Grace plants in Milwaukee, WI, Houston, TX and Austin, TX. Mr. Ward would have been exposed to the asbestos containing products made by WR Grace as well as pipe insulation, boilers, electrical materials, pumps, valves, packing and gasket material. Robert Ward passed away on June 30, 2008.