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FILE NAME: DDd DATE: DOC#: Dd OCUMENT DESCRIPTION:t, Jj / . .. ~ 1 .' '- \ \ Joseph 11. ~ McGee. Esq. Buist. Moon. five Exchange SD\Ythe " Street )fc('lee Charleston. se 29402 '. SUbject,' South Ca.l'01.1Da Asbeatoaia ease. . Toht iAs uigsuswt i1th7,t\1.u"mthe,%'croen1c'eerrnenincge to 0\1Z' telephone pla1nt1tt'. re conversation admissions or tact and 'tor ca]] 1 ng you out at genuineness your meetin ~ quest 'Lor doc:ument8. I apologize there wa.a an urgency to respond g, but I did to pla1nt1tt'1S not know request. it With respect to IteIC 1, our ct1l!p8.nT canpany prior to November 26, 1951, bad a group that con within our conducted industrial insulation .suell o;erationa after Armstrong operations. Contractin tracted tor and We did not conduct (now ACandS J November 26, Inc.) 1~7. was formed as a who~.ogwn&edSuspupblsyidCioarrpyo' roantion Etrnocm.loAsCedanidsS',aInnecm. pl1o'yhmatenctacrdaridndonicMateelsvitnhLat. Runt H that I received by Armstrong the dates ot Contraet1Dg employment, " ~ it wo unt was employed Corporation, and 1oold.c6 at employed by from ACandS Armstrong that Cork uld 8.ppe6Z' that ~. Howewl", he vas never I do understand ular4r 1"Ore with their respect to areDc7oermdaploayrme ennot tparilolrthtoat19co5m5,plaentdeJthpearret.i.e- , there 18 a po8s1b1l1ty that Mr. Hunt ma.y have vorked tor our eom;panyJ Ac~, even though no :recorda reveal that he 1t would appear that our response t did. be that 0U1" recorda do not 1nd1cate that o No.2 woul.d employed by the "contract1llg unit" ~ M:r. Hunt was evu Armstrong Cork ~. dOiusreaInsseuwraonrkcme eDn'eISpacrotmmepnetnsdaoteiosnhcavlaeima record ~ that was an occupational. Armstl-ong Cork Ccmpan,y. I do not know why tiled against Armstrong Cork Ca7l:p8.l17 - - 1, I ... ---------"-"- JOseph It. MeGee, bq. -I- 1fU In'YolftA. lIeverthel.ea., Trave1era Inau:rance ~, as cur workmen'. CCDpena&t1on 1nwrer, paid *3,298.00 in permanent and partial. diaabU1ty benefits, and the J'eeorda &lao l'8vea1 tba,\ Trawlers pa14 $203.90 to covel." expensea. It would appear, theret'oft, tha't No. 3 voul.4 have to 'be atDttted. Our Insurance Department baa no apec1t1c record or baviDs received the e%b1bit, which 1. the record or cla1la or Mr. Bunt. However, I am certa1D that 'lravelera Insurance Company neeived the exhibit, and th&t bei.ng the caH. I believe we would have to admit Item - - . Pl.ease give _ a call 11' you. wish to dia<Na1 our a.nawen furtheZ'. I assume you. vU1 plt O\a responses 1A It tom for tw.ng with the Court J a.n4 it 70U will then sen4 thell to .me, I Y1l.l bave them Signed in behal:t of our canpa.t:l7. -.I, - - enclosure : , VJ.' L; Crisp,-> Insurance I t ! ~ -:~ . ~''r .~ Lt .. "1,1 , . I, .-. DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS CIVISION OF INCUSTRIAL ACCICENTS .WORKMEN/S CON\PENS.A~TION A~PPEALS . STATE OF CALIFORNIA BOARD I.' il: A,lv.' I..