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FILE NAME Jewelers JEWEL DATE 1987 July 2 DOC JEWEL013 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Letter with Memo LAW OFFICES MCCUNE HIAASEN CRUM FERRIS & GARDNER A PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION JAMES M. CRUM ROBERT E. FERRIS ~ RUSSELL M. GARDNER DAVIS W. DUKE JR REED A. BRYAN II WILLIAM H. MEEKS BURL F. GEORGE HARRY S. RALEIGH JR J. CAMERON STORY HI G. WARE CORNELL JR ROBERT S. MACKLEMAN MARSHALL G. CURRAN JR EDWARD A. CURTIS HELEN T. BONOMO BRYAN W. DUKE ALLEN J. LITTMAN CELESTE GRUENSTEIN ASELA M. CUERVO BARBARA A. CURTIS RANDALL L. LESHIN CONNIS O. BROWN II MARIE LEFERE MICHELE M. LENOFF OF COUNSEL CARL A. HIAASEN CHARLES N. McCUNE 1885 1964 x ODEL HIAASEN 1925-1976 1925-1976 PENTHOUSE BARNETT BANK PLAZA ONE EAST BROWARD BOULEVARD FORT LAUDERDALE FLORIDA PLEASE REPLY TO POST OFFICE BOX 14636 FORT LAUDERDALE FLORIDA 33302 305 462-2000 TELECOPIER 305 523-1722 July 2 1987 Mr. Andrew Moore 3367 18th St. Northwest Washington DC 20010 RE Irving Hammer Dear Mr. Moore As we discussed we would like you to go to the Library of Congress to see if you can find any manufacturers of asbestos board used by jewelers I have enclosed a copy of the memo to the file giving you a partial work history and describing the boards Mr. Hammer used Since Mr. Hammer was a jewerler he received a trades magazine entitled Jewelers Circular Keystone pa You may be able to go through those from 1940 through present to to see whether or not there were any manufacturers listed You may also try looking through the Sweets Industrial Catalog that is issued annually Also as you suggested you may be able to find something by looking through old Thomas Registers You may try looking under asbestos board or millboard We have contacted I. Shor one of the distributors Mr. Hammer remembers back in the 1940's and 1950's but he does not know who manufactured the asbestos board that they distributed Peter Shor said he thought it was Asbestos Construction located in Manhattan There was another distributor that distributed to Mr. Hammer by the name of M. Harris but we are unable to locate them as they may be out of business There is a possibility that you may locate them by looking in old telephone books Mr. Andrew Moore July 2 1987 Page Two hour We have enclosed our check in the amount of 100.00 as an We look forward to hearing from you have any questions Sincerely Call me collect if you kjg Enclosures Mitzi Ellis Legal Assistant MCCINE TITA STST awe. _ bu Pe OFS chet aad . % ae ta Meng ee e eg & IES ae DATE TO FROM SUBJECT February 10 1987 File Mitzi Mitzi Ellis Mitzi IRVING HAMMER Mr. & Mrs. Irving Isadore Hammer was in our office on February 3 1987 and was referred to us by Mario J. Saldana M.D. Dr. Saldana has diagnosed Mr. Hammer as having Mesothelioma although a hospital in New York diagnosed it as an Adenocarcinoma 1938 Mr. Hammer has been a jeweler since 1957 and was employed for himself from 1957 to 1974. During this period of time he was exposed to asbestos by using asbestos prevent his bench or table from burning fix or make jewelry During the time board which was used to when using a blowtorch to that he was employed for himself his distributors for the asbestos board was M. Harris on Canal Street in New York City New York and I. Shor at 47th Street in New York City New York After 1974 he moved to Florida where he was employed as a jeweler for the Gold Mine Jewelers 5540 W. Oakland Park Blvd. Lauderhill Florida 33319 Their suppliers for the asbestos board was Rosenthal in Miami There were two types of boards that he used One he called a hard asbestos board which he said actually created no dust although there would be nicks in it and there could be asbestos fiber in the air but none that he really could see other than -. the nicks in the board The other was a soft asbestos board and it did havelots which nicks in eruste a , which he used it and a lot flaked all day long and did He also said that the color of the board would be white and then it turns gray from the heat de states that the boards were approximately x11 and he also used smaller oblong pads He stated that they would approximately 1/4 thick He also states that he does not want his Mine Jewelers to know about the lawsuit if first under circumstances to contact them without past employer possible Gold going him going through him (e 1 Hammer Memo February 10 1987 Page Two A discussion was also held between Mr. Reed Bryan and Mr. Hammer concerning the fact that may be a possible malpractice suit involved Mr. Bryan advised him that we should put this on the back burner until after the asbestos lawsuit got going At that time once we receive the medical records we would him and discuss the possible malpractice suit get with . , Mitzi kjg CC . Reed Bryar Bryan Duke Tie 1 ee anceteetans ramen sce eemen ae eat