Document RK3DGzOo55yM7OzGkLQQ3BnV
FILE NAME Kerr KR
DATE 2021 Jan 29 DOC KR103
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Legal - Deposition of Lawrence J. Girling
Lawrence Girling January 29 2021
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO
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DAVID SPRINGER
SPRINGER
and
DOROTHY
Plaintiffs
vs.
ASBESTOS COMPANIES et al
Defendants
CERTIFIED ORIGINAL
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20-276849
VIDEOTAPED VIRTUAL DEPOSITION OF LAWRENCE J. GIRLING
Friday January 29 2021
9:31 a.m.
REPORTED BY GISELLE GIRARD
CSR 12901
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Lawrence Girling
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VIRTUAL APPEARANCES 2
For Plaintiffs 3
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GOLD LAW FIRM
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BY
H.W. TREY JONES ESQ
555 Montgomery Street
55
5
Suite 605
San Francisco California 94111
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415-986-1338
415-373-4579 Fax
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7820 trey@treyjoneslaw.com
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Witness
For
and the Witness
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BY
KEITH REYEN ESQ
11
Street
Suite Montgomery
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San Francisco California 94104
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415-392-8300
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415-421-1254
keith@orplaw.com
Fax
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keith@orplaw.com 14
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SWANSON , MARTIN & BELL , LLP
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BY RICHARD P. TAURAS ESQ
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330 North Wabash
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Chicago Illinois 60611
17 312-321-9100
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312-321-0990 Fax
18 rtauras@smbtrials.com
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For Defendant 84 Lumber Company
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HAWKINS PARNELL & YOUNG LLP
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BY
SOLOMON PANTUCH ESQ
1 Post Street
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Suite 2400
San Francisco California 94104
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415-766-3218
415-766-3250
Fax
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spantuch@hpylaw.com
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VIRTUAL APPEARANCES Continued
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For Defendant BASF Catalysts LLC
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LITTLETON PARK JOYCE UGHETTA & KELLY LLP
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BY JASON SCHMITZ ESQ
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141 West Front Street
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Suite 120
5
Red Bank New Jersey 07701
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732-530-9100
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732-530-9115 Fax
60
littletonpark.com
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For Defendant DAP Inc. n La Mirada Products Co.
Inc. erroneously sued as DAP Inc. and Champion Home 8
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Builders
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TUCKER ELLIS LLP
BY
NICOLE E.
GAGE ESQ
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201 Mission Street
Suite 2310
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San Francisco California 94105
1234
415-617-2409 1234
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Fax
1234
nicole.nicoleg.gage@tauckerellgis.com e@tuckerellis.nicole.gage@tuckerelis.com com
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For Defendant Darby Dental Supply
SMITHAMUNDSEN 16 : AEROSPACE . 16 , Michigan
Suite Michigan 17
Avenue
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Suite
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Chicago Illinois 60601
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312-894-3200 19
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312-894-3200 Fax
mmcgrory@salawus.com
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Schein
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For Defendant Henry Schein Inc
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HARRIS BEACH PLLC
BY SYED K. RIZVI ESQ
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100 Wall Street
New York New York 10005
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212-687-0659
212-687-0659 Fax
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zrizvi@harrisbeach.com
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VIRTUAL APPEARANCES Continued
For Defendant Hill Brothers Chemical
MORGAN LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP BY MARISA R. CHAVES ESQ One Market Street
Company
Spear Street Tower San Francisco California
415-442-1141
94105
415-442-1001 Fax
marisa.chaves@morganlewis.com
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For
Defendant New Coleman Holdings HAWKINS PARNELL & YOUNG LLP
BY JEFFREY T. THAYER ESQ 1 Post Street
Inc
Suite 2400 San Francisco 415-766-3204
California
94104
415-766-3250 Fax
jthayer@hpylaw.com
For
Defendant Patterson Dental and
WALSWORTH FRANKLIN BEVINS &
BY:
HILLARY H. HUTH ESQ
True Value Company MCCALL LLP
601 Montgomery Ninth Floor
San Francisco
415-781-7072
Street
California
California
California
94111
415-391-6258 Fax
hhuth@wfbm.com
For Defendant Ransom & Randolph Company
GOODELL DEVRIES LEECH & DANN LLP
BY One
THOMAS J.S. South Street
WAXTER
III
ESQ
20th Floor
Baltimore Maryland
410-783-4000
21202
410-783-4040 Fax
tjw@gdldlaw.com
VIRTUAL APPEARANCES Continued
For Defendant The Scotts Company LLC
HAWKINS PARNELL & YOUNG LLP
BY
ANA T. REEG ESQ
1 Post Street
Suite 2400
San Francisco
415-766-3221
California
94104
510-508-1816
Fax
areeg@hpylaw.com
HUNTON ANDREWS KURTH LLP
BY EMILY MORDECAI ESQ
Riverfront Plaza East Tower
951 East Byrd Street Richmond Virginia 23219
804-788-8200
804-788-8218
Fax
emordecai@huntonak.com
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For
Defendant SS White
SCHIFF HARDIN LLP
BY
JILL BERRY ESQ
of the Americas
Suite Avenue
New York New York 10036
212-745-9557
212-753-5044
Fax
jbery@schifhardin.com
jbery@schifhardin.com
jbery@schifhardin.com
jbery@schifardin.com jbery@schifardin.com jberry@schiffhardin.com
For Defendant University of Southern California
POLSINELLI LLP
BY JOSEPH L. GREENSLADE
2049 Century Suite 2900
Park
East
ESQ
Los Angeles
310-556-1801
California
90067
310-556-1802
Fax
jgreenslade@polsinelli.com
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VIRTUAL APPEARANCES Continued
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For Defendant Whip Mix Corporation
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SELMAN BREITMAN LLP
BY
SUZANNE E. RISCHMAN ESQ
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33 New Montgomery Street
Sixth Floor
5
San Francisco California 94105
415-979-2004
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415-979-2099 Fax
srischman@selmanlaw.com
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EXHIBITS
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LAWRENCE J. GIRLING
David Springer et al vs. Asbestos Companies et al Friday January 29 2021
PLAINTIFFS
DESCRIPTION
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MR JONES The parties have stipulated that the
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5 court reporter can swear in the witness remotely as she 6 is not at the same location as the witness The parties 7 have also stipulated that an objection by any defense
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THE VIDEOGRAPHER We are going on the record
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19 The time is 9:32 a.m. and the date is January 29 2021
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20 This is the video deposition of Lawrence Girling
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21 Volume I in the matter of David Springer et al
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25 California a GPS Partner The court reporter is
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1 Giselle Girard Counsel's appearance will be reflected
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Will the court reporter please swear in the
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having been first duly affirmed was examined and
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testified as follows
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MR JONES He said yes right
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THE WITNESS Yes
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MR JONES Just making sure
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Q. Mr. Girling thank you for being with us this
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17 morning though it may be this afternoon where you are
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18 Where are you today
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A. I'm in Brighton Michigan
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Q. What is your full name
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A. Lawrence Jay Girling
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Q. And where in Michigan do you live
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A. I live in Brighton
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Q. Okay So you're near your home
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A. Yes
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Page 12 Q. Okay You started working at Kerr Corporation in
1967 is that true
A. Correct
Q. What was Kerr when you started working there MR REYEN Objection vague
THE WITNESS I -- I don't know What do you mean what was Kerr BY MR JONES
Q. Was it called Kerr Corporation then
A. Kerr Dental
Q.
A.
Q. Kerr
It was called Kerr Dental Was it a corporation I can't speak to that for sure Okay When you were hired you were hired by Bob
A.
Q. time
I was interviewed by Bob Kerr Bob Kerr was the president of Kerr Dental at the
A. Yes
Q. What did Kerr Dental do meaning what did they make what did they sell -- what was their business
A. They made dental supplies
Q. Like
A. Impression materials filling materials endodontic materials investment materials
Q. And we'll talk about it a little more But the
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Q. The reason I wanted to speak to you today is that
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2 you are retired from working at Kerr Corporation is
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that correct
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A. Correct
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Q. And when you were at Kerr Corporation you had
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6 some responsibility for ordering asbestos products that
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7 went into Kerr products correct
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A. Correct
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Q. And you also had some involvement in the process
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10 of removing asbestos from Kerr products is that
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correct
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MR REYEN Objection misstates facts not in
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13 evidence misleading
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You can answer Larry
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THE WITNESS What do you mean by removing
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Q. I just mean that generally speaking there was a
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19 period of time where Kerr decided that they didn't want
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22222 involvement in a minute Okay
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A. Okay
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Q. Is that basically correct what I said
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A. Yes
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Page 13 investment materials that's the product that was sold
with an asbestos tape true
A. Yes
Q. Did Kerr as part of its business work with
chemicals
A. Chemicals yes Q. Tell me a little bit about that A. They manufactured an impression paste made from
chemicals
Q. that
Did Kerr when you started in nineteen -- strike
When you started in 1967 did Kerr have a laboratory where they worked with chemicals
A. They had I believe -- I can't speak for sure But they had quality control departments yes
Q. They also had a research and development department
A. Yes
Q. You started in Detroit have in Detroit
What facilities did Kerr
A. Well they had a plant on 12th Street in Detroit And they had a refractories plant on Milwaukee Street in
Detroit
Q. When you started which -- which one of those plants did you work at
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A. Both
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Q. What did they do at the plant on 12th Street
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A. They made endodontic files and reamers
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Q. So that's one of the places where they worked
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A. Yes
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Q. What did they do at the refractories plant on
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A. They made gypsums and investments
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Q. Did Kerr have any other offices or plants
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13 factories anything like that when you started working
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A. No -- well not that I'm aware of at '67 no
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Q. What different divisions did they have at Kerr
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A. I don't know what you mean by divisions
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A. Safety I know in the 80s and perhaps the 70s -- but I'm not too sure what they handled when I joined the company
Q. Got it So later on when you got more involved you knew that human resources handled safety
MR REYEN Objection to the extent that it is vague as to what is referred to by safety I would expect that HR safety meant employee safety issues
MR JONES Just stick to legal objections please
Do you have the question in mind Mr. Girling THE WITNESS Do I have a question
BY MR JONES
Q. The same objection will apply The way I
understand your answer was that when you started in
1967 you weren't really sure who was in charge of safety but later on you learned it was the human resources department Is that fair
MR REYEN I will object that the question is vague and ambiguous as to what is referred to by safety
MR JONES Go ahead
THE WITNESS The HR department as I recall in the 80s 90s dealt with HR resource issues as well as responsibility for health and safety in the plant ///
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Q. When you say research is that the research and
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A. Yes that was called research
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A. That's where it was
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Q. Did they have human resources
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Q. Human resources was the department in charge of
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8 safety at Kerr when you started in 1967 is that true
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Q. What was his job
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A. I don't know that for a fact
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A. I believe he was -- I can't define his job but
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Q. So you've -- you first testified on behalf of
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Q. And he was a vice president I believe is that
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Q. It was a case in Louisiana in the mid 90s Does | 14
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A. At some point he became a vice president yes Q. Now I've seen some testimony where you said that
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16 Bob Kerr was president of Kerr and he interviewed you
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Q. And then you've given several other depositions
17 but that when you started Russ Nelson was the president
18 on behalf of Kerr Corporation over the years true
18 of Kerr in 1967. Was there more than one entity or did
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19 Bob Kerr step aside -- or help me with this please
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Q. And I've read several of those depositions so | 20
21 lot of this is going to be kind of going through some of | 21
22 the things that I've read in your previous testimony
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A. Bob Kerr sold the business Q. When did he do that
A. '68 I believe it was
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And one of the things I've read was that human
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Q. Okay So not long after Mr. Kerr sold the
22 resources handled safety Is that not your recollection | 24 business a gentleman named Russ Nelson became the
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25 president of Kerr
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A. Correct
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Q. Mr. Nelson's background was in finance It
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Q. So Kerr -- 100 percent of -- well maybe not
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A. I can't say for sure because we also sold jewelry | 13
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Q. Did you sell enough jewelry investment products
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Q. Was it more than 20 percent of the sales of the
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Q. When you started A. I can't tell you when I started who was on there
was just a production control clerk Q. All right When you first became familiar with
who was on the management team who was on it A. The head of -- the head of each of the functional
departments Q. Had a production had a finance sales and
marketing -- all those
A. Yes
Q. Okay And at some point in your career you became the head of one of those departments right
A. Yes
Q. Who did the heads of those different departments report to
A. The president
Q. So when Mr. Kerr sold the company the heads of the departments reported to Russ Nelson
MR REYEN Objection lacks foundation
BY MR JONES
Q. Is that right A. Yeah While he was president correct Q. Is the management team the group that made decisions for Kerr Corporation
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lacks foundation
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THE WITNESS I don't -- I don't think decisions
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Q. Around when was that
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A. Yep
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Q. Did the management team have meetings
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Q. Okay We talked about some of the different --
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Q. How often
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14 departments Did Eaton also have a management team
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MR REYEN Overbroad as to time
THE WITNESS I can't -- when I attended it was
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A. I didn't catch the question Did who
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MR JONES Okay THE WITNESS That was in the 80s late 80s
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When you were at Kerr did Kerr have a management | 18 BY MR JONES
19 department
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Q. Well we're going to talk about a
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A. I yeah yes Yes they did
20 particular -- well actually let me -- was there a
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Q. Like a management team I guess is a better way
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A. Yes
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A. No.
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Q. Who -- who was the management team Who was on
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Q. Okay When the management team got together to
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MR REYEN Objection overbroad
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THE WITNESS Yeah I have no idea what -- that's
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Q. Well when you guys had those management
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Q. Did you guys have minutes of meetings so you'd
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Q. Okay Did -- did people take notes
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A. I took notes
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Q. Okay And then if there was some decision it
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THE WITNESS I think that you're -- the
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Q. And you wrote memos
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A. I'm not saying I took -- wrote memos about the
meetings I don't think so I took notes and went back
and reviewed them by departments heads
Q. I'm not asking about the meetings but while you
worked at Kerr from 1967 -- until 2003 right
A. Yes
Q. At some point during that time you wrote a memo
A. Yes
Q. And at some point during that time people wrote
memos to you A. Correct
Q. And one of the ways that Kerr Corporation communicated its policies and procedures to its employees was through memos
A. I think you're stretching it but Q. How many people worked at Kerr when you were
there in the 60s and 70s
A. I can't tell you I'd be guessing
Q. Roundabout A. I still can't tell you I'd be -- there was less
than 100 people when I joined in '67 Q. Okay
A. A little less than a hundred
Q. So you're saying that everything that worked in
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Q. Okay But at some point the president of Kerr
2 had a finance department a sales and marketing
3 or the department heads made decisions that would affect
3 department a quality control department a research and
4 the rest of the corporation -- like you know no
4 development department and a human resources
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5 department -- that in order to communicate with all
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A. Yes
6 those departments Kerr just used word of mouth
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8 parking lot or we're going to change the color on the
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A. No I didn't say that Q. That would be a bad policy to use word of mouth
9 box of the Kerr products -- or something like that
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A. I didn't say that
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A. They made decisions correct
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Q. Well I'm saying it would be a bad policy if you
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Q. And they had to communicate those decisions to
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MR REYEN Objection calling for lay opinion
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A. The managers that were at the meeting did that
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Q. And they would communicate those decisions
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Q. Right
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A. Right on what
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A. Not necessarily --
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Q. Why would it be a bad idea to rely on word of
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MR REYEN Objection
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Q. Not necessarily but that was one way that they
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Q. Okay My point is that at Kerr Corporation
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THE WITNESS Some things were written down
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Q. Okay In 1967 you started as a production
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A. Yes
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Q. Is that another department chemical or is that
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A. It's part of production
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Q. So at Kerr Corporation when you started we had
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A. Divisions within production yes
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Q. And your job as the planner was to determine what | 18
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A. Correct
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Q. And as a planner you would have to plan how to
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A. Correct
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Q. And then who did you work with as a planner
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A. Oh I was there 35 years I worked with a lot of
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Q. I mean what job titles I would say Like as
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A. I reported to at that time manager of
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Q. And did he report to the vice president of
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A. I think he did
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Q. So when you were planning out what -- what
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18 products needed to be made and what materials Kerr
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19 needed to make those products how did you communicate
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A. We made out schedules that got delivered to the
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Q. In 1969 you were promoted to supervisor in
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22222 planning for the chemical division is that true
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Q. that
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A. Probably true Q. All right A. My deposition would show it probably Q. And then in 1973 you were promoted to the materials manager A. Okay Q. Does that sound about right A. Yes somewhere in that area Q. Fair enough When you were a materials manager that's the first thing you ever had anything to do with asbestos is that right A. Yes that was the purchasing end of it Q. So in 1973 it became your responsibility to purchase the asbestos tape that was used with Kerr's investment products true A. I can't speak to the exact date I took that on Q. Fair enough Around -- we'll say around 1973 Is that okay A. It's close probably I'm not sure the dates Q. Fair enough Whenever you became the materials manager at Kerr that's when you first had responsibility for purchasing the asbestos products that were used with Kerr's products right
A. Correct
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Q. How was asbestos used with Kerr's products
A. I don't know What -- what do you mean use was it used
How
Q.
