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1 States Post Office and the garages of two of the
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2 United States Post Offices here in Baltimore, and he
3 started working there in 1948.
4 That is where Mr. Wood was exposed to Ford
5 asbestos brake linings. And as a result of his work
6 at the post office -- and he worked there not as a
7 mechanic, but as a garage man, driver/mechanic.
8 He did not himself work directly on brakes,
9 but he worked in the garage around other gentlemen who
10 will come in this court and will testify that he
11 worked around brakes and he breathed that same
12 asbestos dust and he developed this mesothelioma as a
13 result of being around Ford brake linings.
14 His mesothelioma was diagnosed in January of
15 1990. As you can see, he died on May 26th of 1990.
16 This Sunday would have marked the six-year anniversary
17 of the death of Nollie Wood.
18 After Mr. Wood's death, Mrs. Wood had
19 developed some medical problems of her own, and as a
20 result of that, it renders her unable to drive and she
21 is unable to get around as she would like to, and