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FILE NAME Cape Asbestos CAPE DATE 1986 Aug 25 DOC CAPE139 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Deposition of Suzanne Purrington Legal - Tibbs Case Exhibit 37 ELECTRONICAL Y ELECTRONICALY ELCTRONIAY aves IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA FILED FILED - EARL FAIR and EILEEN FAIR his wife ) CIVIL ACTION VS. ) 2023 GAF CORPORAT_etI _al_ O_etN _al_ WILLIAM E. CARPENTER and ROSE Oct L_NO__84-0122 L_NO__84-0122 ) CIVIL ACTION CARPENTER his wife ) 18 vs. CORPORATI _et_al_O _ _eN t_al__ HARRY H. MCCRACKEN and H. MCCRACKEN his wife ~~ ELLA 12:13 ) NO 84-0356 1 DE Oh OR et wee oe emt ae ete ee ont ) PM - ) CIVIL ACTION vs. ) RICHLAND --- et al CORPORATION _L_NO__84 _L_NO__84_L_NO__84 ELIZABETH BIDER Executrix of > 10 the Estate of GEORGE HULMES > CIVIL ACTION - vs. ) COMON 11 GAF CORPORATeI t O aN loo L_NQ_ L_NQ_ 84-0351 HARRY COLBERT ) CIVIL ACTION 12 VS. 1 GAF CORPORATeI t ON _L_NQ__84-0102 _L_NQ__84-0102 _L_NQ__84-0102 _L_NQ__84-0102 PLEAS 13 DAVID BROWN ) CIVIL ACTION PLEAS "Seema VS. ) - 14 GAF CORPORATeI t O aN l _L_NO._84-0357 _L_NO._84-0357 _L_NO._84-0357 CASE LEONARD ELLER and GERTRUDE ELLER ) CIVIL ACTION 15 vs. ) __ GAF CORPORAT_eI t_al ON . 2 NO 84-0132 16 LEROY HALL ) CIVIL ACTION 2023CP401759 203CP401759 VS. > 17 CORPORATI etON _L_NO._84-0130 _L_NO._84-0130 _L_NO._84-0130 _L_NO._84-0130 CHARLES A. and MADELINE HIRST " CIVIL ACTION 203CP401759 18 VS. > GAF CORPORATeI t Oa Nl 19 WILLIE and RUTH OWENS L NO 84-0135_ " CIVIL ACTION VS. ) 20 GAE_CORPORATION GAE_CORPORAeT t IaOlN mee 0020 L 84-0134 ___ 21 The deposition of SUZANNE PURRINGTON 22 taken on August 25 1986 23 24 Service in Chicago is . . COCHRAN PUDLO SEWELL & HEILIG SESPEP SEP 3 1986 19861986 1986 ELECTRONICALLY ELECTRONICAL Y ELCTRONIAY\o SUZANNE PURRINGTON being first duly sworn was examined and testified as FILED - follows 2023 DIRECT EXAMINATION Oct 18 BY MR WALKER 12:13 Q. Would you state your name please PM -RICHLAND A. Suzanne Purrington -RICHLAND Q. By whom are you employed 10 A. The National Organization for Women Chicago - COMON 11 Chapter 12 Q. Where is their office PLEAS tess 13 A. 53 West Jackson Room 924 60604 - 14 Q. How long have you worked for NOW 15 A. Since September of 1981 203CP41759 16 Q. Who did you work for before that 17 A. From 1978 to 1980 I worked for State 18 Representative Carol Mosley Braun And in the second 19 half of 1980 I worked for State Representative Susan 20 Catania And I was unemployed from January of 1981 21 until September of 1981 22 Q. Did you ever work for Continental Products 23 A. I don't think I did I may have gotten one 24 paycheck I went back into my records to see if I had Service in Chicago is . . COCHRAN PUDLO SEWELL & HEILIG ELCTRONICALY 10 11 12 13 ELCTRONIALY PURRING - Direct we FILED gotten a paycheck from them I did not find it FILED those files I had thrown away I think I must 2023 perhaps November December of 1977 or December Oct 18 January I resigned the end of January 1978 I 12:13 12:13 believe PM - RICHLAND MR POLAK December 19777 THE WITNESS I resigned resigned resigned resigned resigned resigned resigned resigned in in January January January January January January January of of 1973 1973RICHLAND . COMMON I I recollection I mean mean mean mean I have have have have a vague vvaag guuee vague vague vague recolection recolection recolection recolection recolection recolection recolection recolection recolection recolection recolection recolection that that that that I mightmmiig ghhttmmiigghhttmight have gotten something at the very end of 1977 COM ON the beginning of 1978. So it was one or two PLEAS paychecks I received I think - BY MR WALKER 203CP41759 14 Q. When did you first work for North Americar 15 Asbestos Corporation 16 A. 1962 I believe 203CP401759 14 17 Q. Did you work for them continuously until 191977 18 A. Yes I did 19 Q. Would you normally work a hour week 20 A. Yes 21 Q. Did you normally work at wherever their 22 general headquarters were 23 A. Yes I did always 24 Q. Did you ever work at the Mundelein plant Service in Chicago is COCHRAN PUDLO SEWELL & HEILIG A. Q. A. someone