A. what
Yeah Why did -By a dentist you mean -- or by a dentist or
Q. Sure Why -- why did Kerr have to put an asbestos product with its products
A. It was part of the casting procedure
Q. How so A. I'm a chemist but it was used in the
investment casting process to line the flasks
Q. And the crucible A. Could be crucibles I wasn't that familiar with
the crucibles
Q. So the asbestos product that Kerr used with its investment products was an asbestos tape true
A. The asbestos product that Kerr used with the investment was an asbestos tape yes
Q. Okay And Kerr bought that asbestos tape from other companies right
A. Yes
Q. Those companies were Nicolet and Celotex
A. Yes
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Q. When the asbestos tape came to Kerr -- well
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let's start here If a customer of Kerr's bought a
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3 product that included asbestos tape that asbestos tape
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4 would be in either a bag or a box right
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A. Correct
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Q. And the bag or the box of asbestos tape would be
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Q. Okay If I -- if someone bought investment
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11 powder that came with asbestos tape how would the
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asbestos tape come with it
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A. In bags
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Q. Okay So if someone bought Kerr investment
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15 powder in the late early 1970s they would get a
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16 box with packets of investment powder right
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A. Are you -- are you asking what containers that we | 17
18 sold investment in
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Q. Yeah
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A. We sold it in pound cans
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Q. Did it ever come in a box where there were little | 23
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A. Yes we had a kit that we sold to universities
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Q. So if you got that kit you got precut strips of
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4 asbestos right
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A. Correct
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Q. If you got one of the boxes or the other packages
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7 you talked about you got a roll of asbestos tape in
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8 bag
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A. Correct
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Q. You could also buy asbestos tape on its own from | 10
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Kerr
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A. Yes
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Q. And that would be in a box
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A. Correct
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Q. When the asbestos tape got to Kerr's factory it
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16 was either in a bag or a box
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A. Correct
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Q. It was already packaged to be put in the Kerr
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19 package if that makes sense
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A. Yes
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Q. Meaning if someone had the Kerr kit with the
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2222 packets of investment all they'd need to do would be to | 22
2222 grab a prepackaged thing of asbestos strips and put it
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2222 in the Kerr box right
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A. I didn't follow that one
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Q. Sure
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A. -- say that again
Q. When Kerr sold the kit you talked about with the
individual packets of investment powder
A. Yes
Q. The Kerr employee would just take a package of the asbestos strips and put it in the Kerr box with the powder right
A. Correct yes Q. Meaning there was nobody at Kerr that had to cut the asbestos tape to the right size right
A. Correct
Q. There was nobody at Kerr that had to take -- if it was an asbestos strip that was precut nobody had to gather up the ten or 12 strips to put it in a separate package They were already packaged when you got it from the supplier right
A. Correct correct Q. So at Kerr in the manufacturing facility generally speaking the workers didn't handle the asbestos tape it was in a package
A. Correct
Q. Okay So Kerr had asbestos tape that it sold in rolls it had asbestos tape strips that were sold with those kits you described and it had asbestos tape
strips sold as crucible liners true
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A. I can't speak to the crucible liners because I
believe those were gone when we -- when I joined the
company
Q. Okay
roundabout
In 1977 you became the operations manager
A. Okay Q. Is that true A. Sounds true My deposition would tell me Q. Yeah At some point in the late 70s you became the operations manager correct
A. Yes
Q. And what was your job as the operations manager A. Not only materials but also production Q. Couple three years later around 1980 you became the director of manufacturing
A. Yes
Q. And then a few years after that you became the vice president of manufacturing
A. Yes
Q. And you were the vice president of manufacturing for Kerr Corporation from the mid 1980s until you
retired in 2003
A. Correct
Q. At one point you owned stock in Kerr Corporation
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Is that still true
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MR REYEN Objection Seeking financial
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3 information from the witness
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I don't know that you have to answer that
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5 Mr. Girling
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THE WITNESS Yeah
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MR JONES He's already answered it before and
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8 it goes to bias
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MR REYEN It -- it doesn't show bias if he
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10 doesn't presently own it and --
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MR JONES I agree
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MR REYEN -- it's not your business
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MR JONES Let's find out You can instruct him | 13
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not to answer You can't suggest he shouldn't answer
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15 That's -- that's a speaking objection and we'll have to 15
16 take it up later If you want to instruct him you can
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17 instruct him I'll ask the question again and then you | 17
18 can make your decision what to do
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Q. Mr. Girling do you own stock in Kerr
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20 Corporation
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A. No I do not
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Q. Do you still have a pension from Kerr
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2222 Corporation
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A. Yes
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Q. Now at one point in your career did you start
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asbestos in dentistry
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A. I saw an article on asbestos Hazards of Asbestos
in Dentistry
Q. All right Give me one second and I'm going to
pull that document up and put it on the screen Kerr
produced in this case I think 52 pages of documents
Do you have those documents with you today
A. I do not
Q. Okay Do you know if the lawyer sitting next to
you has them A. He does not
Q. That's all right I can put it up Okay If this worked right then something popped up on your screen and it should be the 1976 hazards in dentistry
article
MR REYEN I'm not seeing an exhibit myself right now Trey
THE WITNESS I don't see it either Now I see
it
MR JONES Boom
MR REYEN Okay Larry it's smaller than it appears I don't know -- up in the right corner you can make it larger if need be
THE WITNESS Right Whoops It went away I
lost it It went away
1 attending these monthly management meetings
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MR JONES
Okay
Page 37 I'm going to mark this as
2
A. When I became vice president We actually -- I
2 Girling No. 1
3 think -- well my memory escapes me but it may have
3
Plaintiffs Exhibit 1 was marked for
4 been before that too as a director
4
identification and attached hereto
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Q. Well I know that you were at one particular
5
MR JONES It went away
6 meeting of Kerr executives and that's one in 1976 where
6
THE WITNESS There it is
7 they talked about the American Dental Association
7
BY MR JONES
8 article right
8
Q. All right On the bottom hand side I put a
9
A. Yes
9 little sticker that says Exhibit Girling No. 1. Do you
10
Q. Now by 1976 Kerr had been selling investment
10
see that
11 products with investment tape for decades true
11
A. Let me make it bigger here Yes I see that
12
A. I know they were selling it when I joined the
12
Q. Excellent What is Exhibit 1
13 company
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MR REYEN Larry make sure you can see it fully
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Q. In 1967
14 and read it before answering
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A. Yes
15
THE WITNESS Yeah I can't see it It's just a
16
Q. And you know that they were selling it before you | 16 bunch of lines
17 got there right
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MR JONES And it's -- for your reference it's
18
A. I don't -- I don't know for sure but -- I believe | 18 Kerr -51 and Kerr -52 that's the Bates numbers
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they were but I --
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THE WITNESS It's from the Council of
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Q. I think you've seen price lists that go back to
20 Dental Therapeutics is that
21 the 50s and maybe before for investment products with
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BY MR JONES
22 asbestos tape right
22
Q. Council of dental -- at the top it says Hazards
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A. I didn't see any price lists in the 50s
23 of Asbestos in Dentistry --
22
Q. Okay In 1976 you're familiar with the article
24
A. Yes
25 in the American Dental Association journal about
25
Q. -- do you see that
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A. I got that
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Q. All right And then under it it says Council on | 2
3 Dental Therapeutics Council on Dental Materials and
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4
Devices Do you see that
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A. I got that yep
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Q. What is Exhibit 1
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7
A. It looks like a letter they put out
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8
Q. How are you familiar with Exhibit 1
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A. I saw this letter in a meeting we had with
9
10 = Ken Kovac
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11
Q. Okay And you called it a letter It's really
11
12 an article that was published in the Journal of the
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13 American Dental Association true
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14
A. I don't know that --
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Q. Can you --
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A. -- where it was published
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Q. Can you look at the bottom right of the first
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18 page
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A. It says Reports --
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MR JONES Hey can -- Spencer let's go off the | 20
21 record
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THE VIDEOGRAPHER Okay The time is 10:19 a.m.
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Recess from 10:19 a.m. to 10:38 a.m.
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THE VIDEOGRAPHER Okay We're back on the
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Q. Okay And what the bottom of this page indicates is that this was published in the April 1976 Journal of the American Dental Association right
MR REYEN The document speaks for itself
MR JONES Just wait till I'm done Is this
like a moot court thing Are you trying to show off your objection skills I'm just trying to identify the document we're looking at All right I get it you know how to object you're very talented at it
Q. All right Mr. Girling
A. Yes
Q. The bottom of the first page indicates this
document was published in the Journal of American Dental Association in April of 1976 --
MR REYEN Same objections
BY MR JONES Q. -- true
You've got to wait till I'm done Keith Don't speak over me
MR REYEN I thought you were done MR JONES Well you'll know because there'll be silence Same objection applies you don't need to make it again MR REYEN Okay Larry just make sure you wait after he finishes a question so that I have a chance to
1 record and the time is 1:38 p.m. sic
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BY MR JONES
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THE WITNESS Okay
3
Q. Okay Mr. Girling while we were off the record
3
BY MR JONES
4 did you get a chance to look at Exhibit 1
4
Q. Mr. Girling you can see from the bottom of the
5
A. Yes
5 first page it indicates that this was published in the
6
Q. Okay And when you looked it over did you
6 April 1976 Journal of the American Dental Association
7 confirm that this was something that was published in
7
A. Correct
8 the journal of the American Dental Association
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Q. When did you first see this document the first
9
MR REYEN Objection lacks foundation calls
9 time ever
10 for speculation
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A. In a meeting with Kovac in the fall of -- I
11
THE WITNESS That's what it says down on the
11 believe it was the fall somewhere around that
12 bottom
12 timetable
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BY MR JONES
13
Q. Do you think it's around when this document was
14
Q. I didn't think that was a controversial thing I | 14 published in April or do you think it was later in the
15 thought your interrogatories said that but okay --
15 year closer to 1977
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MR REYEN All right He's not here to
16
A. I can't speak to the specific exact timeline
17 authenticate this document
17
Q. Fair enough And the meeting you were in was a
18
MR JONES Well he's here to answer whatever
18 meeting with Kerr executives right
19 question I have but I don't know why you care
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A. Yes
222222
MR REYEN I don't -- I don't care but he's --
20
Q. Ken Kovac was there true
222222
MR JONES All right Well let me do it --
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A. True
222222
MR REYEN -- I'm just -- I made an objection
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Q. And Ken Kovac at the time was the vice president
222222 You wanted me to make an objection I made an
23 of what
222222 objection
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A. I can't speak to his title I don't know if he
222222
MR JONES All right
25 was vice president in '76
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Q. What you've said in the past was that Ken Kovac
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2 was in charge of regulatory and QA Does that sound
2
3 right
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4
A. Yes
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Q. What is QA
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A. Quality assurance
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7
Q. Okay That's maybe what we called quality
7
8 control before
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9
A. Yes
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10
Q. All right So it was Mr. Kovac's job to monitor
10
11 regulatory developments that affected Kerr Corporation
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12 right
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A. I don't know that for sure
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Q. Well if he's in charge of regulatory what was
14
15 he in charge of
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A. I -- I don't know his job description --
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Q. All right
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A. -- I didn't see it
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Q. All right So Mr. Kovac was there Also Bob
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Probst was there
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A. Yes
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Q. Who is Bob Probst
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A. He was the director of research at the time
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Q. Bob Ransdell was in the meeting What was Bob
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Page 44 A. I can't speak for others I just -- I was surprised to see that the hazards of asbestos in
dentistry Q. And actually the first sentence of this article
in the Journal of the American Dental Association in
1976 discusses a product sold by Kerr at that time
true
MR REYEN itself
Objection document speaks for
THE WITNESS That is not true We did not sell
binders for periodontal dressings
BY MR JONES
Q. The whole sentence is Asbestos is chiefly used in dentistry as a binder in periodontal dressings and as a lining material for casting rings and crucibles
A. The second part is correct Q. Did I read the entire sentence correctly
A. Yes
Q. And Kerr certainly sold asbestos lining material for casting rings and crucibles in 1976 when this document was published
A. Correct We did not sell the periodontal dressings
Q. Fair enough So this was important to Kerr Corporation because Kerr Corporation was selling one of
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A. I can't be -- I'm not certain positive He was
1 the products that this article talks about right
2 either head of the marketing or he was president at the
2
A. Correct
3 time I don't remember which
3
Q. And then if you look at the second paragraph it
4
Q. You previously testified in a deposition that
4 says that It has been documented that airborne
5 Mr. Ransdell was the president of Kerr at the time of
5 asbestos is related causally to the development of
6 this meeting Does that sound right
6 pulmonary asbestosis and fibrosis lung cancer and
7
A. That's probably right if I just testified to it
7 pleural and peritoneal mesotheliomas
8
back in -- 20 years ago
8
MR REYEN Document speaks for itself
9
Q. All right Do you want me to pull that up I
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BY MR JONES
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can show it to you so you don't have --
10
Q. Did I read that correctly
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A. Nope I believe you I believe it
11
A. Correct
12
Q. Okay Okay So -- and then you were there And | 12
MR JONES You can have a running objection to
13 in the late 70s your job was the materials manager or
13 document speaks for itself That's not a legal
14 Operations Manager 1. Does that sound right
14 objection though unless you can cite me the
15
A. Probably correct yes
15 Evidence Code Maybe it's in there
16
Q. Why did Mr. Kovac bring this article to the
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MR REYEN I don't know
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17 executive meeting in 1976
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MR JONES In moot court -- you would lose
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MR REYEN Calls for speculation
18 points in moot court for that objection that's all I'm
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THE WITNESS I have no idea He -- that was
19 saying
20 part of his presentation at the meeting
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MR REYEN All right Well you'd probably lose
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BY MR JONES
21 points for just demonstrating that you can read
22
Q. So why did he present that at the meeting
22
MR JONES I don't know because I read it
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A. Informative to the group
23 ~ correct
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Q. And why was this article important to the group
24
Q. Now Mr. Girling that sentence is significant
25 of executives at Kerr Corporation
25 because it indicates that asbestos can cause really bad
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A. That's what it says
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Q. So in 1976 Mr. Kovac brought this article to an
3
4 executive meeting of Kerr Corporation informing those
4
5 executives that the article says that a product sold by
5
6 Kerr includes an ingredient that can cause cancer true
6
7
A. True
7
8
Q. If someone at Kerr Corporation was going to make
8
9 decision about whether Kerr should keep selling that
9
10 product the asbestos liner or should stop selling it
10
11 or should put a warning on the product or should change
11
12 the product to nonasbestos that decision would
12
13 ultimately be made by the president of Kerr Corporation 13
14 who was Bob Ransdell at the time true
14
15
A. I don't know the process Kovac might have made
15
16 that the president might have done it -- I'm not sure
16
17 who
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18
Q. One of the executives in that management meeting
18
19 would have made the decision right
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222222
A. To exit the business you're saying
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Q. Correct
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222222
A. I don't think -- well not based on this letter
22
222222 just on the letter
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222222
Q. Well what I'm saying is you told us at the
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222222 beginning -- I kind of asked you how did the structure
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Q. Okay So Mr. Kovac the head of regulatory and quality assurance brings this article informing the executives of Kerr that they are selling a product that this article says includes a cancer causing ingredient
What does Kerr do What do those executives do
MR REYEN Okay I'm going to object just to the extent that this line of questioning in its entirety -- I won't make it again -- is not reasonably calculated to the lead to the discovery of admissible evidence based upon Mr. -- Dr. Springer's testimony that he didn't use the product after 1974
But you can go ahead and answer Larry I'm just putting that on the record
THE WITNESS I need -- I need the question again sir
BY MR JONES
Q. Sure So Mr. Kovac the head of regulatory issues and quality assurance brings this article into the executive meeting informing the executives that Kerr is selling a product that this article says includes a cancer causing ingredient right
A. Correct
Q. What do those executives do What happens in that meeting
A. The article was discussed The article primarily
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1 work who made the decisions and you told me that the
1 referred to periodontal paste and the ADA pulling their
2 president made the corporate decisions And I even
2 recognition of periodontal paste they would not -- no
3 asked you I said so that means the proverbial buck
3 longer consider eligible to be accepted by the ADA
4 stops at Mr. Nelson That's who we were talking about
4 Okay The ADA made acceptance decisions on a lot of
5 the beginning Do you remember that
5 different products They did not -- they did not drop
6
A. Correct
6 acceptance on the asbestos rolls
7
Q. So if anybody in that executive meeting was going | 7
They cautioned that they should be used under
8 to make a decision for Kerr Corporation it would be the
8 controlled conditions by the laboratory or the dentist
9 president who was Mr. Ransdell at that time right
9 and they should be removed they should be cut -- they
10
A. Or someone make a recommendation to him
10 should be used in a wet manner The key thing that we
11
Q. But ultimately Mr. Ransdell would make the
11 took away from that meeting was that we potentially
12 decision
12 could have -- potentially could have -- a problem with
13
A. He would have to agree on a course of action
13 asbestos
14
Q. Okay If somebody said let's stop selling this
14
Q. So what you're saying is that when Kerr's
15 stuff and Mr. Ransdell disagreed then Kerr would not
15 executives read this article published in the American
16 stop selling it true
16 Dental Association called Hazards of Asbestos in
17
A. I can't speak to that I'm not sure how that
17 Dentistry their takeaway was that the problem was not
18 process would work
18 with Kerr's products
19
Q. Well you know --
19
A. No. There is a potential for asbestos exposure
20
A.
