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L Pitney, Hardin, Kipp & Szuch 163 MADISON AVENUE CN 1945 MORRISTOWN. NEW JERSEY 07960-1945 MORRISTOWN (201) 267-3333 NEW YORK (SIS) 926-0331 TELEX 642014 TELECOPIER (201) 267-372T Newark office 33 WASHINGTON STREET NEWARK, NEW JERSEY 07102 WRITER S DIRECT DIAL NUMBER (SOI) S3I- 4817 January 13, 1987 ROBERT P. HAZLEHURST. JR. JOHN BARKER CHARLES R. HARDIN, JR. ROGER C. WARO JAMES C. PITNEY WILLIAM D, HARDIN CLYDE A. SZUCH S. JOSEPH FORTUNATO DAVID J. CONNOLLY, JR. WILLIAM H. HYATT, JR, LAWRENCE F. REILLY MURRAY J. LAULICHT EDWARD P. LYNCH GERALD C. NEARY JOSEPH LUNIN RICHARD L. PLOTKIN TIMOTHY R. GREINER ROBERT HOLLINGSHEAO FREDERICK L. WHITMER GREGORY C. PARUMAN ROBERT G. ROSE Patrick J. McCarthy JOSEPH H, KOTT MARY LOU PARKER PAUL E. GRAHAM J. MICHAEL NOLAN, JR. warren J. Casey KEVIN J. O DONNELL GLENN C. GEIGER DENNIS R. LA FIJRA BAIL H, ALLYN HENRY NELSON MASSEY ELIZABETH C. FLANAGAN SEAN R. KELLY PATRICIA A. PICKPEL WILLIAM P. SHELLEY JAMES H. FOSTER WILLIAM J. FRIEDMAN DAVID G. HARDIN DENNIS T. KEARNEY JANICE MONTANA H. GLENN TUCKER BARBARA E. BLACK JANE H. HARDIN HELEN E. HQENS BETTY ANN MCWILLIAMS BARBARA A. MOORE LAWRENCE J. NAGY KENNETH J. NORCROSS CHARLES OUINN EVELYN R. STORCH DINAH H. BOURNE DONALD W. KIEL CYNTHIA B. LUPO MARIE D. NAROINO JOEL M. ROSEN JOHN K. SKRYPAK LORI J. BRAENDER JEFF ELLENTUCK THERESA OONAHUE EGLER KATHY A, LAWLER HARRIETT JANE OLSON ELIZABETH J. SHER LLOYD H. TUBMAN ERNEST J. CICCONI ANN V. CONREY MICHAEL J. DUNNE JAMES H. FORTE KATHLEEN A. GREEN MARIE N. JACKSON EILEEN A. LINOSAY THOMAS J. MALMAN RICHARD J. MUMFORD OAVIO NIU KAREN M. PALMA JAMES D. RAY SCOTT A. SMITH KENNETH E. THOMPSON PETER G. VERNIERO MILLIE E. WILLIAMS IVETTE R. ALVAREZ MATTHEW J. BROAS Joseph w. como HOPE S. CONE LAURAN S. D'ALESSIO DAVID P. DOYLE JENNIFER CHANDLER HAUGE DEBORAH HENNIGAN KNAPR STEVEN 8. LARSEN ALAN G. LESNEWICH PATRICIA 8. SANTELLE JAMES A. SCHRAGGER GREGG S. SOOINI BETSY L. WEISS LAWRENCE H. WERTHE1M BARRY O. BERNSTEIN ERIN A. DOLAN KAREN GRECO-BUTA BENJAMIN E. HAGLUNO JUSTIN M. MONAGHAN LINOA FARRELL WALKER ANDREA C. ZAVESKY Peter F. Davey, Esq. Union Carbide Corporation Law Department 39 Old Ridgebury Road Danbury, Connecticut 06817-0001 Re: Memice v. PPG Industries, et al. usKftai. JAM 1 o 1S2 IrRrDHEI Dear Peter: Enclosed please find a copy of plaintiff's Interrogatories addressed to Union Carbide and Vista Chemical in this matter. As you may recall from our telephone conversation in late December, these Interrogatories in place of the earlier Interrogatories served by are the plaintiff, which were stricken by Judge Mandak at the hearing of various discovery motions on December 19. Under the Court's order, the defendants are required to respond to these Interrogatories within 30 days of service; therefore. Union Carbide's answers will be due on February 4, 1987. Please note that these Interrogatories may be changed, but you should begin compiling information nonetheless. At the hearing on December 19, Judge Mandak directed the plaintiffs to serve the defendants with ten (10) single questions (no subsections). (See the enclosed proposed Order). The Interrogatories which are enclosed are clearly in violation of that directive and have been challenged by the defense counsel (see the enclosed letters of January 8, 1987 from John Ridley, Esq.) privileged and "CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER" UCC 076780 