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FILE NAME: Eternit (ETER) DATE: 2003 DOC#: ETER011 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Article from Class Action Reporter Page 1 of 2 Dr. Barry Castleman From: To: Sent: Subject: "Stephen Berger" <spitkov@pacbell.net> "Dr. Barry Castleman" fbcastleman@earthlink.net> Saturday, May 22, 2004 6:57 PM Re: Schmidheiny story Only could find a couple o f sites on the web about this. They do refer to newspaper articles. / " r^ ' Relavent part quoted below: A SBESTO S LITIGATION: Court Orders Etemit to Help With Asbestos Probe A court ordered Etemit AG, the building-materials company owned by Switzerland's Schmidheiny family, to send a list o f former workers to an Italian prosecutor investigating asbestos-related deaths, SonntagsZeitung reports. A regional court in Etemit's home canton o f Glarus told the company, a subsidiary o f Holcim Ltd., the world's second-largest cement maker, to aid investigator Raffaele Guariniello in Turin, Italy, because there were indications o f involuntary manslaughter. Guariniello is probing whether Etemit, which left the asbestos business in the 1990s, took the necessary precautions to protect its workers. Asbestos cancer allegedly caused the death o f at least 45 former Etemit workers so far. Etemit is mulling an appeal to the Federal Court, Switzerland's highest, SonntagsZeitung said, citing Chief Executive Officer Anders Holte. The Company set aside about 1 million Swiss francs ($720,000) to cover the costs o f legal action, according to Etemit spokesman Roland Walker. Etemit always observed the regulations set up by Suva, the dominant insurer o f employees against work-related accidents, Walker told SonntagsZeitung. Also, a little background material: Dr. Barry Castleman wrote: V j fj^wiss billionaire charged with manslaughter by Italian prosecutor in Turin, Dec. 9, 2 0 0 2 ,1 can't find my file and need the text o f the story for 5th Ed. Can you help. 5/23/2004