He may
--
20 if the product is not used properly that's what was the
21
Q. You know that the president makes the decision
21 takeaway
2222 You know that right
22
Q. What the article says
and if you look on the
2222
A. Ultimately
23 first page the right column the first complete
2222
Q. The buck stops there right
24 sentence beginning with Also Do you see that
2222
A. Yes
25
A. Yes
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Q. It says
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Also exposure to airborne fibers may
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3
occur in dental laboratories where asbestos
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is used to line casting rings or crucibles
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for casting machines and in general is kept
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in the laboratory in large rolls Here the
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7
danger lies in the tendency for personnel to
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8
carelessly cut sections off these rolls and
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9
thus release asbestos into the ambient air
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Did I read that correctly
10
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A. That's correct
11
12
Q. They are talking about a product sold by Kerr
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13 true
13
14
A. Correct
14
15
Q. Kerr sold asbestos tape in rolls for use by
15
16 dentists true
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17
A. True
17
18
Q. For a dentist or a lab technician to use that
18
19 tape they had to tear the tape to a piece --
19
20
A. No they did not have to tear it They were
20
21 supposed to cut the tape
21
22222
Q. Oh sorry Did -- did Kerr Corporation put a | 22
22222 warning on their asbestos tape boxes saying to cut the
23
24 tape not to tear it
24
22222
A. No.
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agree
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A. I don't know that he said yea yea you've got
the stamp of approval We set about trying to find a
substitute
Q. Okay And there was a lot of work involved in finding a substitute for asbestos correct
A. Correct
Q. Several different departments were involved
correct
A. Yes
Q. Mr. Kovac was in charge of the program true A. I don't know that he maintained responsibility throughout the whole program no Q. At some point Jack Everard the manager of purchasing got involved
A. Correct
Q. So the purchasing department got involved because they had to find an alternative some sort of product that could be used as a liner that didn't have asbestos right
A. Correct
Q. Once the manager of purchasing got that material it had to be sent to the research and development people so they could test it right
A. Correct
1
Q. Was there any --
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2
A. In the directions for inlay I think
2 took some time for research and development to find a
3 Cristobalite inlay it said that the tape was cut
3 suitable replacement for the asbestos tape true
4
Q. Okay So are -- are you saying that there's an
4
A. Correct
5 important difference to Kerr between cutting or tearing
5
Q. When the -- part of the decision in finding a
6 the tape
6 replacement for the asbestos tape was how much to charge
7
A. Well that's what they're saying here If it's
7 for the replacement right
8 carelessly cut or torn there's a chance for asbestos to | 8
9 be released in the air if it's done carelessly
9
A. I have no idea about that decision process
Q. Well you know that the cost of materials is
10
Q. What they're saying is that that's what people
10 something taken into account when setting the price of a
11 are doing in the labs right
11 product right
12
A. If they do it carelessly correct
12
A. True
13
Q. Okay So are you suggesting that if people would | 13
Q. You can't sell the product for less than the cost
14 have just followed Kerr's instructions and cut the tape | 14 of the materials or you won't make money right
15 then there wouldn't have been a problem
15
A. True
16
A. No.
16
Q. So if the asbestos tape is more or less expensive
17
Q. Okay What did people in that meeting recommend
17 than the replacement that's something that has to be
18 when they got this information
18 taken into account when setting the price of the
19
A. The recommendation from Kovac was that this isn't | 19 product right
222222 going in the right direction it looks like asbestos has | 20
MR REYEN Objection argumentative lacks
222222 got a hazardous problem with it and we need to get a
21 ~~ foundation
222222 replacement
22
THE WITNESS That wasn't the goal to find a
222222
Q. Anything else
23 more economical solution The goal was to replace
222222
A. Not that I can recall That's 50 years ago
24 asbestos
222222
Q. Okay Did the president of Kerr Corporation
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Q. I'm not suggesting it was the goal to find more | 2
3 economical solution I'm suggesting that whatever the
3
4 solution was had to be taken into account in the pricing | 4
5 of the product true
5
6
A. True
6
7
Q. If the replacement costs two bucks and you're
7
8 charging $ for the product you're not going to make
8
9 money like that right
9
10
A. Correct
10
11
Q. So we've got purchasing involved research and
11
12 development Who would handle pricing issues Is that
12
13 marketing or is that finance
13
14
A. Marketing
14
15
Q. So marketing is involved Whenever they find a
15
16 replacement they got to change all the price sheets and | 16
17 all the catalogs right
17
18
A. Correct
18
19
Q. Is that marketing also
19
20
A. Yes
20
21
Q. Whenever Kerr D finds that one of the materials | 21
22222 purchasing sends them isn't working they have got to
22
22222 communicate that to purchasing right
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A. Correct
24
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Q. When they find the thing that does work they
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that are working to replace asbestos true
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MR REYEN Objection lacks foundation calls
for speculation
THE WITNESS It was communication by taking -- I
can tell you what happened Jack Everard would get a
sample in and he would walk it down to technical
research and say Here try this one And then they
would cast it and see if it worked or not And they'd
say to Jack No lousy
BY MR JONES
Q. Did they -- this is research and development
right A. Yeah it's one or two people Q. And the research and development department hired
people that were trained in the scientific method
right A. I don't know what their criteria was for hiring
people Q. Well when you're doing research and development
research means looking into stuff right
A. Correct
Q. Development means developing something based on
your research right A. Your products yep Q. Yep And then you're telling me they're doing
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1 have to communicate that to purchasing right
1 testing of these different products right
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A. Right
2
A. Actual casting
3
Q. And then that's got to be communicated to the
3
Q. Yeah And you're saying that the research and
4 marketing people right They're the ones that are
4 development department at Kerr Corporation didn't write
5 going to sell it
5 things down
6
A. They weren't in the loop during the development
6
A. I can't speak to that
7 process During the sampling and testing process
7
Q. Well I mean so they never kept notes they
8 marketing wasn't even involved in that process at that
8 didn't have log books or journals or anything like that
9 time
9
A. I have --
10
Q. They find out at the end
10
MR REYEN Objection
11
A. Exactly
11
THE WITNESS -- no idea That's not -- that was
12
Q. Okay Now the executives the people that were
12 not my responsibility I don't know
13 in that meeting they're staying apprised of the
13
BY MR JONES
14 development of the nonasbestos replacement right
14
Q. None of these different departments sent
15
A. Yes
15 memoranda to each other about how the process was going
16
Q. So the president of Kerr Corporation is keeping
16
A. I can't speak for other departments I know what
17 tabs on it right
17 happened within purchasing and production that's it
18
A. I don't know if he was directly keeping tabs I
18
Q. Okay You're off to the side a little bit on
19 can't speak to that
19
your video I need you to --
20
Q. Well he was in the meetings where you're talking | 20
A. Okay I just got this thing in front of me I
21 about it right
21 can't see the picture
22
A. He was in the meeting but I don't know what he
22
Q. That's all right That's all right
23 did after that I can't speak to his -- what he did
23
Okay So are you telling me that there was a
22
Q. I agree During this time period there's a lot | 24 meeting where someone brought in an article published in
25 of communication between these different departments
25
the American -- I mean your -- almost all of Kerr's
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2
A. Correct
2
correct
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Q. It's got dental in the name right
4
A. Correct
3
Q. Yeah
4
A. Yes
5
Q. So
5
Q. And you had to keep -- if you wanted to buy
6
A. Not all the products that they recommended
6 something new you had to have a record of how much that
7
correct
7 cost right
8
Q. So --
8
A. Correct
9
A. Periodontal paste was the main focus of the
9
Q. So if you wanted to get some material different
10 article
10 from asbestos you would have to have something written
11
Q. We talked about that In one sentence the first 11 down saying how much it cost in comparison to asbestos
12 thing it says is periodontal paste The second thing it 12 right
13 says is the asbestos products sold by Kerr Corporation
13
A. I don't know at that point whether they even
14 which is asbestos liner for casting rings and crucibles | 14 looked at cost They were looking for materials that
15 right
15 would work
16
A. Correct But my point was that the only product
16
Q. At some point they had to look at cost because
17 that they decertified was the periodontal paste They
17 they had to know how much to charge for the thing
18 did not say anything about asbestos rolls
19 decertification
18 = right
19
A. Only when they found a material that would work
2222
Q. Okay Meaning you could keep selling it if you
20
Q. Fair enough So if they were charging $ with
21 wanted to
21 the asbestos and the nonasbestos thing was more
2222
A. They did not tell us to stop selling it correct | 22 expensive they might have to change that price right
23
Q. And Kerr in 1976 did not stop selling it true
23
A. sure I don't make those decisions Okay
24
A. True
24
Q. I agree But at some point there would be
22
Q. So is it your testimony that a vice president
25 something written down about this is the cost of
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1 brings an article into an executive meeting with other
1 asbestos this is the cost of the new product this is
2 vice presidents and the president of the company --
2 the cost that it's going to be for us to make it this
3
A. They weren't --
3 is what we should charge for the new product -- right
4
MR REYEN Asked and answered
4
MR REYEN Lacks foundation calls for
5
MR JONES Wait till I'm done
5 speculation compound argumentative
6
Q. Is it your testimony that the head of regulatory
6
THE WITNESS I can't speak to that
7 and quality assurance brings an article to an executive
7
BY MR JONES
8 meeting that includes the president of the company that
8
Q. What do you mean you can't speak to it You were
9 that article says that an ingredient in one of Kerr's
9 in the planning department You were in production --
10 products has the ability to cause cancer in that
10
A. I don't --
11 meeting the suggestion is made to change the product
11
Q. -- this was your job
12 the management committee puts the wheels in motion to
12
A. I don't decide when to change prices when to
13 change the product they involve purchasing research
13 mark up products that's not my role
14 and development quality assurance to change the
14
Q. But you do communicate the information about the
15
product and there were no memoranda or notes or other
15 cost of production to the people that do set prices
16 documents written down involved in that process
16 true
17
MR REYEN Objection compound question
17
A. Communicate -- individual products no
18
THE WITNESS I cannot speak to that I know
18
Q. Okay So is it your testimony that nobody wrote
19 what we did in purchasing and that's -- I don't know
19 anything down about this article that says the Kerr
20 what other departments did in terms of notes
20 product has an ingredient that causes cancer Nobody
21 departments whatever
21 wrote that down
22
BY MR JONES
22
A. I can't speak to that Like I said I don't
23
Q. Well in purchasing you for sure had records
23 know
24 You had to keep track of how much you were paying for
24
Q. Okay In 1976 --
25 stuff right
25
A. Are we done with the article Can I take it down
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2
Q. No we're not
2
3
A. Okay
3
4
Q. In 1976 -- well yeah you can take it down
4
5 Yeah go ahead and take it down
5
6
A. Okay
6
7
Q. Why did Kerr want to -- why did the Kerr
7
8 executives in 1976 decide to change the tape from
8
9
asbestos to nonasbestos
9
10
A. Because the asbestos had the potential to become
10
11 airborne be hazardous
11
12
Q. They were worried about dentists or dentist lab
12
13 technicians getting hurt
13
14
A. I can't -- I don't know what -- I can't say that
14
15 they were
15
16
Q.
I mean --
16
17
A. Dentists --
17
18
Q. I mean was the -- in the meeting were they
18
19 concerned that oh no our product might hurt people
19
20
A. I can't say that I don't think that was
20
21
Q. Well when they got this article they weren't
21
22 worried that someone might work with Kerr asbestos tape | 22
222 that's discussed in the article and that they might get | 23
24 the diseases discussed in the article like lung cancer
24
25 or mesothelioma
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Q. What was the hazard
A. Exactly what we just read Q. Cancer right Right
A. Pardon me
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Q. Cancer
MR REYEN Calls for expert opinion
MR JONES Cancer was a hazard
THE WITNESS It was hazardous let's put it that
way BY MR JONES
Q. Well but you knew This article said it's hazardous because it can cause asbestosis and fibrosis lung cancer and pleural and peritoneal mesotheliomas
true
A. That's what the article said but I don't -- I
didn't -- I didn't say that
Q. I understand So did somebody in that room say We should test our tape and find out if it releases
asbestos
A. I don't know if they did or not quite frankly Q. Did somebody say We need to do some more
research and find out how bad this asbestos is
A. I don't know I can't speak to that Q. If dentists using Kerr's asbestos tape got hurt from it after this article came out that would be a
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MR REYEN Lacks foundation calls for
1
2 speculation calls for the state of mind of other
2
3 persons
3
4
THE WITNESS Again I can't -- I can't speak for
4
5 others I don't know what their thinking was
5
6
BY MR JONES
6
7
Q. Well I'm asking you what they did Did anybody
7
8 in the room say something to the effect of Oh no our
8
9 product might hurt people we better do something about
9
10 it
10
11
MR REYEN Objection calls for hearsay
11
12
THE WITNESS The only thing that was said in
12
13 that vein was that our product did have a potential for
13
14 fibers being exposed and looks -- didn't look very good
14
15 for the future and let's get out of it let's get it
15
16 = replaced
16
BY MR JONES
17
18
Q. What do you mean it didn't look good for the
18
19 = future
19
222222
MR REYEN Objection misstates testimony
20
222222
THE WITNESS There was a potential for the
21
222222 asbestos tape to give off fibers that's what we meant
22
222222 BY MR JONES
23
222222
Q. And what does -- why is that bad
24
25
A. Because it was showing that it could be a hazard | 25
problem for Kerr right
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MR REYEN Objection calls for speculation
MR JONES What was the answer
THE WITNESS Could be
BY MR JONES
Q. Why would that be a problem A. Just what you said they got exposed to something Q. And why would that be a problem for Kerr A. I don't know where you're going What do you
want
Q. You seem to be looking off to the side And I don't have a video on the other attorney so I don't know if you're looking at him or --
A. No I'm I'm not looking at Richard or anybody --
Q. -- anything like that going on this is going --
A. No
Q. -- big problem I'm just letting you know You're kind of pausing and looking off - -
A. No.
Q. -- it's going to be a big problem if that's what's going on
MR REYEN Okay Ask a question and you can talk about big problems later
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2
MR REYEN You were asking him to speculate on
2
3 what could happen if something happened after your
3
4 client stopped using the product
4
5
MR JONES That Keith is just so smart I can't
5
6 come up with a comeback for him I wish I had something | 6
7
snappy
7
8
Q. Kerr understood that it could be liable for
8
9 people that got hurt from this asbestos product right
9
10
A. I don't know That's way beyond my scope
10
11
Q. Well you personally knew about lawsuits back
11
12 then right
12
13
A. No this -- no
13
14
Q. You'd never heard of a lawsuit before
14
15
A. Kerr lawsuits on asbestos no
15
16
Q. I agree there weren't any then But you'd heard | 16
17 of lawsuits right
17
18
A. Lawsuits are common knowledge
18
19
Q. Yeah And Kerr has been sued before not for
19
20 asbestos but for other things --
20
21
A. Not aware --
21
22
Q. -- right
22
23
A. -- of it I was not aware of it
23
24
Q. You'd never heard of Kerr being sued about
24
25 anything
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true
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A. The asbestos was not our expertise area was supplied by vendors other companies that
manufactured the asbestos We were not --
That
Q. Okay A. We were not experts in asbestos Q. Well Kerr was experts in chemicals right
MR REYEN Objection overbroad MR JONES Right THE WITNESS No I don't -- I wouldn't call us experts in chemicals
BY MR JONES
Q. Your first job was a planner in the chemical division right
A. Correct
Q. Employees at Kerr Corporation worked with dangerous chemicals every day right
A. I don't -- I don't believe that's totally true Q. Kerr knew how to protect its employees from chemicals right A. It's so vague I don't know what you're referring to What chemicals what -- how to protect from what Q. Any chemicals A. Fire hazards tornadoes or what It's vague Q. Did Kerr work with chemicals that caused
1
A. No I did not
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2
Q. Okay But you had heard of lawsuits right
2
3
A. Correct
3
4
Q. I mean you'd heard that if somebody slips and
4
5 falls in a grocery store they might bring a lawsuit
5
6 right
6
7
A. Correct
7
8
Q. And you'd heard maybe if somebody got in a car
8
9 accident and ended somebody else there could be a
9
10 = lawsuit right
10
11
A. Correct
11
12
Q. And you knew if somebody sold a product that hurt | 12
13 somebody there could be a lawsuit right
13
14
A. Correct
14
15
Q. And in 1976 Kerr knows that it's selling a
15
16 product that the American Dental Association says could
16
17 hurt somebody right
17
18
A. Possibly
18
19
Q. Okay So in 1976 there's a possibility that
19
20 Kerr can be sued if people get sick from the asbestos in | 20
21 ~~ the tape right
21
22
A. Correct
22
23
Q. And Kerr didn't do anything to make dentists or
23
22 dental technicians or anything else aware of the
24
25 asbestos hazards of the asbestos tape that Kerr sold
25
tornadoes
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A. No. I mean you said Kerr works to protect their people with chemicals I don't know --
Q. No. I'm sorry -A. -- it's so vague -- it's so vague I don't know
what you're referring to Q. Kerr knew how to protect its employees from the
dangerous chemicals they worked with true A. True if they worked with any Q. Right And Kerr had people whose job was to make
sure that Kerr's employees weren't hurt by the chemicals they worked with right
A. Someone was responsible correct Q. So Kerr Corporation was familiar with working with chemicals that could be dangerous right A. I don't know if I would classify any of the chemicals we made for impression materials to be
dangerous
Q. Okay A. -- quite frankly Q. Well the only way they would know is if they
looked up information about the chemical to find out if
it was dangerous or not right A. Or the supplier provided that information
correct
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Q. Okay Kerr certainly had the ability to research
1
2 the hazards of different chemicals right
2
3
A. I can't say they did I was in manufacturing
3
4
Q. Well when you started Kerr was in Detroit
4
5 Michigan
5
6
A. Yes
6
7
Q. Detroit Michigan is near two major universities
7
8 right
8
9
A. Correct
9
10
Q. Detroit Michigan has libraries right
10
11
A. Correct
11
12
Q. Kerr could have sent someone to a library to do
12
13 research on a chemical if they wanted to right
13
14
A. If they needed to correct
14
15
Q. Okay The reason Kerr decided to stop selling
15
16 asbestos is because it did not want to be sued true
16
17
MR REYEN Misstates testimony lacks
17
18 foundation
18
19
THE WITNESS I don't know that that's the reason | 19
20 we stopped selling asbestos We just wanted to make
20
21 sure we didn't expose the company to potential hazardous | 21
22222 material
22
23
MR JONES Well -- go ahead
23
24
THE WITNESS It always said it was a potential
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its customers the dentists and dental technicians working with them true
MR REYEN Lacks foundation calls for speculation And when you say what Kerr did it makes it sound like you're asking for his testimony as a person most knowledgeable about what Kerr thought which is not what this deposition is today
THE WITNESS I just can't -- I can't speak to that whole -- the logic of what you're just saying why we -- why we stopped asbestos
BY MR JONES
Q. Well if Kerr was really worried about the health of its customers the dentists and the dental technicians then they would have done more to protect them right
MR REYEN Objection -THE WITNESS I can't speak to that
BY MR JONES Q. What's that
A. That's not my knowledge base Q. Well you know that when the asbestos tape came from the suppliers to Kerr it was in packaging already marked with Kerr's name on it right
A. Yes
Q. Kerr's the one that decided what to write on the
1
BY MR JONES
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1 boxes of asbestos tape or the bags true
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2
Q. Your employees in the factory didn't really
2
A. Yes
3 handle it though It was in a package whenever they
3
Q. In 1976 when Mr. Kovac brought the article into
4 handled it They -- it was in a package in one box and | 4 the executive meeting Kerr didn't start putting
5 then they moved it in a package to another box right
5 warnings on the asbestos tape that went out to
6
A. Yes
6 customers true
7
Q. The people that were working with this hazardous
7
A. True we did not nor did the vendors
8 thing were the dentists and the dental technicians
8
Q. And I'm asking about Kerr The meeting we're
9 right
9 talking about is in 1976 with Kerr executives true
10
A. Yes
10
A. True
11
Q. And Kerr was worried that one of those dentists
11
Q. In 1976 the president of Kerr had the ability if
12 could get sick and sue Kerr right
12 he wanted to to start putting warnings on the asbestos
13
A. I don't know if that was in the forefront of
13 tape true
14 their thinking all the time
14
A. That would -- I can't speak for him If that was
15
Q. But it was part of it
15 his goal yes
16
A. Could be
16
Q. He did not do that true
17
Q. We know that Kerr didn't do it to protect
17
A. True
18 dentists and dental technicians true
18
Q. From 1976 until asbestos was phased out Kerr
19
A. Didn't do what now
19 never put a warning on the product about asbestos true
222222
Q. Kerr didn't -- Kerr didn't do anything because it | 20
222222
was worried about dentists and dental -- dental --
21
A. True
Q. In fact Kerr made no effort Kerr didn't do
222222
strike that When Kerr found out -- strike that
22 anything to inform its customers that the asbestos tape
222222
When Kerr made the decision to stop using
23 could hurt you true
222222 asbestos with its investment materials it did not make
24
A. True
222222 that decision because it was worried about the health of | 25
Q. Kerr dealt with suppliers to sell its products
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2
A. Manufacturers yes
2
3
Q. Well it dealt with suppliers like Henry Schein
3
4 or Patterson or Buffalo Dental those kind of companies
4
5 right
5
6
A. Distributors yes
6
7
Q. And Kerr would train those distributors about
7
8 Kerr's products so that they would be able to sell them
8
9 right
9
10
A. I don't -- that's not my job I don't know
10
11
Q. You've previously testified that Kerr trained the | 11
12 distributors about the products Do you recall that
12
13
A. I don't recall that
13
14
MR JONES Okay
14
15
MR REYEN As far as I know there's no question | 15
16 pending
16
17
MR JONES That's correct
17
18
Q. Mr. Girling I want to refresh your recollection
18
19 about this if I can So I've put up -- hopefully you
19
20 can see it -- a copy of your deposition taken in the
20
21
Witkowski case That was a California case out of
21
22222 San Francisco County July 15 2004. Do you see it
22
22222
A. Yes 210 pages
23
24
Q. Yes sir And it says Deposition of Larry
24
22222 Girling That's you right
25
74..77
products
Page 76 It didn't say -- it's not specific to the
asbestos products
Q. I agree
A. I think that was your question before was we
provided training on the asbestos products to the
dealers and I -- I don't recall that
Q. My question did not have to do with asbestos but
I appreciate the confusion
My question is Kerr provided training about its
products to distributors and salespeople right
A. Correct
Q. Kerr wanted its distributors and salespeople to know their products so that they could sell them right
A. I assume that's why they did it Q. And Kerr for sure wanted to sell products right A. Always Q. Yeah And the distributors and salespeople are the ones that actually met with the people that bought the products right
A. Correct