ditney, Hardin, Kipp & Szuch Peter F. Davey, Esq. January 13, 1987 Page Two My best guess is that the plaintiff's counsel will not voluntarily withdraw any questions and Judge Mandak will have to rule on Mr. Ridley's objection. Until we hear that the objection is upheld, however, we probably should assume that we will have to answer all the subsections. Please call if you have any questions. Sincerely, RLH: j.S Enclosures ROBERT L. HOLLINGSHEAD PRIVILEGED AND "CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER" UCC 076781 CRUMMY, DEL DEO, DOLAN, GRIFFINGER & VECCHIONE A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION MM T DOLM KCimiL iwirnniui nuM 4. VKBBmOm pen* j. wirreN pctdi t nnw JOHN A, MOLCV HOK*r*. PAWtTIM. DMWJ. iwmwm DMS M. MVMM BOMULD N IRMOTII tmwiemomiii JOHN M. MjOCM MW . MeeOUMKn nKOCfllCK&MNTim PAUL A. MfWWS BWblJI J. MCMAHON mcmacl p. lomvtc HIMI' A. OSMklN ACCN A. aiAHHKUJ MOMW 6 CMUHMT MCC-tCCO ATTORNEYS AT LAW ONE GATEWAY CENTER NEWARK. N.J. 07102-5311 201*022*2238 CA8LX-TELEX: CftUMMV-MWK I98*9 TELECOMSPW: (201) 677-9990 (201) 877-3996 January 8, 1987 MMM0I miitai. mmiwc MMi u i iO KOMKRTnui owi, r. oumm CMUN 0- CMMMi MMLWNt a ponto MCMACL J. LOME* ALVCC C MALCmaa eomtcuus Mcourrm. wncMEu.f m. xoocl PAUL M AMTINOWI IMN M. CCHMIOT OAPV r. Mown OOWOtMKA A CAACAA OrCOUNKL MYMOWB p. TWCVHAH rnmaiuai WUMIJ.TAM.OW TIMMM J.TMMUWELU KATMCE VMAMA CMUTS PAUL T. CAMPAWO MAimW 6 OeONHOAS jcmrr v. plyww Honorable Nicholas G. Mandak Assignment Judge of the Superior Court Passaic County Courthouse Paterson, New Jersey 07505 Re: Memice v. PPG Industries, et al Docket No. L-20509-86 Dear Judge Mandak: Your Honor may recall that on Friday, December 19th, numerous counsel in the above-referenced matter appeared before Your Honor in connection with motions relating to both the untimeliness and the overbreadth of plaintiff*s Interrogatories in this matter. At that time, Your Honor struck the Interroga tories which plaintiff had served (containing several hundred questions) and directed that plaintiff's counsel specifically serve a maximum of ten single-question interrogatories directed solely to the purpose of determining the propriety of the inclu sion of the numerous defendants in this litigation. You directed that these interrogatories be served within ten days, i.e., by December 29th, and be answered within thirty (30) days thereafter. In response to my request at the conclusion of the hearing. Your Honor agreed to hear any application relating to the impropriety of the interrogatories on short notice. On January 5th I received plaintiff's set of Interrogatories which I believe to be substantially at variance with the direc tive of the Court. However, in an effort to obviate the need to reappear . before Your Honor on this matter, I am undertaking to attempt to reconcile these differences with plaintiff's counsel. If this is unavailing,, we will contact Your Honor UCC 076782 ' O 'UMMY. DEL DEO. DOLAN, GRIFFINOER & VECCHIONE by. telephone to request an appearance. In the meantime, I am enclosing herewith a form of Order reflecting Your Honor's decisions on December 19th, with the request that, unless an objection is noted, it be executed and filed after five days. I am also enclosing a self-addressed, stamped envelope for the return of that Order marked as filed. Thank you for your consideration in this matter. Respectfully yours, JARld Enclosures cc: All Counsel of Record (w/encl.) UCC 076783