- 10~..:l'l( If 1\ L. HUNT; CASE No. 65 LB 29228 Applicant vs. vffiSTERN ASBESTOS COMPANY, et a1 Defendant, 1 Order Approving COlnpromise and Release AND ORDER DENYING LIEN CLAII>l GOOD CAUSE APPEARING THEREFOR: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the lien claim of the Department of E~p1oyment, be and it hereby is denied. _I The parties to the above-entitled action having led a Compromise and Release herein, on IvIa.rch 28, 1966 through .Il.ugust 29, 1966 settling this case for $ 15,135.08 in addition to all sums which may have been paid previously, and requesting that it be approved; and this Board having considered the entire record, including said Compromise and Release, now :finds that it should be approved; and, pursuant to Notice of Intention, and J GOOD CAUSE APPEARING THEREFOR: IT IS ORDERED that said Compromise and Release be, and it is hereby approved, and the proceeds paid as follows: BY ;..ErpN~CASUALTY & SURETY COlv'iPANY: . TO: Dn. JOSEPH F. BOYLE, lien c1aimant $ SILVER & I'icHILLIANS Lien for living expenses . $ 475.00 259.50 As attorneys' fee 1.450.00 1,925.00 FUl'W...................... ~ffiLVIN L. HUNT, applicant 601.86 . ... $ TO ~1ELVIN HUNT, applicant .. 12,348.72 BY M/lERICAN MOTORISTS INS~JRANCE C0I-1PANY................... BY STATE COI>1PENSATION INSURLi.NCE BY FlRE~1AN I S FUND INSURANCE COT-IP .t..l\TY BY E\RD1:;J,.RE MUTUAL INSU~ANC2 CO?,:?P.NY...................... 2,786.36 2,714.93 871. 43 451. 63 190.30 BY PACIFIC EI'ilPLOYERS HrSURANCE CQ:llPAHY '. 1,866.56 BY T :=, TRAVELERS INSURANCE> Cm.:? ANY. 86: BY Ej\1PLOYER h '1' . F VlISCONSIN........... -55.84 BY ZURICH AHERICAN INSUHAIWE COlSP AJ:rlE.$._o_o ... ,_,_'- ....... .'.J .. ".J-". L..<._. _ _ 194 . '2.6 E}Y RELIANCE INSUR~NCE COI1PANY . ;.; .;...... -.. ; ....:. ;s. '.<': :;=:' ;,: -' .. 2-5.00 BY IfiDUSTRIAL INDE;'lNITY COI:P.tI.EY........................... 745.50 BY ARGONAUT INSURANCE CO?1PAHY............................. 40.43 c. I BY L!?ERTY NUTUAL INSURAnCE CQ;.lPANY....................... 1,305.35 SERVED ON ALL PARTIES LISTED <:!15 135 08 ON THE OFFICIAL ADDRESS RECORD 'T' J Date:9-14-66BY/~/ lt~!~ ( G !! A L ) :i , h i RA~4m UA"n SEPTEi:e:::R 14, 1966 :-.eI'eree, \iOKK.i\'::;iPS CO"lPE1'~SAil'ION AFFr.ALS DATED AT LO~;G BEACH, CALIFO?.:iIA BOARD .o.!A. . uV...'C.."..'E ~.(,,..\...'.<....(.!# 11'f:.V. < 1,48.' CASE NO. -_-AdOO'....... O~::3X a 65 LB 29228 r.'IELVIN L. HUNT vs. ,l'l-E~Ti3EARNHESATSEBRENSTOASSBECQSTl\1OPSANYSUPPLY; J. T. THORPE, INC.; ~rUrNBITOED~TCG~...9c.O.RQKMPCAONMYFiNYD ~mTALCLAD CORPORATION; JOHNS MANVILLE SALES CORP.; OvffiNS CORNING FIBERGLASSj THORPE INSULATION corllP ANY; MUNDET CORK COMPA~~; REESE INSULATION; BALDTtJIN EHRET-HILL COMPAny; FIBERGLASS ENGINEERING CO.; C. F. BRAUN & COMPANY; THE E. J. BARTELLS COlvlPANY; I10NROE FOOD MACHINERY; INDUSTRIAL FURNACES, INC.; INDUSTRIAL SERVICE & ENGI}ffiERING COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA; ~~NGELES CORK COMPANY; .RMSTRONG CONTRACTING:) AETNA CASUALTY & SHEEn COMPANY; Ai>lERICAN MOTORISTS INSURANCE CO.; STATE COMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND; FIREI'MN r S FUND INSURANCE CO.; HARDHARE MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.; PACIFIC EMPLOYERS INSURANCE CO.; THE TRAVELERS INSURANCE CO.; EIVlPLOYERS lViOTOAL LIABIL:I!Y INSURANCE CO. OF WISCONSIN; ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE CO.; RELIANCE INSURANCE Cor1P ANY; INDUSTRIAL INDEMNITY COMPANY; ARGONAUT INSURANCE COMPANY; LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. Referee: Dictated: RAYHOND LEAVER September 14, 1966 Injury: From 1940 thru 1965 Atto.!:neys : Silver & Mcvlilliams by Ed\'~in Silver, attorneys f'or applicant; J. D. Henderson, re9resentative for American I'lotorists Insurance Company; James Hu~~el, representative for Employers Ivjutual Liability Insurance Company of Wisconsin; Steven Schweitzer, representa tive f'or Fireman I s Fund Insurance Comp2ny; Clopton & Penny by Allan Schummer, attorneys for The Travelers Insurance Company, Industrial Indemnity Company and Reliance Insurance CompanYj James J. Wood, attorney for Argonaut Insurance Co.; Heingand, Kendig & Stockwell by Eugene Barnes, attorneys for Liberty Ivlutual Insurance Company and ,., Aetna Casualty and Surety Company; Hilliam H. Hunter, representative for Zurich Insurance Company; Franklin Kaye, attorney f'or State Compensation Insurance Fundj Herlihy, Herlihy, Jones & Nelson by Douglas Tipton, attorneys for The Travelers Insurance Company; Roberts and 'l.'hom8.sol1 ':Jy J:::IT.C:s C. Thomason~ attorneys f'or Pacif'ic Employers Insurance Company and Hardware Mutual Insurance Company. . Adu.' ..... 'O~_IX OPINION OF REF~P..EE ON ORDER APPROVING CQIjPROMISE AND RELEASE AND ORDER DENYING LIEN CLAIM For the reasons set forth in the various Comoromise and Release agreements, and based upon the competence of- counsel, the settlement appears adequate and should be approved. The tVlelve (12) separate agreeh.ents on file amount to a total ~igure of' $15~135.08. Travelers and Fireman's Fund each appear on two agreements. :1 \...a ....,...' l_ ,I,, i .Ot) I)" ~6H5V'LNBT 29228 ~o. 9/14/66 ~".< , least one carrier has ~2ce advance payments, which, of course, :~ to be deducted from t~e amount payable. Aoolicant I o~-$475.00 S a a n tt d orn to ey a s r e ar'e que ent sted i t f le ce d 'Co, a of $1 , lien 450.0 fo 0. r living expenses Dr. Joseph F. Boyle is aJ.lmicd 2. lien of $~59.50. For the sake of convenience~ all liens are to be paid out of the share of Aetna Casualty & Su~ety Company. Pursuant to Notice of Intention, the lien claim of the Department of Employment is denied. Referee Raymond Leaver ~WRKttIEN I S COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD /ei -2- , t --- f i - ' - I, \ \ Joseph 11. McGee,. Esq. Buist, Moore. Sm;vtbe &I McGee !':1ve Exchange Street Charleston. BC 29402 Joe, _ '. Dear .' -' ~ - . ~_ . ' . .... '. . ... f . ,; !"