Q. So they were in between you Kerr and the dentists right
A. Correct
Q. Kerr never provided any training to its
distributors about the asbestos hazards associated with
1
A. Correct
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1 tape true
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2
MR REYEN Is it large enough for you to read
2
A. I can't speak to that I'm not aware of any
3 Larry
3
Q. Kerr went to the American Dental Association
4
THE WITNESS I'm going to make it a little
4 trade show every year in Chicago
5 bigger now Okay
5
A. They did attend it I don't know if every year
6
BY MR JONES
6 or what but
7
Q. So this is your testimony in a prior case right
7
Q. Had a booth
8
A. Okay
8
A. Correct
9
Q. Is that true
9
Q. The idea was at the American Dental Association
10
A. I yes If I said it in a deposition as
10 trade show that they would interact with people that
11 testimony then I default to the testimony quite
11 might buy their dental products right
12 ~~ frankly
13
Q. Fair enough
Can you go to Page 161 of the
12
A. I don't -- I can't say the motive for the show
13 but they were there
14 deposition You're going to have to scroll down Let
14
Q. It's a trade show right
15 me know when you're there
15
A. Trade -- yes competitors were there
16
A. I'm at 150
16
Q. Right And the idea was that Kerr would be at
17
Q. Keep going
17 this trade show to hopefully trade their products
18
A. There 161
18 = right
19
Q. 161 around Line 15 you talk about Kerr providing | 19
A. Correct
20 training to the distributors Do you see that
20
Q. Kerr never informed anyone at these ADA trade
21
A. Yes
21 shows about what it learned about the hazards of
22
Q. Okay Does that reflect your recollection that
23 Kerr provided training about its products to its
24 distributors
25
A. Yeah a -- we did train sales reps on our
22 asbestos in its products right
23
A. I don't know I don't know
24
Q. Did Kerr ever take the asbestos tape off the
25 shelves whenever it found a replacement
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A. Can you say that again
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Q. Yeah Did Kerr ever take the asbestos tape off
3 the shelves whenever it found a replacement
4
A. Take --
5
Q. Like recall it
6
A. Not that I'm aware of
7
Q. So whenever Kerr came up with the nonasbestos
8 tape did they take all the rest of their asbestos tape
9 in inventory and throw it away
10
A. It was -- the new tape was phased in as we ran
11 out of -- as the new tape became available it was put
12 into production right away because it them took time
13 to -- for the developers to get the tape process down
14 pat
15
Q. So the new tape was phased in and the old
16 asbestos tape was phased out
17
A. Correct
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2
Q. Do you know what the Federal Register is
3
A. Federal Register for what
4
Q. The Federal Register where the federal government
5 prints laws and notifications and requests for hearing
6 in the Federal Register
7
A. not familiar with it no
8
Q. Okay Who in Kerr had responsibility to review
9 the Federal Register to determine whether there were any
10 labeling requirements with respect to
11 containing products
12
A. I don't know
13
Q. Mr. Girling I've just displayed your deposition
14 in the Girling -- pardon me -- in the Blackledge case
15 That -- I think this is the first deposition you ever
16
gave in an asbestos case out of Louisiana Can you see
it
18
Q. And the way the old -- so the new tape was sold
18
A. I see it
19 once the old tape was gone
19
Q. Okay And then at the top it says the
20
A. No. The new tape was put into production as soon | 20 deposition of Larry Girling Do you see that
21 as we could get it available by size
21
A. Yeah it's handwritten in
22222
Q. So did you throw away the asbestos tape that
22
Q. Yeah And that's you right
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A. Correct
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Q. Okay And this is your testimony
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THE WITNESS I -- I can't speak to that We
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MR REYEN
Page 81 Why don't -- you want him to read the
2 because it got delivered every month every 30 days so
2 whole thing You know assuming Trey that it is an
3 the quantities would be very small
3 accurate thing we will testify as to -- we will
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Q. Did you -- did Kerr call its distributors and
4 stipulate to the authenticity of it We won't waive any
5 tell them to take the asbestos tape off the shelves and
5 relevant objections but we'll stipulate to the
6 start selling the new nonasbestos tape
6 authenticity of it but
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A. I don't know
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MR JONES Okay I'm just -- look at the first
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Q. There would be some record of that right
8 page it asks the full name and I'm just asking the
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A. I don't know
9 witness -- I'll do it
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Q. Back to Ken Kovac You would agree with me that
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one of the roles of the quality assurance group was to
12 stay abreast of all the Federal Regulations true
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A. True
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Q. If you look at the second page of the document
11 the beginning of the questioning you can see that this
12 is a deposition of you true
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A. True
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Q. One of the ways that Kerr's quality assurance
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Q. Okay And you're testifying on behalf of Kerr
15 group stayed abreast of Federal Regulations was to read
15 Corporation You can see that at the bottom of that
16 the Federal Register correct
16 page right
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MR REYEN Objection lacks foundation calls
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A. You mean as a person of knowledge or what
18 for speculation --
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Q. Actually when this is taken you're still
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THE WITNESS I can't --
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Q. If you can please go to page -- it's going to be
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A. Okay I've got 24
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A. Yes
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Q. Okay Around Line 6 you're asked about OSHA
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BY MR JONES
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Q. Okay Can you see what I've marked as
Exhibit No. 2
A. Yes
Q. What is Exhibit No. 2
A. It says it's a Federal Register Highlights of
This Issue
Q. And what's the date on it A. June 7th 1972
Q. So it was Ken Kovac's job at Kerr to monitor this publication right
A. Correct
Q. And in 19 -- on June 7 1972 Kerr Corporation is selling asbestos tape to dentists and dental technicians to use in casting gold true
A. Yeah whatever they were casting I'm not sure what they were casting
Q. And in 1972 Kerr is buying rolls of asbestos tape and strips of asbestos tape and its employees are taking that tape and putting it in individual packages to ship to customers right
A. Correct
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2 the Federal Register to determine whether there were any
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4 containing products
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Your answer at Line 20 The QA group Kovac's
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6 group basically Did I read that correctly
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A. Correct
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Q. Okay So does that refresh your recollection
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9 that it was Ken Kovac's job as the vice president of
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10 quality assurance to monitor the Federal Register
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A. Correct
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Q. Okay So if there was something in the Federal
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13 Register talking about one of Kerr's products Kerr had
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someone employed to find that stuff and communicate it
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A. It -- yes
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Page 85 Q. Okay So if the Federal Register had some requirement that Kerr was to warn about asbestos it was Ken Kovac's job to communicate that to the company right
MR REYEN Objection over -- well if Ken Kovac was in that position at this time
THE WITNESS Yeah it --
BY MR JONES
Q. If not him somebody Whoever is in charge of quality assurance is supposed to make sure that Kerr is following regulations right
A. Correct
MR JONES of the document
Can you please go to the sixth page
MR REYEN Well Mr. -- Mr. Girling before
today have you ever seen this document
MR JONES Wait No no no You'll do that on
= redirect
MR REYEN
No but you're -- this is improper
examination --
MR JONES You can do that on redirect You're
not examining him during my examination Now if you want to suspend the deposition you can suspend it And that's exactly what I'm going to do if you start interrupting my examination
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MR REYEN Well you can do what you want but
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this is not the proper use -- this is not the proper use | 2
3 of a document and it's not the proper -- it's not
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4 proper examination
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MR JONES Well make your objection
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MR REYEN I just made it Go ahead
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MR JONES All right Thank you
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Q. Okay Are you on the sixth page Mr. Girling
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A. Yes
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Q. On the hand column about the middle it says | 10
11 Title 29 Labor Chapter XVII Occupational Safety and
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12 Health Administration Department of Labor Part 1910
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13 Occupational Safety and Health Standards and then it
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14 says Standard for Exposure to Asbestos Dust Did I read | 14
15 that correctly
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A. Correct
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Q. And Kerr --
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For --
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A. No. But is that what this is for is OSHA's
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published in the Federal Register on January 12 1972. Did I read that correctly
A. Correct
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Q. So what they're saying is two things were published in the Federal Register about asbestos before this the emergency standard and then they asked for
comments right MR REYEN Lacks foundation calls for
speculation beyond the scope of this person's presence
here --
THE WITNESS I can't speak to what they're doing what OSHA's -- what -- what their sequence was
BY MR JONES
Q. Well this is my point If Kerr had someone whose job it was to monitor the Federal Register for regulations that applied to it this is saying that there were two other things published about asbestos in the Federal Register right
A. Two other things published --
Q. Yeah
A. -- that they -- they -- OSHA was establishing
their OSHA limits for exposure to asbestos fibers in the
dental laboratories also by the way who are subject
to that and in the dental office
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Q. Not just manufacturers but people that use it
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MR REYEN I don't know that that's correct I
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Q. Which -A. And -- and the manufacturer also
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Q. What's your point
A. We were not a manufacturer That's what it
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5 object to that Ask a question but you know again I
5 this OSHA spec did not apply to our plants
6 don't think this is a proper line of questioning And
6
Q. Are you saying it's the dentists fault
7 you're not -- it's an improper use of the document
7
A. No. I'm saying the dentist was under the same
8
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8 OSHA guidelines
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Q. Okay So Kerr was familiar with OSHA right
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Q. So --
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A. OSHA came out in 1972
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A. -- to make sure -- make sure that the fiber
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Q. And Kerr was familiar with that right
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exposure was not above the limits when he -- when he
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A. We worked with OSHA yes
12 made his castings in his lab
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Q. Okay And Kerr had employees that were subject
13
Q. Okay So what you're saying is that it's the
14 to OSHA regulations right
14 dentists fault if they're exposed to asbestos while
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A. Correct
15 working with asbestos tape --
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Q. Okay And if you look at the -- under the title | 16
A. I did not say that I did not say that I
17 it says
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On December 7 1971 an emergency
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temporary standard concerning exposure to
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asbestos fibers was published in the Federal
20 guidelines the same way any manufacturer was
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Register In accordance with the Section 6
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Q. Okay So what you're saying is that it's -- the
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Safety and Health Act of 1970 a notice of
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25 abide by -- abide by OSHA guidelines as well as any
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Q. Okay --
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MR REYEN Okay If that's the question we're
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4 going to take a break here for five minutes
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MR JONES Sure
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THE VIDEOGRAPHER 2:50 p.m. we are off the
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THE VIDEOGRAPHER Okay We're back on the
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Q. Okay Mr. Girling did you have a chance to talk | 12
13 to your lawyers over the break
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A. I talked to Richard
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16 = any further
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A. No I did not
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Q. Okay Can you scroll over to the middle column
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19 the bottom paragraph of that same page starts with No
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MR REYEN Okay I'm going to object This is
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duration is causally related to asbestosis and cancers MR REYEN Same objections
MR JONES I'm not done
Q. The dispute is as to the determination of a specific level below which exposure is safe
Did I read that correctly
A. Yes
Q. Okay If you go to the right column second full paragraph so it's kind of toward the middle it says
In view ... Do you see that A. Yes
Q. In view of the undisputed grave consequences from exposure to asbestos fibers it is essential that the exposure be regulated now on the basis of the best evidence available now even though it may not be as good as scientifically desirable
Did I read that correctly
A. Correct
Q. And then at the bottom of the paragraph it says Lives of employees are at stake
Did I read that correctly
A. Correct
Q. Kerr didn't put a -- well strike that
Can you go to the next to last page of the document
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A. Yep
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Q. On the right column kind of toward the
3 examination
3 upper middle there's something that says Caution
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MR JONES I actually established that he had
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Labels Do you see that
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never seen it before today
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A. Yes
6
MR REYEN Yeah so why do you keep asking him
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Q. Okay It says Caution Labels Labeling
7 questions about it
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Caution labels shall be affixed to all
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MR JONES You know why If you didn't know
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raw materials mixtures scrap waste debris
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you wouldn't care
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and other products containing asbestos
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MR REYEN Well you know he is not -- he is
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fibers or to their containers except that no
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not here as an expert witness He is not here as a PMK
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label is required where asbestos fibers have
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for Kerr You have not established that he is familiar
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been modified by a bonding agent coating
13 with OSHA or who it applied to and under what
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binder or other material so that during any
14 circumstances it applied
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reasonably foreseeable use handling
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But go ahead I reserve -- those objections will | 15
16 relate to this entire line of questioning which I think | 16
17 is harassing and wasting time
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storage disposal processing or transportation no airborne concentrations
of asbestos fibers in excess of the exposure
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MR JONES I will stipulate to a running
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limits prescribed in Paragraph B of this
19 objection
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section will be released
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Q. All right Mr. Girling are you with me
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Did I read that correctly
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A. Yes
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Yes
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Q. Okay So this document published in the Federal | 22
Q. And then under that -- well let me ask you so
23 Register on June 7 1972 that middle column at the
23 the asbestos tape I mean it wasn't -- it wasn't dipped
24 bottom says No one has disputed that exposure to
24 in rubber or plastic or anything It wasn't covered in
25 asbestos of high enough intensity and long enough
25 cement It was just a tape right
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MR REYEN Objection lacks foundation calls
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2 for speculation
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THE WITNESS I don't know the formulation that
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4 the manufacturers used to make the tape
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BY MR JONES
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Q. Well I'm not asking you the formulation You
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saw it with your own two eyes right
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A. Well I --
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MR REYEN Objection -- objection He doesn't
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MR JONES I just -- I'm just asking about his
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MR REYEN He is not here -- you can establish
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14 whether or not he is familiar with the chemical
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15 composition the constituents the binders that were
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16 used with it if he knows but if he doesn't know he
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A. Okay
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Q. Now my question to you is you personally saw
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4 with your own two eyes the asbestos tape right
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A. I saw some tape yes
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Q. And it wasn't covered in rubber or cement or
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7 plastic right
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A. Correct
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Q. Okay Now if you look below there's a caution
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10 It says Caution Contains Asbestos Fibers Avoid
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12 Bodily Harm
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Did I read that correctly
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A. Correct
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Q. Did Kerr ever put that warning on its products
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16 that included asbestos tape
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MR TAURAS I'm going to object
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THE REPORTER I'm sorry Is there an objection | 18
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MR JONES It sounds like an objection was made
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MR TAURAS I'm objecting Assumes facts
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THE REPORTER I can't hear
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MR TAURAS All right Note my objection
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Assumes facts not in evidence MR JONES Yes
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Can you hear that
THE REPORTER Yes
MR TAURAS BY MR JONES
Okay
Thank you
Sorry about that
Q. All right Do you have my question in mind because I forgot it
A. No I don't know Q. All right The same objection will apply
Mr. Girling you would agree with me that Kerr never put the warning in this Federal Register OSHA document on its asbestos tape products right
A. We never put warnings correct Q. So after this was published in the Federal Register in 1972 Kerr didn't do anything different right
A. Correct
Q. Kerr kept selling asbestos tape true
A. Yes
Q. It didn't put a warning on it true
A. True
Q. And it didn't do anything to tell dentists or dental technicians that the asbestos could hurt people
true
A. True
Page 97 Q. Okay Now Kerr was first sued in asbestos litigation in around 1990 or 1991 right
A. I don't know for a fact
Q. Well it's around -- 1990 or 1991 is around when lawyers asked you to do a search in Kerr Corporation's files to find documents about asbestos right
A. Yes
Q. Okay And you knew that the reason that you were doing that was because Kerr had been sued right
A. Correct
Q. Okay The search was for sales records purchase records specifications brochures or anything dealing with asbestos products right
A. It was very broad
Q. And you were one of the people that did that search You personally worked on it right
A. Or the purchasing department correct Q. Well my understanding is that Kerr went to each department and asked for them to search for all the records right A. Anything that said something to do with asbestos
correct
Q. And whatever you found you packaged up and sent to Sybron right
A. No. We gave it to Kovac
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Q. My understanding of your testimony is that all
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A. I believe Kovac forwarded them
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Q. Okay And Sybron was the parent company of Kerr
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5 Corporation at that time in 1990 or '91
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A. Correct
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Q. Okay --
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MR REYEN Actually can I have that question
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Record read)
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MR REYEN Okay Your question lacks
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MR JONES You can tell me
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MR REYEN It was Sybron International I
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MR JONES All right All I know is I sent them | 16
17 a subpoena and they didn't respond to it and I moved
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are the documents you located in 1990 or
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it was Okay
A. Okay
MR JONES All right We'll go off the record
So what -- however much -- about how much time you think
you need
THE WITNESS 15 minutes
MR JONES and come back
All right
We'll give you 15 minutes
THE VIDEOGRAPHER Okay The time is twelve
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I'm sorry -- 3:20 p.m. We are off the record
Recess from 12:20 p.m. to 12:30 p.m.
