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accompanied the materials referred to in c) and the dates these
first appeared.
ANSWER: Abex Corporation is engaged in the manufacture of brake
linings; (a)
(b) (c)
Abex does not manufacture clutches.
Detroit Michigan Winchester, Virginia
Salisbury, North Carolina From approximately 1926 to the present Abex objects to this Interrogatory on the groundsthat said
Interrogatory is unduly burdensome, in that it would require a massive
and expensive effort to search through recordsin an effort to develop this information, and also on the grounds that said Interrogatory is
overbroad and ambiguous. (d) See defendant's response to Interrogatory No. 1(c) herein;
without waiving such objection, however, defendant states that any warning on any brake linings which would have been supplied to any of the other defendants would have begun appearing in 1972.
' 2. a) From what source or sources, if any, did your company
obtain mined asbestos since 1960?
b) Were there any warnings, cautions, caveats, or directions
accompanying the material referred to in a) above and the nature and
extent of said warnings, cautions, caveats or directions accompanying
said asbestos.
ANSWER: (a) Asbestos Corporation,
Thetford Mines Quebec, Canada
Ltd.
Lake Asbestos Black Lake Quebec, Canada
Bell Asbestos Mines, Ltd. Thetford Mines Quebec, Canada
Johns-Manville Asbestos Quebec, Canada
Vermond Asbestos Group, Inc.
Hyde Park
Vermont (b) Yes, beginning in 1972, the following appeared on shipments from
Canadian Suppliers: Caution Contains Asbestos Fibers Avoid Creating Dust Breathing Asbestos May Cause
Serious
Bodily
Harm
The above appeared on Vermont Asbestos Group packages in 1974.