~_. Subject I - South Ca.:raUna Allbeatos1a CUu _ V , ,(1\') i 1-1 l ~ \ Jl7 To~hiAs u1g8uswt i1th7,f'1urmth,ercorenfceerrennincge to our telephOfle conversation p1.a1ntUt'. request for atodmr icsasilo' 1nnsgoytofu'aocut ta~nd gemUneness ar documents. I your meeting, but r did not apologize know 1:r there was an urgency to respond to pl.a1nt11'1". l"equest. With respect t\'t Ite.ml, our c~ had a group within our co.tzz.P8.DT pr102" to NO'Vemb~ 26, 1957, that contl-ac~ tor and. s(cnuooanwhduAocCpteaednrdaiStni,odInunsscta.H)ftawelarsiAnfsromurlmsatertodionangsCoapo. enwrtharoatic~ot.innosgw. n&eWd~ e sduidbsniCdoiotarcrpyoonrodanuticotn Novemb~ 26, 1957. Enclosed 1. -an empJ.o.yment card On Mr:lv1n L. t'rom ACancSS, llK:. l'hat card 1ndiea.tes that Hunt Hunt wthasat~ I received -~b:r Armstrong COQtl'acting & ~ Cozporat1on, and look:1.ng at the dates of employment, it YOUl4 appev that he was .never ; employed by t'ran ACandS Armstrong Cork Compan;y. Howewr. I that their recorda are not all that cdoomupnldeeter,stapnardtic~ ularl,y with respect to any- empl.O)'ment prior to 1955, and there_ tore, there i8 a possib1l1ty that Mr. Hunt may have 'WOrked tor our company, even though no records reveal. that he did. Accord1.tlg].y, it WOUld appear that 0Ul" resP01l8e to be that our recorda do not indicate that Mzo. Hunt wNaOs .2eW~OUld e=.pJ.oyed by the "contracting unit" CIt Al-matl'ong Cork C~. Our Insurance Department does have a record ~ an occupational. Adirsmesatsroenwg oCrkomrkeCn'. ~caD.pensIatdioonncolat .1kmnowthWathywAaarmtsitlreodngaCgao.r1kns~ t . -. I . i I-1 :"",. - L (j. ", i:-:1,,.~~ , ----- - - - - . -...- ;.. f. " ~. !. - r , i r l I,. Joseph lL McGee, hq. , ---_..-'_ __'""-"' r_, ____~__ ..__P .. - ~--- , ..... ---- l.m I! -2- ~ 18, . -"'--, I ,_ t ! I - -', -I .- I , ' . -1'" .'. (] DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS CIVISION OF INCUSTRIAL ACCICENTS " WORKMEN/S CON\PENSft,TION APPEALS _ STATE OF CALIFORNIA BOARD L. HUNT; Applicant vs. vffiSTERN ASBESTOS COMPANY, et al Defendant, ~\ CASE No. 65 LB 29228 Order Approving , I COlnpromise and Release AND ORDER DENYING LIEN CLAIM --------------------------------- GOOD CAUSE APPEARING THEREFOR: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the lien claim of the Department of E~ployment, be and i t hereby is denied. The parties to the above-entitled action having filed a Compromise and Release herein, on Ivlarch 28, 1966 through .1I.ugust 29, 1966 settling this case for $ 15,135.08 in addition to all sums which may have been paid previously, and requesting that it be approved; and this Bc:rd having considered the entire record, including said Compromise and Release, now :finds that i~ should be approved; and, pursuant to Notice of Intention, and, GOOD CAUSE APPEARING THEREFOR: IT IS ORDERED that ~aid Compromise and Release be, and it is hereby approved, and the proceeds paid as follows: BY AErr'N II CASUALTY & SURETY COI"iPANY: . To: D?,. JOSEPH F. BOYLE, lien claim::mt $ SILVER & fv!cHILLIAIriS Lien for living expenses $ 475.00 As attorneys' fee 1.450.00 YffiLVIN L. HUNT, applicant 259.50 1,925.00 601. 86 TO j\1ELVIN HUNT, applicant.................... 12,348.72 .... $ BY ANERICAN MOTORISTS INS~}R1'.N CE COI,lPANY BY STATE COIvlPENSATION INSURu.NCE FUND BY FIREHAN' S FUND INSURANCE CQT.~P A1\ry 2,786.36 2,714.93 871. 