THE VIDEOGRAPHER Okay We're back on the
record and the time is 12:30 -- or I'm sorry --
3:30 p.m.
BY MR JONES
Q. Mr. Girling I have attached 52 pages of documents as Exhibit 3 to the deposition Can you tell
me what is Exhibit 3
A. Exhibit 3 where -- all 52 are Exhibit 33
Q. Yes Collectively what is -- what is it A. Documents found at Kerr Corporation Q. Okay Are these the documents that you found in
your search in 1990 or 1991 A. I found the first two
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MR JONES I can subpoena all day
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Q. Okay Mr. Girling I'm going to show you what
3 was represented to me to be everything you found when
4 you searched for asbestos documents in 1990 or 1991
5 All right
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A. Okay
7
MR JONES I am going to mark this as Exhibit 3
8 right
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Plaintiffs Exhibit 3 was marked for
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identification and attached hereto
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MR JONES Giselle does that sound right
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THE REPORTER Oh yes yes
13
MR JONES All right You've been around me
14 = enough You know you've got to watch this kind of
15 thing I might switch to letters or symbols if you
16 don't monitor the situation
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Q. Okay The first two pages you mean
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A. First two pages
3
Q. Okay
4
A. First two documents
5
Q. Okay It was represented to me by Kerr's lawyers
6 that these are all of the documents that Kerr has
7 dealing with its sale of asbestos products is that
8 true
9
A. I can't speak to that I know what I found and
10 = that's what I provided
11
Q. Okay So when you were involved in this search
12 for documents and you gathered everything up about how
13 many pages did everybody find in total
14
A. I don't know I found two
15
Q. Okay Now in this deposition earlier we talked
16 about all of Kerr's efforts to find a substitute for
17
Q. All right Mr. Girling this is a total of 52
17 asbestos right
18 pages What I'd like to do -- and actually we'll go off | 18
19 the record to do it But what I'd like you to do is
19
A. Yes
Q. It took many different people and several
20 just scroll through it to become generally familiar with | 20 different divisions a while to do that right
21 what's in there Okay I'm not -- you don't -- not | 21
A. Yes
22 going to ask you any questions about it If do I'll | 22
Q. Correct me if I'm wrong but there are only
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show it to you
23 two -- well pardon me There's only one page in this
24
So I'm not asking you to memorize it I'm just
24 document production related to Kerr's efforts to replace
25 asking you to scroll through it and confirm that these
25 asbestos tape with a nonasbestos product true
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A. I don't know I haven't gone -- I haven't
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counted to see what's in there but
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Q. Scroll through The only thing I see is your
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4 memo dated October 19 1978. That's all I see But do
4
5 me favor Please scroll through the documents and let
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6 me know if you see any other documents dealing with
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7 Kerr's efforts to replace asbestos tape with a
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8 nonasbestos product
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A. I see that one memo requesting a replacement
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Q. Okay That's the only one you see in there
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11 right
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A. Correct yes
12
13
Q. Now if you look at your memo -- first of all
13
14 this does show that Kerr sent memos about this project
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A. My memo was at the end of the project correct
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Q. Do you think that's the only memo they ever sent
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Q. There's no memos from marketing about this in the documents you've produced right
A. I don't know I didn't search marketing memos Q. Well if this is everything it would be here right
MR TAURAS Objection
THE WITNESS I can't say BY MR JONES
Q. So I'm not -- so I'm not asking you if this is everything I don't know I filed a motion to compel Kerr to produce everything and we'll find out if a judge grants it and if they comply with the order
My question to you is -- I'll start over Do you see anywhere in these 52 pages any documents discussing marketing's agreement to market the new Carborundum 97
material under the Kerr name of Flask Liner
A. No.
Q. There's no documents from purchasing talking about buying the new material right
A. I don't see any yes Q. There's no documents from research and
development talking about their tests of the material right
A. I didn't search research
Q. I'm asking you about in these pages In these
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1 pages there's no documents from research and
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see that
2 development talking about their tests of the new
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A. No. I've got to make it bigger Yes
3 material true
4
Q. Okay The first thing you say is Please
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A. True
5 circulate a PPL to discontinue supplying asbestos rolls
5
Q. There's no documents from finance talking about
6 in our investment packages and also individual sale of
6 how much the material costs and how that will affect the
7 boxed asbestos rolls
7 price of the products true
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Did I read that correctly
8
A. Yes
9
A. Yes
9
Q. There's no documents -- no memoranda at all from
10
Q. What is a PPL
10 Kerr's executives right Correct
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A. Product planning log
11
A. Yes
12
Q. And what does that mean
12
Q. Ken Kovac the person whose job it was to monitor
13
A. It's usually initiated to discontinue a product
13 things like the Federal Register there's no memos from
14 or add a new product to the -- to the system
14 Mr. Kovac true
15
Q. Okay Your -- your memo mentions a PPL but the
15
A. Yes
16 PPL itself is not in these documents right
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Q. There are no memos or any other documents talking
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A. It is not
17 about the 1976 American Dental Association document
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Q. What happened to it
18 true
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A. I have no idea
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A. True
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Q. The next paragraph says Marketing has agreed to | 20
Q. And we have the document but nobody wrote a
21 market the new Carborundum 97 sic material in boxes
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memo -- there's no -- well I don't know
22 of 50 and 100 feet lengths under the Kerr name of Flask
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Do you think somebody wrote a memo about it
23 Liner
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A. I don't know --
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Do you see that
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A. Yes
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MR REYEN Objection calls for speculation
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THE WITNESS I can't guess about that
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Q. All right But I mean in your experience at
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3 the company is that something that would just spread by | 3
4 word of mouth that they would get this article and then | 4
5 just kind of talk about it down the hall
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A. A lot of that did go on
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Q. Okay So -- so you think the reason we're not
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8 finding these documents is because Kerr got this
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9 information that the product they sell could cause
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10 cancer and then they found a replacement for the
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11 product after testing several different candidates and
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12 then found the replacement and then informed marketing
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13 to change the marketing materials to include the
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14 place -- the replacement and they did all of this by
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15 word of mouth
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MR REYEN Objection
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THE WITNESS No --
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That is compound it is argumentative it calls
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You can answer if you understand the question
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THE WITNESS What was the question now
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Q. Is it your -- is it your testimony that this
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regulatory affairs that are discussing asbestos hazards
true
A. Yes
Q. There's no documents from manufacturing discussing the switchover from asbestos to nonasbestos
true
A. No. My -- I'm representing manufacturing I
sent the document out to Probst Q. One page
A. Summary of all of -- of everything yeah Q. You're right It's a summary of everything but the everything -- all the documents that go into the everything are not in these 52 pages right
A. Yes
Q. The PPL's not in there right
A. Yes
Q. Okay There's no documents from marketing talking about changing the price lists or marketing the new nonasbestos product anything like that right
A. Yes
Q. You told me that every year Kerr's sales team
did marketing forecasts right
A. Yes
Q. The way you do marketing forecasts is you figure out how much you sold the year before and then you make
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1 entire process involved with identifying the hazard of
1 a guess about if you're going to sell more or less
2 the product and replacing the product was done through
2 right
3 word of mouth
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A. Yes
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A. No.
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Q. If there were memos about it they're not here
6 They're not in these 52 pages right
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8 lacks foundation
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Q. Educated guess we'll call it right
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A. Yes
6
Q. And a company keeps track of its sales to see how
7 it's doing year over year right
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A. As far as I know
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THE WITNESS I didn't search all the
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Q. And Kerr kept records of its sales true
10 departments I don't know
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A. I don't know about kept records I know they
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MR JONES I'm not --
11 track sales correct
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THE WITNESS -- this is 18 years after the
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Q. Well and the reason they track sales is for
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fact --
13 accounting right You have to know how much you sold
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14 right
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Q. I'm not asking about all the departments I'm
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A. I can't speak to that I'm manufacturing guy
16 asking about in the 52 pages you have in front of you
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Q. Well I mean you know generally that the company
17 you would agree with me that in those 52 pages there
17 you worked at -- when you were in meetings with the
18 are no documents discussing asbestos hazards with Kerr's | 18 marketing people and the other executives you knew that
19 asbestos tape other than the ADA article true
19 they kept track of how much stuff they sold right
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A. Yes
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A. Yes
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Q. There are no documents discussing Kerr's efforts
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Q. And they wanted to do better than the year
22 to replace the asbestos tape with a nonasbestos tape
22 before right
23 true
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A. I can't speak to that
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A. Yes
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Q. Wait You're saying that when you were at the
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Q. There are no documents from quality assurance and 25 corporation there were years where you'd be in
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3 happened did it
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A. No.
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Q. You always wanted to sell more right
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A. I assumed they did I'm not the -- I'm not the
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7 person making that decision What I'm saying I'm
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8 manufacturing person that's not my decision process
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Q. And you had to keep track of your customers
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10 because you wanted to know who bought before so you
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11 could make sure to sell them stuff again right
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A. I can't speak to that Again I don't know
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Q. You don't -- you do know that Kerr kept sales
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14 records true
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A. I knew they had some sales records
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Q. And you know that all of the sales records
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17 related to the sale of asbestos products have been
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18 = destroyed
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A. I guess Couldn't find them
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Q. And what you've previously testified is that the | 20
21 sales invoices shipment invoices were destroyed and we | 21
22222 couldn't locate them any of them in 1990 '91 on our
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A. That's what I said in a deposition correct
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Q. So at some point between Kerr getting that 1976
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October 19 of 1978 true
A. True
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Q. So that means you sold the asbestos tape through almost all of 1978 right
A. Right Q. And you never took the product off the shelf right
A. I can't say that we did or didn't
Q. You never did a product recall right
A. I don't know if we did or not
Q. You know what a product recall is A. Yes I do Q. What is a product recall A. Asking for product back Q. Why
A. Defective
Q. Maybe it could hurt somebody right
A. Possible
Q. When you were at Kerr do you ever remember Kerr doing a product recall of asbestos tape
A. I don't remember
Q. The search for records in 1990 or 1991 did not
include a search for corporate board of director meeting minutes true
A. I don't know
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1 article in the American Dental Association journal and
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2 1990 when you searched for records at some point in
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3 between Kerr's shipment invoices were destroyed
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true
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A. Can't speak to that I don't know
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Q. Well you know they existed and you know they
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7 were destroyed right
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A. I don't know
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MR REYEN Objection lacks foundation
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Q. Well you know in 1976 Kerr sold asbestos tape
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12 right
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A. Yes
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14
Q. Those records are destroyed correct
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A. I don't know if they're destroyed or missing or
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16 = lost or what
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Q. You said destroyed
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A. Okay That's what it was told me
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Q. Okay 1977 Kerr sold asbestos tape Those
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20 records are destroyed true
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A. We couldn't find them correct
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Q. 1978 Kerr sold asbestos tape Those records are
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A. We stopped selling asbestos in 1978
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Q. Well according to your memo it was sent in
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Page 113 Q. Let me show you your testimony from the Witnowski case -- Witkowski sorry Apologize to the Witkowski family
Can you please go to Page 63 of this deposition A. Okay Q. You were asked -- this is your testimony again right
A. I believe so
Q. You were asked at Line 13 Back in '91 when this search was conducted for documents did anyone look through the corporate board of director meeting
minutes
Your answer at Line 16 I know our plant response wouldn't require that I don't know about the corporate level
Did I read that correctly
A. Yes
Q. We know that the documents you've produced don't include the meeting minutes for any of the managerial meetings that you attended where they discussed asbestos true
A. Yes
Q. And we know those documents don't include any
board meeting minutes true
A. Yes
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Q. In fact there are no documents from an executive
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of Kerr except for your one page true
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A. Yes
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Q. And at that time you weren't the person that
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5 would make the decision to phase out asbestos You were
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6 the person that would carry out that decision right
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A. Yes
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Q. Someone would have to communicate that decision
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9 to you right
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A. Not necessarily The reason for the PPL was to
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11 get people to sign off to make that decision
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Q. What does that mean
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A. That means that each of the functions had to sign | 13
14 off The president vice president sales marketing
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15 finance By signing off they gave the authorization to | 15
16 make the change
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Q. So there would be communications about that
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18 decision
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A. Only on a PPL yes
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Q. Everything else would be word of mouth
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A. I don't know
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Q. We don't have the PPL or anything talking about
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A. As far as I know
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A. I don't know
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Q. Okay Did Kerr while you were there have a
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5 policy that you should keep any records related to its
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6 sale of asbestos products
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A. No.
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Q. Did Kerr destroy any records relating to its sale
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9 of asbestos products in the normal course of business
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A. I don't know
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Q. Did Kerr have a document retention policy
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A. No.
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Q. When's the first time Kerr had a document
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14 retention policy
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A. You're asking memory and I -- it's after some of | 15
16 the mergers we had Maybe in '87 in the 80s or
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17 something
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Q. Okay And what is a document retention policy
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A. It's specific guidelines on documents I believe | 19
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from what I can recall
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Q. A document retention policy is a corporate policy | 21
22 that tells people in the corporation what documents to
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A. Yes
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of time required in the policy it can then be thrown away right
A. That's -- if that's what it says correct
Q. And the first document retention policy you're aware of was in the 1980s at some time right
A. My memory says '80 sometime -Q. Okay
A. -- after the merger Q. What merger is that
A. Kerr was merged with Ormco and moved -- moved to California basically
Q. Did those -- did the Detroit office where the marketing files and the D files and the executive files and purchasing files did all of that move
A. I don't know I was in charge of the manufacturing group so I don't know what everything got done with everything
Q. Well I mean did anything move from Michigan to California with the merger
A. I know some offices and desks got moved there Q. Okay Do you know if that document retention policy in the 80s instructed people to keep documents dealing with asbestos A. I can't remember what -- I'd have to look at it I can't remember what it said
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Q. Do you know if any documents related to asbestos
were destroyed according to that document retention policy in the 1980s
A. Repeat that one We weren't in asbestos in the 90s
Q. Well I know but did the -- I'm asking about the 80s And my question is were any documents related to Kerr's sale of asbestos products destroyed in the 1980s pursuant to a document retention policy
A. Oh I don't know Q. When's the first -- is '90 or '91 the first
time anyone ever told you that we need to find all the
asbestos documents and keep them
A. Yes
Q. And you don't know what happened to those documents before you looked for them right
A. Yes
Q. Did you have a file cabinet in your office A. I did Q. How many file cabinets did you have A. I can't remember Q. Roundabout A. Couple -- maybe a couple Q. Two or three A. Probably
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Q. What did you keep in the file cabinets
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A. I quite frankly can't tell you everything I
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3 kept in there I know I had personnel performance
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Q. Probably had different folders with documents for
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6 different projects you worked on right
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A. I could have I don't know It's a long time
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8 ago
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Q. Okay Other people had file cabinets right
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11 that had a file cabinet right
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A. Sure
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13
Q. Probably almost every office you went into had
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14 file cabinets right
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A. Possible
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Q. And in those file cabinets people kept records
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17 related to the stuff they were working on right
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A. I don't know what they kept in them
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Q. Well that's what you did right You kept in
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A. In purchasing we did
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Q. All right And so in 1990 did you search
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222 through all -- everybody's file cabinets to find
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A. Yes
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A. In purchasing we did
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Q. By 1990 out of all those file cabinets at Kerr
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4 the only documents left about asbestos are the 52 pages
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5 we attached as Exhibit 3 to this deposition true
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6
A. I can't speak to that I know the two that I
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7
found
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8
Q. All right Well do you know -- are there any
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9 other documents you remember finding that aren't in
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10 these 52 pages
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A. No.
