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tHOMAS DICKSON 1 APPEARANCES 2 FOR THE PLAINTIFFS MR. JOHN SMITH-GEORGE (By phae) 3 LAW OFFICES OF JOHN SMITH-GEORGE 10231 Warwick Boulevard 4 Newport News, Virginia 23601 Phone: 757-223-1275 5 FOR DEFENDANT DANA CORPORATION AND THE WITNESS 6 MR. R THOMAS RADOJFFE, JR. DcHAY & ELUSTON 7 36 South Charits Sired, Suite 1300 Baltimore, Maryland 2120J 8 Phare: 410-783-7225 and 9 MS. JANET E HALES COOPER &WAUNSKI 10 900 Adana Street Toledo, Ohio 43624 11 Phone: 419-241-1200 12 FOR DEFENDANT INTERNATIONAL TRUCK & ENGINE MS. DONEAN SURRATT (By phone) 13 ORGAIN, BELLA TUCKER 470 Orleans Street 14 Beaumont, Tocas 77704-1751 Phone: 409-838-6412 15 FOR DEFENDANT FORD MOTOR COMPANY 16 MR ARTHUR OUMALDOH (By phone) BROWN McCARROLL 17 2001 Ross Avenue, Suite 2000 Dallas, Tocas 75201 18 Phone: 214-999-6100 19 FOR DEFENDANT MOBIL CORPORATION MR EDWARD A KALABUS (By phone) 20 DeHAY & ELUSTON 901 Mam Street, Suite 3500 21 Dallas, Texas 75202 Phone: 214-210-2400 22 FOR DEFENDANT DAIMLERCHRYSLER 23 MR CARLOS MORALES (By phone) HAWKINS. PARNELL & THACKSTON 24 4515 Cole Avenue, Suite 550 Dallas, Texas 75205 25 Phone: 214-780-5100 1 FOR DEFENDANTS HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, INC. and GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 2 MS. AMY C. BRIMMAGE (By phone) THOMPSON & KNIGHT 3 1700 Pacific Avenue, Suite 3300 Dallas, Texas 75201 4 Phone: 214-969-1700 5 FOR DEFENDANT HENNESSEY INDUSTRIES MR DAVID TOLIN (By phone) // 6 GERMER GERTZ 550 Fannin 7 Beaumont, Texas 77701 Phone: 409-654-6700 8 FOR DEFENDANT GUARD-LINE 9 MS. KATHY PARKER (By phone) DOGAN & WILKINSON 10 734 Delmas Avenue Pascagoula, Mississippi 39567 11 Phone: 228-762-2272 12 FOR DEFENDANT PACCAR MR JASON M. KATZ (By phone) 13 WHITTENBURG, WHTTTENBURG, SCHACTER & HARRIS 600 North Pearl Street 14 Dallas, Texas 75201 Phone: 214-999-5700 15 FOR DEFENDANT BORG WARNER 16 MS. CATHY HENDRICKSON (By phone) FLANARY CARTER SCHUBERT ] 7 900 Jackson Street, Suite 600 Dallas, Texas 75202 18 Phone: 214-397-0333 19 ALSO PRESENT: MR THOMAS G. DICKSON, 20 The Witness; and 21 MS. REBECCA L. STONEROCK, The Court Reporter. 22 23 24 25 Page 2 Page 4 | 1 INDEX PAGE 2 Appearances................................. 2-3 3 WITNESS: THOMAS G. DICKSON 4 Direct Examination by Mr. Smith-George 6 5 Cross-Examination by Mr. Grimaldo.......... 61 6 Cross-Examination by Mr. Katz.............. 64 7 Cross-Examination by Ms. Hendrickson...... 65 8 Cross-Examination by Mr. Radcliffe......... 68 9 Redirect Examination by Mr. Smith-George... 71 10 Recross-Examinationby Mr. Katz............ 81 11 Reporter's Certificate..................... 85 12 13 EXHIBITS 14 EXHIBIT PAGE MARKED 15 1 - 6-30-83 Letter, Dickson to Duhl, 16 Bates SC-01-0000034.................... 42 17 2 -- 4-28-86 Letter, Miller to Ruhl, 18 Bates SC-02-0000661.................... 44 19 3 -- Spicer Press Release, "Non-Asbestos 20 Facing Introduced by Spicer Clutch 21 Division" Bates SC-02-0000363/64...... 45 22 4 -- 11-4-83 Intra-Company Comm., Dickson to 23 Fortenberry, Bates SC-01-0000359....... 45 24 5 -- 7-6-83 Letter, Rathbum to Boyle, Bates 25 SC-02-0000365........................... 46 l j j 1 9 1 f I 1 j j j f | [ | J Page 3 Page5 1 1 PROCEEDINGS 2 THOMAS G. DICKSON 3 Having been first duly sworn, 4 was examined and testified as follows: 5 EXAMINATION OF THOMAS G. DICKSON 6 BY MR. SMITH-GEORGE: 7 Q. Good afternoon, Mr. Dickson. 8 A. Good afternoon. 9 Q. It may be "good morning" where you are. 10 Could you identify yourself for the record, please? 11 A. Thomas G. Dickson, D-I-C-K-S-O-N. 12 Q. And are you currently employed? 13 A. No, I'm retired. 14 Q. Okay. When did you retire? 15 A. About three years ago. 16 Q. And where did you retire from? 17 A. I retired from Dana Corporation out of 18 Toledo. 19 Q. At the time you retired, what was your job 20 category? 21 A. I was a project engineer assigned to the 22 transmission division. 23 Q. And how long had you worked for Dana? 24 A. About 36 years, 37 years. 25 Q. Were you always employed by Dana Corporation 1 j j ] j j i j j i j Henjum Goucher Reporting Services 1-888-656-DEPO 2 (Pages 2 to 5)