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FILE NAME: Metropolitan Life (ML) DATE: 1942 Dec 29 DOC#: ML035 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter to Dr. Lanza, Met Life, RE Another Suit Based on Alleged Asbestosis 1 U r ., >\ J . hanr.n, A ssistan t .V.cdlcal D iro cto r,' jVGtropolitan I-ife Insurance Co. 1 hadiscn A v c., I.'G'.v fork City# Docor.ibcr 29th, 194-2* > V 4 -i\'. V .kV*;;Af,w Dear Dr. banzai IV<3 nay p ossibly have another s u it based'on'allowed A sbostosis' by one ,E T* H i l l , whoworked with u s -fo r-a good many y e a rs, and who wns treated by D r. T'tlcl for p le u r is y , and. who only roc&ived during the tino he worked v.'lth us sick b en efits aMountin" to a l i t t l e le s s than $10.00, and l e f t our employ to take a very arduous p o sitio n with the' ?!nvy Yard a t Charleston, where lie is s t iL l cnployecl; iiokever, D r. 'V. A. o c it h , whom I consider to'bo a crank on the su b ject o f A sbestosio, .fo r as soon 'as he fin d s out that, any cine haa worked fo r the Asbestos Company, iio puts hiw clown as su ffe rin g from a case o f A sb ssto sls, lias not o n ly 'to ld us tlrnt tills party has Asbestos i s , from,which ho w ill ciio, but lie told the party him-'.elf that he-was su ffe rin g 'from Acboatosls# . . ' V ; '-x.. t \ "'}/ . ' A picturo of >.this man' s chest wan taken by Dr. T aft in deptcrabor. 1941. and another in iiovomber, 1942, and T a ft ' s report giv e s no in d ica tio n of any condition cue t o 'h is employment. Ho e v e r, "o are y e ttin g h r . T a ft to send h is pit-tea on to h r . t-'ando- c a s t , to whom you doubtless w ill, reneabor you reforred us to some _ _ _ A. _ _ .A. XL. ' 1 ,, . . . . 1 t _ i. . __________ M. A. . ^ ^ i* J. 1 . ___________ lt h my regards, Very .sincerely yours, i," 'S t .((W