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Q. The last thing I want to ask you about is Kerr's
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14 You know that Kerr marketed products to universities
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15 true
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A. Yes
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Q. That included the investment products with
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18 asbestos tape true
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A. I can't say for sure that they bought those But / 19
20 we did have a product that was just -- was made for the | 20
21 universities correct
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Q. Yeah Kerr actually had a product specific for
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23 university dental students right
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A. Yes
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and the powders were in individual envelopes right
A. Yes
Q. One serving per envelope right
A. Correct
Q. And then it had a package of strips of asbestos so that the dental students wouldn't have to tear them right
A. Yes
Q. So you know that Kerr marketed its investment products with asbestos tape to dental schools because it
had a product specifically for dental schools right
A. Yes
Q. You would expect that one of the dental schools Kerr marketed its products to would be the University of Southern California School of Dentistry true
MR REYEN Objection lacks foundation calls for speculation
THE WITNESS I -- I can't say that we shipped to
California for sure No idea BY MR JONES
Q. Is there any reason they wouldn't want to sell products to the University of Southern California School of Dentistry
A. There was many other competitors out there I'm not sure I don't know Some of them were done on big
basis
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Q. I get it But if USC would buy it Kerr would sell it true
A. I don't know if we had them as a customer
Q. not asking you if you did I'm saying if they would buy it Kerr would sell it right
A. If we offered -- if it would be offered sure MR JONES Okay All right Mr. Girling
that's all my questions Thank you so much
THE WITNESS Wow Thank you
MR REYEN Mr. Girling before you go I have a couple questions Keith Reyen
THE WITNESS Yes
EXAMINATION BY MR REYEN
Q. Mr. Girling when did Kerr stop selling
investment
A. It was in the mid 80s early 80s Q. Why did Kerr stop selling investments A. We were losing market share rapidly The Fiber Frax material really did not work very well Q. Okay In your role in procurement did you ever
receive any information about any factors which limited
Kerr's presence selling investment on the West Coast
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MR JONES Lacks foundation calls for
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2 speculation
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3
THE WITNESS Yes I was approached numerous
3
4 times by people in Kerr about our Cristobalite
4
5 investment being uncompetitive on the West Coast because
5
6 we shipped it all the way from Michigan and the freight
6
7 would make it unattractive to the -- to the labs or the
7
8 dealers
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MR JONES Move to strike on the same basis
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10 BYBY MR REYEN
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Q. Okay Is it correct sir that the -- that the
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12 investment was sort of the main course and the strip
12
13 asbestos was something that was needed to be used in
13
14 conjunction with that use
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A. That's correct
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Q. Okay And is it correct that there are different | 16
17 manufacturers of investment and there's different
17
18 formulations of investment within companies
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19
A. Yes
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Q. And is it correct that --
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Q. Is it correct --
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A. Yes
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Q. And the plastic bags were the ones that were put into the containers of investment is that correct
A. That's correct
Q. Okay And which form -- or which form of packaging did Kerr receive more of the boxes or the bags
A. The bags -- the bags were the high volume items We sold fewer boxed rolls than we did the bagged
material
Q. Okay Do you know of any reason that a consumer
of investments and strip asbestos would have a
preference for one brand of strip asbestos over another
MR REYEN Lacks foundation calls for
speculation
THE WITNESS
They were identical in my eyes and
everybody else's eyes
MR REYEN All right Thank you sir
THE WITNESS You're welcome
EXAMINATION BY MR JONES
Q. So Mr. Girling one of Whip Mix's -- pardon me Mr. Girling one of Kerr's competitors was Whip
Mix right
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Q. Is it your understanding that those investments
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BY MR JONES
4 had different properties
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Q. Whip Mix had to ship their product all the way
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MR JONES Move to strike -- oh pardon me
5 from Kentucky right
6 Object it lacks foundation calls for speculation
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MS RISCHMAN Same objections
7
THE WITNESS Yes yes they were made for
7
THE WITNESS I don't know for sure We
8 different specific purposes
8 understood there was some people that had distribution
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MR JONES Move to strike on the same grounds
9 warehouses in California
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BY MR REYEN
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BY MR JONES
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Q. And do you have any understanding as to whether
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Q. Well you had distribution in California right
12
or not the strip asbestos that was used in the lost wax
12 You distributed through Patterson true
13
process had similar differences or whether it was more
13
A. No no I'm telling you that they shipped
14 of a generic product
14 investment products in bulk in carloads to distribution
15
MR JONES Lacks foundation calls for
15 centers in California
16 speculation
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Q. Well if Kerr sells their product to Patterson or
17
THE WITNESS We were told it was generic because | 17 Henry Schein or Darby Dental in Michigan and then Darby
18 our supplier told us he supplied everybody
18 Dental or Henry Schein or whoever shipped it to
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BY MR REYEN
19 California to a warehouse then that product is in
20
Q. Okay And which suppliers were those
20 warehouse in California right
21
A. Celotex Nicolet
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A. Correct at a higher cost
22
Q. Okay Kerr received strip asbestos from Nicolet | 22
Q. And it's a lower cost than Whip Mix coming from
23 and Celotex in boxes is that correct
23 Kentucky right
22
A. Yes
24
A. I don't think so Kentucky was closer to the
25
Q. Okay And it received it in plastic bags
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Q. Well I don't -- Mr. Girling I don't want to
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2 insult your geographic knowledge but Kentucky is on the | 2
3 East Coast and Michigan is in the Midwest right
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A. Kentucky is below Michigan
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Q. But it's east of Michigan
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A. I
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Q. To go from Kentucky to California you have to go | 7
8 past Michigan right
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9
A. No no no
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10
Q. Now you told me before that you really didn't
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11 have much knowledge of what the marketing people did
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Do you remember that
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A. do not
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Q. And you said you were in manufacturing marketing | 14
15 wasn't your job Right
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A. Correct
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17
Q. How is it that all of a sudden you know they had
17
18 all these troubles selling stuff to the West Coast
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19
A. Because my sales guys when they would come into
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20 the home office would say You guys got to do
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21 something we can't compete
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22
Q. Okay But all of the other competing companies
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222 were on the East Coast Baker was in New Jersey Whip
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222 Mix was in Kentucky
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A. Pat supply was in Los Angeles
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Q. You said that you went through a search and that
quote The sales invoices shipment invoices were
destroyed and we couldn't locate any of them in 1990
'91 on our asbestos products true A. That's correct that's correct
I searched the
purchasing department
Q. So we don't have the records of sales which have
been destroyed So now you're telling us that through word of mouth from salespeople that they didn't really
sell much to the West Coast true
A. We were not a factor in the West Coast like
Whip Mix Q. So you're saying Whip Mix from Kentucky was much
more of a factor in the West Coast than Kerr in
Michigan A. To my understanding -MS RISCHMAN I'm going to object Calls for
speculation lacks foundation This is Suzanne -MR JONES Suzanne you've got to go next on
this
Q. I mean maybe I got the geography wrong but I'm pretty sure if you're going from Kentucky to the Kentucky Derby you've got to go past Michigan and The Big House to get to the Rose Bowl Right Did Kerr's lawyers explain this geography to you when they told you
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Q. What's that
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A. Other companies were on the West Coast other
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MR REYEN Objection
3 competitors
3
Don't answer that question You know
4
Q. Which one
4
MR JONES It's just a question
5
A. I can't say for sure I've heard other
5
MR REYEN No it's not a just a question Go
6 competitors had distribution or production on the West
6 ahead You're kind of losing it but go ahead Ask
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Coast
7
a ask a proper --
8
Q. Okay So do you mean to suggest that if
8
MR JONES -- if you're going to come up with a
9 David Springer testified that he purchased Kerr asbestos
9 bologna story and feed it to your witness you've
10 tape in California that that was not possible
10 got to make sure the geography works out All right
11
A. No I'm not testifying that way
11 That's all I'm saying
12
Q. In fact you know that Kerr sold asbestos tape in
12
MR REYEN I'm going to reserve my right to take
13 California true
13
your comments to the court
14
A. True yes we did
14
MR JONES Okay
15
Q. And if Kerr still had its asbestos tape sales
15
Q. Do you have any other evidence that Kerr wasn't
16 records we would know exactly where Kerr sold its tape | 16 selling products on the West Coast other than what
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true
17 you've just described
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A. 12 years later I don't know
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A. We didn't say we weren't selling products on the
19
Q. But Kerr does not have its asbestos sales
19 West Coast We had a lower market share on the
20 records They have been destroyed true
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A. I don't know
20 West Coast
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Q. You've previously testified that Kerr's asbestos
23 sales records have been destroyed true
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A. I was told -- I was told I don't have personal
25 knowledge that they were
22
Q. Okay And you don't have any documents saying
23 that
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A. Absolutely not
25
Q. And you're -- you don't have any meeting minutes
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A. No no
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Q. And your job was production 100 percent of the
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4 time at Kerr true
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A. True
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Q. It was never in sales true
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A. True
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Q. It was never in marketing true
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A. True
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MR JONES Pass the witness
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MR REYEN No further questions That's it
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MR JONES All right Thank you
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MR TAURAS Under California
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MR TAURAS Under California law do we read and | 16
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reserve or
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MR JONES We'll just do it whatever the law
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THE VIDEOGRAPHER Okay The time is 4:11 p.m.
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DECLARATION UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY
I LAWRENCE J. GIRLING do hereby certify under penalty of perjury that I have read the foregoing transcript of my deposition taken on January 29 2021
that I have made such corrections as appear noted on the
Deposition Errata Page attached hereto signed by me that my testimony as contained herein as corrected is
true and correct
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Exhibits
Ex 1 8 3,12 6,8
39
EX 2 8 83:25 2,6,8 EX 3 8:10 7,9 100
19,20 119
$ 54 2 60:20
C 87:22
-50 103 -51 37:18 -52 37:18
1
1 2,3,9,12 6,8 39
43:14
100 5,6 24:22 103
130
10:19 22,24
10:38 38:24 11 82:15 11:50 90 12 32:15 88 127 12:06 90
12:20 100
12:30 12,14
12th 13:21 14 13 113
15 74:22 75:19 100
150 75:16 16 113
161 13,18,19
18 107 19 84:16 102 112
119 1910 86:12
1960s 30:15
1967 12 13:12 14,17
15 16:16 17:18 18:10 24 26 35:14 1969 27:23 1970 87:23 1970s 30:15 1971 87:18
1972 12,16,21 87:10
88 91:23 96:15
1973 6,15,19
1974 48:11
1976 6,10,24 36:14 2,14 41 43:17 44 20 46 1,23 61:24 4,8 15,19 3,9,11
18 105 110 111 1977 33 41:15 111
1978 102 22,24 112
1980 33:15
Index 1..3
1980s 33:22 116 117 1990 2,4 98 99
1,24 110 111
112 118 119 128
1991 2,4 99 100
112 1996 15:11 1:38 39
2
2 83:25 1,2,6,8
20 18:19 43 83
pound 30:21
2003 24 33:23 2004 74:22
2021 1,19
210 74:23
24 3,4
24th 82
26 3,5 29 1,19 86:11
2:50 90
3
3 7,9 18,19,20
119 30 79 35 27
pound 30:21
3:06 90:10 3:20 100
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3:30 100
40 19 4:11 130
5
50 18:16 19 51:24 103
50s 21,23
50th 102
52 36 99:17 17,20 104 6,16,17 108 4,10
6 82 87:21 60s 18 24:18
early 28
63 113 67 14:15 24:22 27:13 68 17:22
7
7 84:16 87:18 91:23 70s 16 17 18 24:18
