Document NGGdw1EQqDRjrpxbVD0MLmgR8
FILE NAME Corning OC
DATE 1981 DOC OC136
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Legal - Deposition of Willis Hazard
FRANK T ABRAHAM P. C. W W WATKINS P. C. NICK C. NICHOLS C ROBERT E. BALLARD P C DALE FRIEND C ROCKNE W. ONSTAD P. JOHN R LEACH H GRANT KAISER CRAIG D. BALL REID WILLIAMSON C JANE FRASER R DAN FONTAINE
LAW OFFICES
ABRAHAM WATKINS NICHOLS BALLARD ONSTAD & FRIEND
A PARTNERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL CORPORATIONS
800 COMMERCE STREET HOUSTON TEXAS 77002
713 222-7211
June 25 1985
BERT H.TUNKS THURMAN M GUPTON COUNSEL TO THE FIRM
W. JAMES KRONZER ASSOCIATED COUNSEL
Dr. Barry Castleman 1722 Linden Ave. Baltimore Maryland
21217
Dear Barry
I certainly appreciate the hospitality you extended to Larry and myself when we were in Baltimore Your assistance has proven to be and will continue to be very helpful I talked with Bert Danziger from Los Angeles and he indicated you were curious about what happened to the Saranac documents that Illinois had concerning kaylo On February 11 1981 in cause number 80-0180AP in the United States States District Court for the District of Maine Lawrence Kimble v Manville Corporation et al the deposition of Willis Willis Hazard was taken On page 49 of his deposition the following question and answer appeared
Question And when the kaylo division was sold to OwensCorning what happened to your file
Answer The last day that they were part of Illinois
we got some corrugated paper cartons unloaded our file
cabinet
had them
called the janai t tt he o enr d
Corning carried
over
to
Owens a
poner
the
afternoon
and
I am sending you copies of pages 49 and 50 of the deposition Should you require anything else please let me know
Very truly yours
REB Enlosures CC Mr. Lawrence
Madeksho
ROBERT For
E. BALLARD the Firm
Q
Now you are familiar with the fact that the
Kaylo Division was sold to Corning in May of 19587
A.
Yes sir
a
And you knew about that during the time that
the sale was being consummated and the transfer occurred ?
|
A.
I don't remember when I knew it
1958 stands stansds tands stands 1
out when the final thing was accomplished
2
Did you at any time tell anybody from Owens- |
Corning about the Saranac study dealing with Kaylo
A.
I don't remember
a
Do you remember if there was someone who you
would consider a counterpart at Corning someone
that you may have dealt with or discussed industrial
hygiene problems at Corning
A. Q
A.
At what period
During 1958
I don't remember that
Q
Did you maintain a file dealing with the
Saranac study the letters from Dr. Vorwald and the
reports
A.
Yes
Q.
And when the Kaylo Division was sold to Owens
Corning what happened to your file 2
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Nene
50
A
The last day that they were part of Owens-
Illinois we got some corrugated paper cartons unloaded
our file cabinet called the janitor at the end of the
afternoon and had them carried over to Corning Corning
.
Is this as a result of some instruction or
memorandum or directive generally to transfer documents
dealing with Kaylo to Corning
RE
A
2,
I don't remember whether it was or not
I
we did that
0
You did do it
A
Yes
And in addition to your files were other files
also turned over to Corning at that time
MR KELLEY
Object
KR Q
Yes
What other files were turned over to Owens-
Corning that you know of
A
I don't know what they were I don't know
what files went over
I know ours did
a
And that would include the documents that have
been marked today
Pu
I don't know whether all of those documents documents
were in that file or not but we sent over material