Document MdmV8qYNvm2V5jN1joEV0jZ9

FILE NAME: Raybestos-Manhattan (RBM) DATE: 1942 Dec 29 DOC#: RBM113 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter to Dr. Lanza RE Asbestosis Suit I ' . . . . =. Ur,.. J* Lanr.n, Assistant Medical Director,' iYetmpo.iltan Life Insurance Co., 1 Yrdison Avc,, lio'.v York City, '; December 29th, 1942, Dear Dr. Lanza Wg nay possibly have another suit based on alleged Asbestosis'by one ,E. T,, Hill, who worked vrith us-for a good many years, and who m s treated by Dr, '"ild for pleurisy, =nd v;ho only received during the tino he worked with us sick benefits amounting to a little less than $10,00, end left our employ to take a very arduous position v/ith the i!nvy Yard at Charleston, where he is still employed However, Dr* 'V. A, Smith, who;, I consider to'bo a crank on the subject of Asbestosio, .for as soon as he fiir'io out that any cine has worked for the Asbestos Company, mu puts hlra Uov;n as suffering from a case of Asbsstosis, has not only told u? that tills party has Asbostosis, from,which ho '..'111 bio, but he told the party himrelf that he was suffering from Asbcstosis V i#;<> 't 'V. A picture of .this man's chest nan taken by Dr, Toft iri deptember. 1941. and another in November, 1942, and Taft's report 'ivas no indication of any condition cue to his employment, ho . ever, 'o are yetting hr, Tai't to send his pit-tea on to Dr, Pandogast, to whom you doubtless will renember you referred u? to some yearn ago, so as to cot anqther .rending and interpretation of these* platen ami inn much ns this bloita may vind up in .the Courts, I am rrtinc you ,-ith* the .hopes that you may bo able to render us. that aasistanca which ins boon so invaluable to us iri the past. .'lth my records, Very sincerely yours,