28 33:10 43:13 83:17 118 76 41:25 7th 84:12
80 116
80s 1,23 21:17 115
116 117 118 121 87 115
9 82:11 90 117 90/91 113 90s 15:14 16:23 117 91 98 100 110
117 128 96 81:23 97 103 104 9:32 9:19
A
a.m. 9:19 22,24 90
abide 89:25
ability 59:10 70 73:11
abreast 12,15
Absolutely 129 acceptance 4,6 accepted 49
accident 67 accordance 87:21
account 10,18 54
accounting 109
Index 30..American accurate 81 Act 87:23 action 47:13 Actual 57 ADA 1,3,4 77:20
107 add 103 Administration 86:12 admissible 48 94:20 affairs 108 affect 23 105 affected 42:11 affirmed 10 affixed 93 afternoon 10:17 agency 82:16
agent 93:12
agree 9:14 34:11 47:13 52 55:24 60:24 66:16 76 79:10 96:10 107
agreed 103 agreement 104
ahead 16:21 48:12 62 70:23 86 91:15 106 129
air 50 51 airborne 45 50 62:11
93:16 alternative 52:18 ambient 50
ambiguous 16:20
American 7,25 38:13 39 3,13 41 44
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49:15 57:25 67:16 3,9
105 111
amount 115
analyzing 26:23 Angeles 126 answering 37:14
anymore 11:20
Apologize 113
appearance 10 appears 36:22
applied 88:17 13,14 applies 40:22 apply 16:14 89 96 appraisals 118 apprised 55:13 approached 122 approval 52 April 2,14 6,14
area 22:24 28:10 68
argumentative 53:20 61
106
article 8,24 2,15 38:12 16,24 44 45 3,5 2,4,18,20,25 15,22 57:24 58:10 1,7,9 19,25 62:21 23,24 11,15,25 73
106 107 111
asbestos 22,24 6,10 16,20 13 13,16,24 2,9,17,18,19,20,21 1,3,6,11,12 4,7,10 15,23 7,11,14,21,23 24,25 35:22 1,2 37:23 2,13,19 5,25 46:10
6,13,16,19 3,9,15 23 8,20 6,19 3,6 16,24 56 13,14,18 10,11,21 61 9,10 22 63:22 19,22,24 9,15,20 20,25 68 4,6 16,20 71:24 72:10 21 1,5,12,18,19,22 2,5,7,25 22,24 78 8,16,22 79 80:16 82:17 17,21,22 85 86:14 19,20,23 1,20,25 88 18,23 14,15,23 91:25 92:13 9,11,17,23 95 10,11,16 12,18,23 1,6,13,21 99 101 17,25 102 103 18,19,22 108 17,23 11,19,22 24 3,20 113 114 2,6,9 116 117 8,13 118 4,18 5,10 122 123 22 12,13 9,12,15 19,22 128
containing
80:11 83
asbestosis 45 64:12 92
asks 81
Association 7,25 38:13 39 3,14 41 44 49:16 67:16 3,9
105 111
assume 76:14
assumed 110
Assumes 95:21 96
assuming 81
assurance 42 2,18
Index amount..basically
7,14 11,14 83:10
85:10 107 attached 37 84 99:10
100 119 attend 77 attended 21:14 113
attending 35 attorney 65:13 95:23
authenticate 39:17
authenticity 4,6
authorization 114 Avoid 95:10
aware 14:15 21,23
67:24 77 78 116
B
back 14:23 23 24 35:20 38:25 43 66:11
79:10 90 98 9,13
112 113
background 18
bad 8,11,17 45:25
63:24 64:22
bag 4,6 8,16 bagged 124 bags 30:13 73 123
2,7,8
Baker 126 base 72:20 based 26:23 46:22 48:10
56:22
basically 11:24 83
116
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basis 92:14 121 122 Bates 37:18
beginning 46:25 47
49:24 81:11
behalf 10,18 81:14
Benveniste 9:24
bias 8,9
big 19,22,25 120
128
bigger 37:11 75 103
binder 44:14 93:13 binders 44:11 94:15 bit 13 57:18
Blackledge 80:14
board 112 11,24 Bob 13,15,16 16,19
20 19,22,24 46:14
Bodily 95:12 bonding 93:12
books 57 Boom 36:20 booth 77 bottom 37 38:17 39:12
1,12 41 15,23
90:19 91:24 92:19 102
bought 29:21 2,10,14
60 76:18 110 119 Bowl 128
box 23 4,6,7,8,16,23 13,16,24 32 4,5
119 boxed 103 124 boxes 30:21 31 50:23
73 103 123 124 brain 19:16 brand 124
break 4,13
Breathing 95:11 Brighton 19,23 bring 43:16 67 brings 2,18 1,7
broad 97:14 brochures 97:12
brought 46 57:24 73
buck 21 3,24
bucks 54 Buffalo 74 bulk 125 bunch 37:16 business 12:20 13
20,24 6,11 34:12
46:20 58 115
buy 31:10 60 77:11
121
buying 84:21 104
C
cabinet 117 118
cabinets 117 118 14,16,20,23 119
calculated 48 California 9:25 74:21
11,19 15,19,22 9,11,15,19,20 126 10,13 14,16
Index basis..catalogs
call 18 30:24 68:10 79 109
called 9,11 15 17:10
38:11 42 49:16
calling 25:13 122
calls 25:20 39 43:18
56 61 1,2,11 64 65 72 17,20 88 94 19,21 105
106 107 120
122 6,15 124
125 128
cancer 45 46 4,21 59:10 61:20 62:24 3,5 7,13 106
cancers 92
candidates 106
cans 20,21
car 67
Carborundum 104
103
care 19,20 91
career 20:12 34:25
carelessly 50 8,9,12
carloads 125
carry 23:13 114 case 15:14 19:16 36
74:21 75 14,16 113
cast 56
casting 10,13 15,20
4,5 57 58:14 84:18 19,20
castings 89:12 catalogs 54:17
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catch 19:15
causally 45 92
caused 68:25
causing 4,21
caution 3,6,7 9,10
cautioned 49
cavity 14
Celotex 29:24 21,23
cement 93:25 95 centers 125
chair 19
chance 39 40:25 51
12,15
change 23 46:11 54:16
11,13,14 60:22 61:12
62 106 114
changing 108 Chapter 86:11 charge 15 16:16 17
2,14,15 52:11 53
60:17 61 85 116
charging 54 60:20
chemical 9,11 27:24
68:13 69:22 70:13 94:14
chemicals 5,6,9,13 14 7,11,17,20,22,23 25 3,8,11,15,17 70
chemist 29:12
Chicago 77 chiefly 44:13
choose 9:11
circulate 103
circumstances 91:14
cite 45:14
classify 69:16
clerk 20
client 66
close 28:21
closer 41:15 125
Coast 121 122 125 3,18,23 127 7 10,11,14 16,19 20
coating 93:12
Code 45:15 130
Collectively 100
color 23
column 49:23 86:10 90:18 91:23 92 93
comeback 66
comments 88 129
committee 22:22 59:12
common 66:18
communicate 22 23:12 15,21 5,9,18 27:19 54:23 55 14,17 83:14
85 114
communicated 22:17 24:14 25:22 55
communication 56
55:25
communications 114
companies 9:22 22,24 22,24
68 74 122 126 127
company 16 17,20
20:18 27:20 33 35:13
Index catch..corner 2,8 70:21 83:15 85 98 106 6,16
comparison 60:11 compel 98:18 104 compete 126 competing 126 competitors 77:15 120
124 127 complete 49:23
comply 104 composition 94:15 compound 59:17 61
106 concentrations 93:16 concerned 62:19 conditions 49 conducted 113 confirm 39 99:25 confusion 76
conjunction 122
consequences 92:12 constituents 94:15 consumer 124 container 30 containers 30:17 93:10
124
control 13:15 14:22 17
10 20 25 27:13 42 controlled 49 controversial 39:14 copy 74:20 corner 36:22
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corporate 47 112 11,15 115
corporation 2,5 1,9 11 11,18 20:25 21:25 23 24:13 25 2,14 22,25 20,23 42:11 43:25 44:25 4,8,13
47 50:22 51:25 55:16 57 58:13 68:16 69:14
15,19,20,24 84:16 98
100 109 115
Corporation's 97
correct 3,4,7,8,11,24 12 1,4 20:23 23:11 21 24:12 6,21 27 29 30 5,9,14,17 9,12,18,22 11,24 41 43:15 16,22 45 11,23 46:21 47 48:22 11,14 51:12 6,7,9 16,21,25 53 10,18,24 56:21 2,4,7,16,22 60 8 3,7,11,14,22 68:15 13,25 9,11,14 74:17 75 11,20,23 8,19 78:17 79:16 80:23 82:22 24 7,11 15,25 85:12 86:16 4,15 88 92:18 22 8,14 13,17 10,17,22 98 101 12,16 105 109 110 14,21 116 119 120 11,15 16,20,25 123 124
125 126 128
correctly 44:17 45:10
50:10 82:21 83 86:15
88 6,17,21 93:20
95:13 103 113
cost 9,13 7,11,14 16,25 1,2,15 21,22
costs 54 105
Council 19,22 2,3 counsel 8,10 98 Counsel's 10 Counsels 130
counted 102
County 74:22 couple 33:15 117
121
court 5,25 10 40 17,18 129
covered 93:24 95
Creating 95:11
Cristobalite 51 122 criteria 56:17 examination 85:20
86 90:22 91
crucible 29:14 1,2 crucibles 15,16 44:15
20 50 58:14 customer 30 121
customers 1,13 73
22 84:24 110
cut 32:10 49 8,21,23 3,8,14
cutting 51
D
danger 50 dangerous 68:17 8,15
18,23
Darby 125
Index corporate..dental
date 9:19 28:18 81:22 84:11
dated 102
dates 15:12 27:25 28:21
David 9:21 127
day 68:17 99 days 79
dealers 76 122
dealing 97:12 101 102
115 116
dealt 16:23 73:25 74
debris 93
decades 35:11
December 87:18
decertification 58:19
decertified 58:17
decide 61:12 62
decided 72:25
11:19 70:15
decision 22:16 34:18
9,12,19 8,12,21 5,8 23,25 110 5,6,8,11,18
decisions 20:25 3,5,25 1,11 3,11,12,15 1,2 49 60:23
default 75:11
Defective 112
defense 7
define 17
delivered 27:21 79
demonstrating 45:21
dental 10,11,16,19,21
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8,11,22 19 7,25 20,22 3,13 39 3,13 41 44 49:16 50 1,3 16,24 71 18,21 1,13 74 3,9
11 84:17 24,2245,25 96:23
98:20 105 111
13,23 6,10,11,13 17,18
dentist 2,8 29 49 50:18 62:12 7,19,22
dentistry 18 1,3,14
37:23 3,14 49:17 15,23
dentists 18:25 50:16
12,17 64:24 67:23 8,11,18,21 1,13
76:22 84:17 96:22
dentists 6,14
department 13:17 14:21 15 18,22 17:10 19 19 21:22 23 1,2,3,4,5
26:11 27:22 52:17 56:14
57 61 86:12 17,19
128
departments 13:15 14:19 20 19:14 8,13,15,19 1,23 24 25 26:15 16 52 55:25 14,16 20,21 10,15
deposition 20,23 28 33 43 72 20,24 10,14 13,15,20 12,20 82 85:23
100 101 110 113 119 129
depositions 17,20
Derby 128
description 42:16
desirable 92:16
desks 116
destroy 115 destroyed 18,21
3,7,14,15,17,20,23 115 117 20,23 128
determination 92 determine 26:18 80
82:13 83
Detroit 19,20,21,23 4,7,10 116
developers 78:13 developing 56:22 development 13:16 15
25 45 52:23 53
54:12 6,14 11,14 19,22 57 59:14 104
105
developments 42:11
Devices 38
difference 51
differences 123
differently 82:18 dipped 93:23
direction 51:20 directions 51
directly 55:18
director 33:16 35 42:23 112 113
disagreed 47:15
discontinue 5,13
Index dentist..documents
discovery 48
discussed 48:25 23,24
113
discusses 44
discussing 104
18,21 108
diseases 46 62:24
displayed 80:13 disposal 93:15 dispute 92 disputed 91:24
distinction 98:25
distributed 125
distribution 127
8,11,14
distributors 6,7,12 20,24 10,12,17,25
79
division 26 27:24 68:14
divisions 16,18,19 16,17 101
document 36 39:17
4,8,13 8,13 8,21 8,13 81:10 14,16 86 87 90:23 2,22
92:25 96:12 101
17,20 108 115 13,18,21,25 4,21 117
documented 45
documents 6,7 59:16 97 98 99 1,18 22,23 4,6,12 102 103 2,14,18,21 1,5,9,16 106 18,21,25 4,12,17
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10,18,23 114 19,22 116 117 13,16 118 119
129
dressings 11,14,23 drop 49
drums 30:22
duly 10
duration 92 Dust 86:14 95:11
E
earlier 101
early 121
east 3,5,23
Eaton 19:14 economical 53:23 54 Educated 109 effect 63 effort 73:21
efforts 16,24 102
107 election 9:12 electron 94:10
eligible 49
else's 124 emergency 87:18 88
employ 18:25 employed 19,24 83:14 employee 16 32 employees 24:15 25:19
16,19 7,11 71
84:22 87:13 92:20 end 28:14 55:10 102 endodontic 12:24 14 entire 44:17 91:16 107
entirety 48 entity 17:18 98:12 envelope 120 envelopes 120
escapes 35 essential 92:13 establish 94:13
established 22,24 4,12
establishing 88:22
et al 21,22
Everard 52:14 56
everybody's 118
evidence 11:13 22:20 45:15 48:10 92:15 96 129
exact 28:18 41:16
examination 10:14 85:22
25 121 124 examined 10
examining 85:22
Excellent 37:12 excess 93:17 executive 43:17 46 47
48:19 1,7 73 114
116 executives 35 41:18
43:25 5,18 3,5,19 3,5,19
23 49:15 55:12 62 73
Index dressings..factors
105 109
exhibit 36:16 3,9,12 6,8 39 21,25 84 2,6,8 90:15 7,9 100 19,20 119
existed 111 exit 46:20
expect 16 120 expensive 53:16 60:22 experience 106 expert 64 90:24 91:11 expertise 68 experts 6,7,11 explain 128
expose 70:21
exposed 63:14 65 89:14
exposure 49:19 50
14,19 19,25 88:23 89:11 91:24 5,13,14
93:17 extent 16 48
eyeballs 94:12
eyes 7,10 95 124
17
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facilities 13:19
facility 32:19
fact 15 73:21 97 107 114 127
factor 11,14
factories 14:13 factors 121
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factory 31:15 71
facts 11:12 22:20 95:21 96
fair 16:18 7,9,10 28:11 19,22 41:17 44:24 60:20
75:13
fall 10,11
falls 67
familiar 20 29:15 35:24
38 69:14 80 9,11
91:12 94:14 99:20
family 113
fault 6,14
favor 102
federal 12,15,16 80 3,4,6,9 16,19 2,10 12 84 85 87:20 1,6 16,19 91:22 11,14
105
feed 129
feet 103
fewer 124
fiber 89:10 121
fibers 50 14,22 20,25 88:23 92:13 10,11,17 95:10
fibrosis 45 64:12
figure 108
file 18,20 1,9,11 14,16,20,23 119
filed 104
files 14 97 13,14
filling 12:23 14
finance 14:21 18 20
25 54:13 105 114 financial 34
find 34:13 3,18 2,22 2,15,25 55:10 18,22
69:22 83:14 94:22 97
13,16 104 110
111 117 118
finding 52 53 106
119 finds 54:21 finish 79:23 finishes 40:25 Fire 68:24 Flask 103 104 flasks 29:13 focus 58 folders 118 follow 31:25 forecast 27 forecasts 26:23 27
22,24
forefront 71:13 foreseeable 93:14
forgot 96
form 124
formulation 3,6
formulations 122
forwarded 2,3
found 60:19 71:22 77:25
78 97:23 99 100 23,25 9,14 10,12
119 foundation 20:20 21
22:19 39 53:21 56
Index factory..Girling
61 63 70:18 72 79:17 88 94 106
107 111 120 122 22 6,15 124
128 Francisco 74:22
frankly 64:20 69:20 75:12
118 Frax 121
freight 122 Friday 9
front 57:20 107 full 10:20 81 92
fully 37:13
functional 20 functions 114
future 15,19
G
gather 32:15 gathered 101
gave 80:16 97:25 114
general 50 60 generally 11:18 32:20
99:20 109
generic 14,17 gentleman 5,24 geographic 126 geography 21,25
129 Girard 10
Girling 9:20 6,16,21
16:11 5,19 2,9 39
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40:10 41 45:24 18,25 13,14,20 84 85:15
86 90:12 91:20 94:25
96:10 2,17 100 8,11,17 23,24
126 Giselle 10 14:23 83:21
99:11
give 36 63:22 100 goal 22,23 54 73:15 gold 84:18 good 8 14,18 92:16 government 80
GPS 9:25
grab 31:23 grants 104
grave 92:12 grocery 67
grounds 123
group 20:24 21:21 43:23 24 11,15 5,6 116
guess 18:21 19:21 105 109 110
guessing 24:19 guidelines 86:18 87
8,20,25 115 guy 109 guys 6,10 19,20 gypsums 14:11
H
hall 106
handle 32:20 54:12 71
handled 15:24 2,5 71
handling 93:14
handwritten 80:21
happen 66 happened 56 57:17 66
103 110 117
harassing 91:17
Harm 95:12
hazard 63:25 1,7 70:25
107
hazardous 51:21 62:11
8,12 70:21 71 hazards 2,14 37:22
44 49:16 67:25 68:24 70 76:25 77:21 107 108
head 17:10 7,13 43 1,17 59
heads 15,18 21:22
23 24
health 16:24 71:25 72:12
12,13 87:23
hear 95:22 96
heard 14,16,24 2,4
8 127
hearing 80 hearsay 63:11 91
held 9:23
Henry 74 17,18
hereto 37 84 99:10
Hey 38:20 high 91:25 124 higher 125
Index Giselle..include
Highlights 84
hired 12:13 56:14
hiring 56:17
Hold 106 home 10:24 126
hope 110
House 128
HR 8,22,23
huge 22
human 5,7,23 5,17
25 hundred 24:24
hundred 30:22 hurt 13,19 63 64:24
66 12,17 69:11 73:23
96:23 112
idea 18:21 22 25:17
43:19 53 57:11 9,16
103 120 identical 124 identification 37 84
99:10
identify 40 identifying 107 important 43:24 44:24
51
impression 12:23 13 4,6 69:17
improper 85:19 87
90:22 include 106 112
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19,23
included 30 95:16 119
includes 8 46 4,20
59 individual 30:24 32
61:17 84:23 103 120 individual 30:25
individually 30:24 industry 18
inform 73:22 information 27:20 34
51:18 61:14 22,24 22,24
106 121 Informative 43:23 informed 77:20 106
informing 46 2,19 ingredient 46 4,21
59 61:20 initiated 103
inlay 2,3 inspection 86:18
instruct 13,16,17
instructed 116 instructions 51:14 insult 126
intensity 91:25
interact 77:10
International 14,21,23
interrogatories 39:15 interrupting 85:25
interviewed 12:15 17:16
introduce 91
inventory 78
investment 12:24 13
14,15 28:17 13,18 13,18
20 7,9,10,14,16,18,25 31:22 32 10,11,21 71:24 103 17,25 120 18,25 5,12 17,18 124 125
investments 14:11 121 123 124
invoices 128
110 111
involve 59:13
involved 11:21 16 52 8,15,17 11,15 55
59:16 101 107
involvement 9,22
Issue 84:10
issues 54:12
8,23 17 48:18
items 124
J
Jack 52:14 5,9
January 1,19 88 Jay 10:21 Jersey 126 jewelry 13,15 job 8,9 26:18 27:10
33:13 10,16,25 43:13
61:11 68:13 69:10 74:10 79:22 83 84:13 85 88:16 105 126 130
Index included..Keith
joined 16 24:22 33
35:12
JONES 4,14 10,12,15
11:17 12 14:23 15
9,13,21 17 20:21 6,16,18 22 23 25:14 1,7 7,11,13 36:20 1,5,7,17,21 38:20 2,13,18,21,25 5,16,21 41 43:21 44:12 9,12,17,22 48:16 54 56:10 57:13 5,22 61 6,17,23 7,10 3,5 1,5 9,12 70:23 71 11,18 14,17 75 80 81 83:24 84 8,13,17,21 5,7 87 88:14 5,11 4,8,18 92 5,11,18 22 19,23 2,5 98:13 16,22 1,7,11,13 100 8,16 102 104 106 24 11,14 111 120 121 1,9,21 1,5,9,15 124 3,10 128 129 14,21 10,13,18,21
journal 35:25 38:12 39
2,13 41 44 111
journals 57
judge 104
July 74:22
June 12,16 91:23
K
keeping 16,18
Keith 40:18 66 94:25 121
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Ken 17 38:10 20,22 42 79:10 9,17 84:13 3,5 105
Kentucky 5,23,24
2,4,7,24 13,22,23
Kerr 2,5,7,10,19 12 4,7,9,10,11,14,15,16,19 4,10,12,19 12,16
8,11,18 2,16,18,19 2,16,18,19
20,23,25 5,25 7,18 18,25 2,9 6,13 17 6,18 2,14 27:18 28:23 8,17,19,21 30 14 11,18,21,24 3,6 7,10,13,19,23 22,25 19,22 6,10 36 37:18 41:18 42:11 5,25 6,19,24,25 4,6,8,9 13 8,15 3,5,1 12,15,22 5,25 54:21 55:16 57 13,23 61:19
7,22 1,9 66 8,15,19
24 15,20,23,25 68 16,19,25 2,7,10,14 1,4,12,15 11,12,17 20,22,23 4,6,12,22 4,8,9,11,18,21,25 74 11 19,23 9,12,15 21,24 3,16,20,24 78 7 79 80 14,19,20 24 1,13 13,16,21 13,16,21 2,10 86:17 9,11,13
88:15 91:12 92:23 95:15
10,15,18 1,5,9,18
98 100 101 102
1,22 11,16 106 109 13,25 111 19,22 112 2,25 4,8,11,13 116 118 3,14,22 120 14 2,6,17,20 122
123 124 125
9,12,15,16,19 128
