Document BR7o1Y70rmVeELZkXkx3YjxRj

INTER Ofnet COMMON/CA r/ON To From Subject J. V* Liddell, AC&S, Lancaster J. J. Roper, AC&S, Boston Janes R Shepard PERSONAL (Armstrong April 7, 1958 PLAINTIFFS | EXHIBIT I ACS-31 rear Jin: On February 3rd, we received a cominlcntico fro* Trs G(*ropy*alth ef KS3gaehnsat;tfl-~7'vVTiaioa or Industrial accidents, dated Januarr 31 195^7 i~r^^g^^"t th"t""^mM md~tias a rice Cove re r xr.fi who .worked fo** ye i|t xy^f i,oTlirrcsDqr h, 1>57 Sad an accident on the Joh.__ " had no record ox any accident and our foreran iiTdic&tii Uat ncao was reported to bin. On February L, 1958, upon receipt of the eosnunicatics, Frank Shaman sailed in as accident report fora giving tho sen's aaae and cddress and othoy_statistics, and quoted as follows: "This sun was employed by me fron, 1957 to Hovombsr U, 1957......... bars no record of any accident ca Job,..was applying Pipe Covering and Bloek at Job (aystie Station, Bostcn Edison Corpse)11* A few days ago, when I vaa cot of the office, Hr* Giroux of tho BiTicion of Industrial Aeeidants, Cossonnealth of Kssaacbusotts, IS fror^t St*, Boston, called at the office cad advised Frank Sheraan that Jasoe Shepard had died, apparently of cose lung disorder cad that "his wife Intended to sue the Arzstroag Cork Csapasy elaiaing that the cause of death was the result of his working far tta Arnstrcoj Cork Cccspany. Janes Shepard was a Plasterer working on a permit as a Pipe Coverer ard probably spent a ninor part of hit working life as a Pipe Coveror. Of course it is quits obvious that in working for us for a period of only seven weeks, he -oould hardly have contracted anything in this length of tine which could have resulted in his death* Ve believe that uo are his last Employer and Hr* Giroux told Frank ^barnan that this was probably why his wife was bringing action against the Armstrong Cork Ccsp&ny* Tou will note that the tine during thick he worked for us, he was in the employ of the Armstrong Cork Ccapcny, not the Armstrong Contracting and Supply Corp. row* a isc