No. PURRINGTON ~- Direct 11 ELCTRONIAY Were you ever at the Mundelein plant FILED - 2023 I think I was once I remember riding with Joan Holtze to the Mundelein plant I don't Oct 18 know when that was 12:13 Q. Was your trip to the Mundelein plant at a time PM - when people were actually doing something inside the RICHLAND plant as opposed to either setting it up or phasing it 10 out - COMON 11 A. I was there at a time when it was in 12 operation I only went in one room I think I was PLEAS 13 asked to come along for the ride to accompany someone PLEAS - 14 So I remember going into one room and it was in CASE 15 operation at the time I don't remember if there were 2023CP40 1759 16 people around I mean the place was functioning at the 17 time 203CP401759 203CP401759 18 Q. Do you remember the names of any of the people 19 who worked at the Mundelein plant 20 A. I believe very late in the 1960s I don't know 21 when the Mundelein plant was put in operation but 22 there was someone named James someone who worked for 23 North American Asbestos Hill who I think went to the 24 Mundelein plant He is the only person I would Service in Chicago is .. COCHRAN PUDLO SEWELL & HEILIG ELECTRONICAL Y ELECTRONICAL Y PURRINGTON - Cross ELECTRONICALY Manville various plants to Fibreboard to Unarco ELFCTIROLNIEADY Company to U.S. Gypsum to Pittsburgh but I am not sure it was called Pittsburgh That's - all I remember 2023Oct There were a variety of Manville plants 18 Q. probably 12:13 I think I cut you off to another answer that I didn't ask There were other manufacturers PM or- RICHLAND other companies that you shipped to other than the ones 10 you named - COMON 11 A. Yes 12 Q. A variety of plants for Manville 13 A. Yes PLEAS - 14 Q. What about Celotex 203CP41759 15 A. There were a couple of plants for Celotex 16 Q. Do you remember where those were 203CP401759 17 A. I remember one in the Midwest I believe And 18 there was another plant I don't know where that was 19 I don't remember now 20 Q. Unarco do you remember what plants you dealt 21 with there 22 A. I want to say Bloomington but I am not 23 exactly sure that it was Bloomington I am not sure 24 I mean Unarco is associated with Bloomington So it Service in Chicago is COCHRAN PUDLO SEWELL & HEILIG Mee 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ,,, ELCTRONICALY PURRINGTON - Cross may be that that's what I remember I know we shipped ELCTRONICALY to Unarco FILED Q. What was it you shipped - 2023 A. We shipped asbestos Oct Q. Do you know what kinds of asbestos 18 A. The fiber 12:13 PM Q. Do you know what kind of fiber - RICHLAND A. Amosite fiber crisilite That's what I remember - COMON Q. You handled both of those A. Yes Q. Did you know who was the biggest customer of PLEAS - North American in the United States Who did you ship most to A. Manville primarily Dow Chemical was another one U.S. Gypsum was another one 203CP41759 Q. What was your reason for leaving North American A. I had finished my Bachelor's Degree and decided I wanted to do something else Q. Where did you get your Bachelor's Degree A. Roosevelt Q. What was it in Service in Chicago is COCHRAN PUDLO SEWELL & HEILIG ELECTRONICAL Y ELECTRONICALY ELCTRONIAY PURRINGTON =~ Cross 6 Fares A. Sociology MR MOORE That's all I have FILED MR WALKER Mark this as 101515 - 2023 Document marked as Purrington Deposition Oct Exhibit No. 101515 for identification 18 REDIRECT EXAMINATION 12:13 PM BY MR WALKER - RICHLAND Q. Do you see the exhibit the reporter has marked 10 as 101515 - COMON 11 A. Yes I do 12 Q. I am going to show you the most original copy 13 which is available to me And as to Page 101515 that PLEAS - 14 is an onionskin which was provided to me by the 15 receiver of the North American Asbestos Corporation 203CP41759 16 liquidating trust and which North American Asbestos 17 Corporation's lawyer described in documents filed with 18 the Court as being the original records of the North 19 American Asbestos Corporation Do you see this 20 onionskin copy which has stamped in the lower 21 right corner 101515 22 A. Yes 23 Q. Is it the same as the Exhibit 1015157 24 A. Yes it is Service in Chicago is COCHRAN PUDLO SEWELL & HEILIG