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FILE NAME: Marathon Oil (MAR) DATE: 2009 DOC#: MAR002 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Legal - Filing of Defense, Pg. 1 Only ( IN THE CIRCUIT COURT THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MADISON COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN RE ALL ASBESTOS LITIGATION FILED BY FRENCH & MUDD, Plaintiffs, MARATHON PETROLEUM COMPANY LLC, JOSEPH BICK, Defendant, Plaintiff, vs. MARATHON PETROLEUM COMPANY LLC, Defendant, MAR ' 9 2009 COMES NOW Defendant, Marathon Petroleum Company LLC (hereinafter "Marathon"), and hereby responds to Plaintiffs' Premises Interrogatories Directed to Defendant pursuant to the Illinois Rules of Civil Procedure and the Madison County Standing Order dated February 6,2004. PRELIMINARY STATEMENT Because the events at issue took place many years ago and things have changed within Marathon since that time, locating documents and witnesses relevant to the allegations is time-consuming, expensive, difficult, and, in certain instances, impossible. Over the years, Marathon has had many employees and, in conducting business,