129 130
Kerr's 6,10 16,25 29 30 31:15 14,18
51:14 57:25 59 64:24
69:11 23,25 74 79:14 83:13 89:23 5,16,24 102 105 18,21
108 111 117 119 121 124 127 128
key 49:10
kind 15:21 46:25 65:20 74 92 93 99:14 106 129
kit 2,3,21 32
kits 32:25
knew 16 64:11 66:11 67:12 68:19 69 97 109 110
knowledge 66:18 72:20
81:17 2,11 127
knowledgeable 72
Kovac 17 38:10 41:10 20,22 1,19 43:16 46 15 1,17 51:19 52:11
73 79:10 83:17 85
97:25 98 12,14 Kovac's 42:10 5,9
84:13 85
L
lab 50:18 62:12 89:12
label 82:17 93:11
labeling 80:10 83 93
labels 4,6,7
Index Ken..legal
Labor 11,12
laboratories 50 88:24
laboratory 13:13 49
50
labs 51:11 122
lacking 122
lacks 20:20 21 22:19 39 53:20 56 61 63 70:17 72 79:17 88 94 98:11 106 107
111 120 122 123
15 124 128
large 50 75 larger 36:23 Larry 11:14 36:21 37:13
40:24 48:12 74:24 75
79:23 80:20 18,22
late 21:17 28 30:15 33:10 43:13
law 16,21 Lawrence 9:20 6,21
laws 80
lawsuit 66:14 5,10,13 lawsuits 11,15,17,18
67
lawyer 36 lawyers 90:13 97 101
128
lay 13,20
lead 48
learned 16:17 77:21
left 119
hand 37 86:10
legal 16 45:13 98
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lengths 103
letter 7,9,11 22,23
letters 99:15
letting 65:19
level 92 113 liable 66 libraries 70:10
library 70:12
lies 50 limited 121 limits 88:23 89:11 93:18 liner 46:10 52:19 58:14
103 104
liners 14 1,2
lines 37:16
lining 15,19
lists 20,23 108
litigation 97
live 22,23
Lives 92:20 locate 110 128 located 100 location 6
log 57 103 logic 72 long 17:23 19 91:25
115 118
longer 49
looked 39 60:14 69:22 117
loop 55
Los 126
lose 17,20
losing 121 129
lost 36:25 111 123 lot 15:21 23 27 49
52 55:24 106 Louisiana 15:14 80:16
lousy 56
lower 125 129
lung 45 62:24 64:13
M
machines 50
made 12:21 13 3,11 20:24 4,5 22:11 23 11 18,21 22,23 13,15,19 1,2 49
59:11 69:17 71:23 73:21 86 89:12 95:19 119 123 main 58 122 maintained 52:12
major 70
make 9:11 12:20 14
21:25 4,19 34:18 36:23 11,13 39:23 22,24 46 8,10,11 48
53:14 54 60:23 61 67:23 69:10 70:20 71:24 75 85:10 86 89:10 94 103 108 110
5,11,16 122 129
makes 31:19 47:21 72
making 10:12 110 management 14,18,21
Index lengths..material
24 6,24 4,10,21,24 6,17,22 35 46:18
59:12 110
manager 27:12 7,11,23 5,11,13 13,14 14,22
managerial 113
managers 23:14 27:22 manner 49:10
manufactured 86:23
13 68
manufacturer 2,4,20
90
manufacturers 2 94 122
74 87
manufacturing 32:19
16,19,21 70 108
109 110 116 126
mark 37 61:13 83:24 99
marked 37 72:23 83:21
2,5 99
market 103 104 121 129
marketed 119 9,14
marketing 14:22 20:10
25 24,25 27 43 13,14,15,19 4,8 103 104 12,13 17,18,22,24 109
114 116 119
11,14 130
marketing's 104
material 31 15,19 52:22 9,19 70:22 93:13 103 16,19,22
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105 121 124
materials 23,24 13 4,7 26:19 27:18 28 11,22 33:14 38 43:13 9,14 54:21 60:14 69:17
71:24 93 106
matter 9:21
meaning 12:19 31:21
32:10 58:20
means 47 20,22
112 114
meant 16 63:22
meet 27
meeting 21:21 22:13
23:14 35 38 10,17 18 42:24 6,17,20,22 4,18 47 19,24 49:11 51:17 13,22 57:24 1,8,11 62:18 4,8 110 112 11,19,24 129
meetings 21:10 7,10
22,23,25 3,5 35
55:20 109 113
memo 24 4,9,13,16 17,25 103 21,22
111
memoranda 57:15 59:15 105
memorize 99:24
memory 116
19 35 115
memos 16,24 1,2 11,15 102 104 13,16 107
mentions 103
merged 116
merger 8,9,19 mergers 115
mesothelioma 62:25 mesotheliomas 45
64:13 met 76:18 method 56:15
Michigan 19,22 5,7
10 116 122 125 25 3,4,5,8 15,23 microscope 94:10
mid 15:14 33:22 121 middle 86:10 90:18 91:23
92 93 Midwest 126 Milwaukee 13:22 14:10 mind 16:11 63 96 minute 11:22
minutes 10,13 90 100 112 12,19
24 129
misleading 11:13 missing 111
misstates 11:12 22:20 63:20 70:17
Mix 124 4,22 126 12,13
Mix's 124 mixtures 93 modified 93:12 moment 82:25 money 53:14 54
Index materials..normal monitor 42:10 83:10
84:13 88:16 99:16 105 month 21:15 79
monthly 22:25 35
moot 40 17,18
morning 10:17
motion 9:11 59:12 104 motions 8 motive 77:12
mouth 6,8,12,18 106
15 107 114 128
move 14,18 9,21 123
moved 71 98:17 116
20 mute 19:12
N
named 6,24
necessarily 17,20
94:20 114
needed 26:19 18,19
70:14 122
Nelson 17,24 20:19 4,7 47
Nelson's 18
Nicolet 29:24 21,22
nineteen 13:10 nonasbestos 46:12 55:14
60:21 62 78 79 101 102 107
5,19
normal 115
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Note 95:25
notes 14,15 23:25 24 57 15,20
notice 87:23
notification 82:18
notifications 80
notified 82:16
number 82
numbers 37:18
numerous 122
--
object 16:19 40 41
48 87 90:21 17,24
123 128
objecting 95:21
objection 7,10 11:12
12 6,14 20:20 21 2,19 23:18 13,20 26 2,15 9,22,23 24 7,22 44 12,14
18 53:20 56 57:10 59:17
11,20 65 68 72:16 78:24 17,24 85 86 91:19 1,9 18,19,25
96 102 104 105 106 107 111 120 129
objections 16 40:15
81 91:15 92 125
Occupational 11,13
87:22
occur 50
October 102 112
offered 121
office 88:25 116 117 118 126
offices 14:12 116
operations 5,11,13
43:14
opinion 13,20 64 opt 9:10
order 25 104
ordering 11
Ormco 116 OSHA 8,13,16 9,10
12,14 22,23 5,8,19 25 15,24 91:13 96:11 OSHA'S 18,25 88:13 overbroad 1,13 22
20 26 68 overtime 23 owned 33:25
P
p.m. 39 6,8,10 11,12,15 130
package 31:19 6,16,21
3,4,5 120
packaged 31:18 32:16
97:23
packages 31 84:23
103
packaging 72:22 124 packets 16,24,25
31:22 32 pages 36 74:23 99:18
100 1,2,13 104 25 105 6,16,17
Index Note..people
108 4,10 pails 30:21
paragraph 45 90:19
9,19 93:18 103 pardon 64 80:14 101
123 124
parent 98 parking 7,8 part 13 12,13 29:10
43:20 44:16 53 71:15 86:12
parties 4,6,14
Partner 9:25
Pass 130
past 42 126 128
paste 13 1,2 58 9,12
17
pat 78:14 126 Patterson 74 12,16 pausing 65:20 paying 59:24
PDF 82
pending 74:16 pension 34:22 people 17 22:14 23:13
10,17,22 26 9,20 10,13,17 52:23 4,12 13,15,18 61:15 62:19 63 66 67:20 3,10
71 76:18 77:10 87 96:23 97:15 101 109 114 115
116 9,16 122
125 126
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percent 5,6,16,19
130
performance 118 period 11:19 55:24 periodontal 11,14,22
1,2 9,12,17 peritoneal 45 64:13 permanent 87:24
person 72 81:17 83:17
105 110 114
118
person's 88:10 personal 127 personally 23:23 66:11
95 97:16
personnel 50 118
persons 63
phase 114 phased 73:18 10,15,16 bologna 129 picture 57:21 piece 50:19 place 81:21 106 places 14 plaintiffs 37 84 99 plan 27 planner 9,18 3,7,11
68:13
planning 17,24 61
103
plant 21,22 2,9
16:24 113
plants 13:25 14:12 89
plastic 93:24 95 123
124
pleural 45 64:13
PMK 91:11
point 17:14 1,7 20:12 23 8,10 26 33:10
25 34:25 52:14 58:16
13,16,24 88:15 89
110 111
points 18,21 policies 24:14 9,18,21 policy 8,11 5,11
14,18,21 1,4,22 117 popped 36:13 position 85 positive 43
possibility 67:19 Possibly 67:18 potential 49:19 62:10
13,21 21,24
potentially 11,12 powder 7,9,11,15,16
4,8 powders 119 120 PPL 5,10,15,16
10,19,22,23
PPL's 108
precut 31 32:14 preference 124 prepackaged 31:23 prescribed 93:18
presence 88:10 121
Index percent..process present 8 43:22 presentation 43:20 presently 34:10 president 12:16 12,14
16,17,25 17,23 21:22 23 27:14 19,21 35 22,25 2,5 13,16 2,9,21 51:25 55:16 58:25 2,8 73:11 83
114
presidents 59 pretty 128 previous 15:22 previously 43 74:11
110 127
price 20,23 10,18
54:16 60:22 105 108
prices 12,15 pricing 4,12 primarily 48:25 primary 21 prints 80 prior 75 problem 12,17 51:15
21 1,6,9,19,22 problems 65:25 Probst 20,22 108 procedure 29:10 procedures 24:14 25:18
22
process 11 29:13 46:15
47:18 53 7,8 57:15
59:16 78:13 82:19 107 110 123
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processing 93:15
procurement 121
produce 26:20 104
produced 26:19 36
104 113
product 13 27 29 17,19 30 44 5,10 11,12 3,11,20 49:20 50:12 52:18 11,13,19 5,8 58:16 11,13,15 1,3,20 62:19 9,13 4,9 12,16 73:19 101 102 11,13 14 9,11 107 108 6,9,11,13,14,20 20,22,25 120 123 4,16,19
production 14:21 4,9 25 8,12,13,17 27:13 15 33:14 57:17 9,15 12,20 101 127
130
products 6,7,10,20 7,11,14,15,23 23 18,19 17,24,25 2,9,18 11,21 45 5,18 56:24 57 1,6 13 59:10 13,17 73:25 8,12 75:23 1,2,5,10 13,15,19 11,17,22 80:11 4,13 93 95:15
96:12 97:13 101 105
17,23 2,6,9 117 13,14,17 10,14 22 125 128 129
18
program 11,13
project 14,16,18
projects 118
promoted 27:23 28 proper 2,3,4 87
94:21 129
properly 49:20 properties 123 proposed 87:24 protect 19,22 2,7
71:17 72:14 89:22
proverbial 21 47 provide 26:24 provided 69:24 75:23
5,9,24 101
providing 75:19 proving 94:19 publication 84:14 published 12,16 39
2,13 5,14 44:21 49:15 57:24 87:20 1,6 18,20 91:22 96:14 pull 36 43
pulling 49 pulmonary 45 purchase 28:16 97:11 purchased 127 purchasing 14,24
15,17,22 11,22,23 55 57:17 13,19,23
97:17 104 116 118 119 128
purposes 123
pursuant 117 put 11:20 29 7,8
18,23 7,15 5,12
37 38 46:11 50:22
Index processing..rapidly
64 73:19 74:19 11,20 92:23 95:15 11,13,20
124
puts 59:12 putting 19:22 48:13 73
12 84:23
Q
QA 2,5 83
quality 13:15 14:22 17
10,11 25 6,7 2,18 7,14 11,14 83:10
85:10 107
quantities 79 question 11,12,19
19:15 34:17 39:19 40:25 48:14 59:17 65:24 74:15
4,7,9 82:25 87 90 25 91 95 96 8,11 104 21,23 117 3,4,5
questioning 48 81:11
87 91:16
questions 91 99:22 9,12 130
quick 14:24 quote 128
R
R 54:21 116 ran 78:10 Ransdell 42:24 43 46:14
9,11,15
Ransdell's 42:25
rapidly 121
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raw 93
read 23,25 20,22,23 37:14 44:17 10,21,22
49:15 50:10 64 75 79:15 81 82:21 83
86:14 88 6,17,21 93:20 95:13 9,10 103 113 16,20
real 14:23
reamers 14
ended 67
reason 11 15,19 97
106 109 114 120 124
recall 15:12 16:22 19
27:25 51:24 12,13 76 78 9,11,13,20
115
receive 121 124
received 22,25
recess 38:24 90 100
recognition 49
recollection 75:22 83
15:24 74:18
recommend 51:17
recommendation 47:10 51:19
recommended 58
record 16,17,18 10 14:25 38 21,23 1,3 48:13 60 79 7,10 98:10 99:19 4,11,14
130
records 59:23 11,12,20 9,10 14,15,16 2,14,20,22 112
114 1,5,8 118 20 16,20,23 128 redirect 18,21
reference 37:17
referred 7,20 49
referring 68:21 69
reflect 75:22 reflected 10 refractories 13:22 14 refresh 74:18 83
Register 79:16 2,3,4,6
9 82:19 2,10,13 84 85 87:21 1,6,16,19 91:23 11,15 105
regular 94:12 regulated 92:14 regulations 12,15
85:11 87:14 88:17 90:24
regulatory 3,11 42
11,14 1,17 59 108
relate 91:16 related 18:11 45 92
101 110 115
117 118
relating 115
release 50 released 51 993 releases 64:18 relevant 81 relied 25:12
rely 25:17
remember 43 47
19,21 24,25
117 119 126
Index raw..research
remotely 5
removed 49
removing 10,15 Repeat 117 replace 53:23 56 101
102 107
replaced 63:16 replacement 51:22 3,6
7,17 7,16 55:14 77:25 78 102 10,12,14
replacing 107 report 20:16 11,14 reported 20:19 27:12 reporter 5,25 10 83:23
18,22 96 99:12
130
Reporters 9:24 reporting 22:22 Reports 38:19 represented 99 101 representing 108
reps 75:25
requesting 102 requests 80 require 113 required 93:11 116 requirement 85 requirements 26:23 80:10
82:14 83
requiring 82
research 13:16 14:22
2,4 19 25 42:23 52:23 53 54:11 7,11
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14,19,20,23 57 59:13 64:22 1,13 21,24
105
reserve 91:15 129
17,20
resource 16:23
resources
18 25
5,7,24 16
respect 80:10 83 respond 98:17
response 98:24 113
responsibility 11 16:24
15,24 52:12 57:12 80
83 89:22
responsible 69:13
rest 23 78
retention 11,14,18,21 4,21 117
retired 11 33:23
review 80 83
reviewed 24
Reyen 9:13 11:12 12
6,19 20:20 1,13 2,19 23:18 13,20 26 2,9,12 16,21 37:13 9,16,20,22 40 15,20,24 43:18 44 45 16,20 48 53:20 56 57:10 4,17 61 63 11,20 64 2,24 66 68 70:17 3,16 74:15 75 78:24 17,20,23 81 5,15,19 1,6 87 88 3,21 6,10 92 1,9,13,19,25 98 11,14,19,24 19,21 105 16,18 107
111 120 11,12
16 10,24 2,10,19 14,18 2,5,12 11,24
Richard 65:15 90:14
hand 36:22 49:23
93
rings 15,20 50 58:14
RISCHMAN 125
128 role 61:13 121 roles 79:11 roll 31
rolls 32:24 49 6,8,15 58:18 84:21 103 124
room 63 64:17 Rose 128 roundabout 24:20 28
33 117 rubber 93:24 95
rulemaking 87:24 running 45:12 91:18
Russ 17,24 20:19 21
7
safe 92
safety 8,24 1,5,7,8
17,20,24 11,13 87:23 sale 7,11 101 103
110 1,6,8 117 sales 14:21 16,19,22
20 22:24 25 23,25
27 75:25 97:11 108
Index reserve..sell
6,9,11,12 13,15 16,21 14,25 126 15,19,23 128
130
shipment 111
salespeople 10,12,17
128
sample 56 sampling 55
San 74:22
sat 22:12
schedules 27:21
Schein 74 17,18
School 15,22
schools
11,13
119 120
scientific 56:15
scientifically 92:16
scope 66:10 88:10 scrap 93
screen 5,14
scroll 75:14 82 90:18
20,25 102
search 5,11,16,19 100 101 3,24 107 22,23 113
118 128
searched 99 111 128
section 87:21 93:19
sections 50
Seeking 34
sell 12:20 18:15 10,22
53:13 55 73:25 74
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128
selling 10,12,16 44:25
9,10 14,16 3,20 58 1,20,22,23 67:15 15,20 79 84:17 96:18 111 17,20,25 126 16,18
sells 125
send 26:25 98:22
sends 54:22
sense 31:19
sentence 4,13,17
45:24 49:24 58:11
separate 21:21 32:15
sequence 88:13
serving 120 servings 30:25
set 19 52 61:15
setting 10,18
share 121 129
sheets 54:16
shelf 112
shelves 77:25 78 79
ship 84:24 125 shipment 110 128 shipped 120 122
13,18
show 28 34 40 43:10
4,10,12,14,17 20,24 2,23 102 113
showing 63:25
shows 77:21
sic 9:23 39 103 sick 67:20 71:12 side 37 57:18 65:12
sign 11,13 significant 45:24 signing 114 130
silence 40:22 similar 123 sir 48:15 74:24 122
124
sitting 36
situation 99:16 sixth 85:13 86 size 32:11 78:21 skills 40
slips 67
small 79 smaller 36:21 smart 66 snappy 66 snuck 19:17
sold 13 20,23 18:13 20:18 18,20 31 32 23,24 33 6,19 46 12,15 58:13 12,25 18,23 108 109 19 11,19,22 112 124 12,16
solution 53:23 3,4
sort 52:18 122 sound 15:15 28 42
6,14 72 99:11 sounds 33 19,23
Index selling..stamp
Southern 15,22 speak 11 12:12 13:14
28:18 33 40:19 16,24 44 47:17 19,23 57 16 59:18 6,8,22 63 64:23 8,17 73:14 77
78:25 79:21 88:12 101
15,23 110 111
119
speaking 11:18 19
32:20 34:15
speaks 40 44 8,13
spec 89
Specialties 98:20 specific 41:16 76 92
115 119 123
specifically 120 specifications 97:12 specificity 98:12 speculate 66 speculation 39:10 43:18
56 61 63 65 72 79:18 88:10 94 102 105 106 107
120 2,23 6,16
124 125 128
Speculative 123 Spencer 9:24 38:20 spread 106 Springer 9:21 127 Springer's 48:10
staff 2,8
stake 92:20
stamp 52
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standard 14,19 87:19
25 88
Standards 86:13 start 30 34:25 4,12
79 85:24 104
started 1,4 10,12 19,24 13,17 15 16:15 17:17 18:10 2,3 26
14 70
starts 90:19
state 63
stay 79:12 stayed 79:15 staying 55:13 step 17:19
stick 16
sticker 37 83:25
stipulate 4,5 91:18 stipulated 4,7,12,13 stipulations 9:15
stock 33:25 34:19
stop 23 46:10 14,16 22,23 70:15 71:23 17,20
stopped 21 66 70:20
72:10 111
stops 4,24 storage 93:15
store 67
story 129 Street 21,22 2,10 stretching 24:16
strike 9 13:10 71:22
92:23 9,21,22 123 strip 32:14 122 123
22 12,13 strips 3,23 7,15,24
33 84:22 120
structure 46:25 students 119 120 stuff 26 47:15 56:20
59:25 83:14 109
110 17,20,24
126
style 22:24 subject 87:13 88:24 89:19 subpoena 17,20 99
substitute 4,6 101
sudden 126 sue 71:12
sued 19,24 67:20 70:16 1,9
suggest 34:14 127 suggesting 51:13 2,3 suggestion 59:11
suitable 53
summary 10,11
Superman 94:12 supervisor 27:23 supplied 68 123 supplier 32:17 69:24
123
suppliers 72:22 73:25
74 123
supplies 12:21 supply 126
Index standard..tape supplying 103 supposed 50:21 85:10 surprised 44 suspend 85:23
Suzanne 18,19
swear 5 10
swirly 95:24
switch 99:15 switchover 108
Sybron 97:24 4,12,14
20,23
Sybron's 98 symbols 99:15 system 103
T
tabs 17,18
takeaway 17,21 taking 56 84:23
talented 40 talk 11:21 12:25 21:19
65:25 75:19 90:12 106
talked 11,13 22
26:15 31 32 35 58:11 90:14 101
talking 25:23 47 50:12
55:20 73 83:13 104 22 2,5,16 108
114 130 talks 45
tape 13 28:16 18,20 21 1,3,6,11,12 7,10 15 11,21,23,24,25
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11,22 15,19,21,23 15,19,21,23 24 3,6,14 3,6,16 8,22 63:22 18,24 21,25 72:21 1,5,13 22 1,24 2,8,10,11 13,15,16,18,19,20,22 5,6 17,22,23 89:15 23 23,25 94 4,5 16 12,18 101 102 19,22 11,19,22 3,20 119 120 10,12,15,16
TAURAS 17,21,25 96 104 14,16,20
team 14,21,24,25 20 24 4,10,24 22:18
108
tear 19,20,24 120
tearing 51
technical 56
technician 50:18
technicians 62:13 67:24
8,18 1,14 84:17
96:23
telling 56:25 57:23 125
128
tells 115
temporary 87:19
ten 32:15
pound 30:21 tendency 50
terms 59:20
test 52:24 64:18
testified 10 15:10 4,7 74:11 110 9,22
testify 81
testifying 81:14 127 testimony 15:22 17:15
48:10 53 58:25 59 61:18 63:20 70:17 72
7,11 80:24 82:23 98 106 113
testing 55 57 106
tests 104 105
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