43 451. 63 190.30 1,866.56 86- 55 .84 ZURICH AHERICAN INSURAl~CE CO!~;P .A.N,IE's._. _, ....._<. ....... J ..... _....... .0.-&._.. 19 4 . 2_6 -.<' ': .;:.: :" -. BY RSLLt..nCE INSURc..NCE COijP.':"NY .-'; ';' - '."." 5. '2-5.00 BY INDUSTRIAL INDSl,lNITY CO;:P.J';.EY -......................... 745.50 BY ARGmrAUT INSURANCE CO?t1P ANY. 40.- 43 BY LI?ERTY r,~urruAL D~SUR~.lJCE CO~'IP~.l\'Y....................... 1,305.35 SERVED ON ALL PARTIES LISTED Q15 1":<5 08 ON THE OFFICIAL ADDRESS RECORD 'r' '--" c. D~te: 9-14-66:Sy;ll!/ If-..r~ ( G ?! A L ) SEPT2j~::::R 14, 1966 DA'l'ED ;.'I Lm:G BEACH, 0'" '.'CV. Y'("'"'!, ~("l."" (! .......... ."......... I <. ze-e, :-.'21'erCe, Cf..LIFO?,3IA \'iJHKj'~N is CO"IPENSA'l'ION BOARD APP':::ALS a CASE NO. 65 LB 29228 IviELVIN L. HUNT vs . W;E~BTEAR.l~'.J~SATSEBRENSTOASSBECSOTMOPSANYSUPPLY; 3. T. THORPE, INC.; QNITED CORK CO~PANYi ~-r1iROffGCi5BK ffiMPAHYD }ffiTALCLAD CORPORATION; JOHNS MANVILLE SALES CORP.; O~mNS CORNING FIBERGLASS; THORPE INSULATION CO~~A~~; MUNDET CORK COMPA1ry; REESE INSULATION; BALm-TIN EHRET-HILL COMPANY; FIBERGLASS ENGINEERING CO.; C. F. BRAUN & COMPANY; THE E. J. BARTELLS CONPANY; 110NROE FOOD MACHINERY; INDUSTRIAL FURNACES, INC.; INDUSTRIAL SERVICE & ENGI}~ERING corIP ANY OF CALIFORNIA; ~_E_GELES CORK Cm.1PA!-J"Y; Affi~STRONG CONTRACTING; AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY: Ai,1ERICAN MOTORISTS INSURANCE CO.; STATE COMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND; FIRE1'1AN I S FUND INSURANCE CO.; HARmlARE MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.; PACIFIC EMPLOYERS INSURANCE CO.; THE TRAVELERS INSURANCE CO.; EKlPLOYERS lvlO'rOAL LI.tmIL!'fY - INSURANCE CO. OF WISCONSIN; ZURICH AI1ERICAN INSURANCE CO. j RELIANCE INSURANCE cm1P ANY; INDUSTRIAL INDEMNITY COMPANY; ARGONAUT INSURANCE COMPANYj LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO 0 Referee: Dictated: RAYHOND LEAVER September 14, 1966 Injury: From 1940 thru 1965 Att0.r;ne:r s: Silver & McT,l illiams by Ed\'~in Silver, attorneys f'or applicant; J. D. Henderson, representative f'or American Ivlotorists InSUr2!lCe Company; James Hu~"el, representative f'or Employers Ivlutual Liability Insurance Company of' \Alisconsinj Steven Sch1'leitzer3 representative f'or Fireman Ts Fund Insurance Comp~ny; - Clopton & Penny by Allan Schurnreer3 attorneys for The Travelers Insurance CompanY3 Industrial Indemnity Company and Reliance Insurance Company; James J. Hood, attorney for Argonaut Insurance Co.; Weingand, Kendig & Stockl-Iell by Eugene Barnes, attorneys for Liberty Ivlutual Insurance Company and .. Aetna Casualty and Surety Company; Hilliam H. Hunter, representative for Zurich Insurance Company; Franklin Kaye 3 attorney for State Compensation Insurance Fund; Herlihy, Herlihy~ Jones & Nelson by Douglas Tipton, attorneys for The Travelers Insurance Company; Roberts and ?hom8.sol'i ':Jy J2rr..CS C. Thomason 3 attorneys f'or Pacif'ic Employers Insurance Company and Hardware Mutual Insuran.ce Company. "~'l). '- o~ 1\ OPINION OF HEFEP.EE ON ORDER APPROVING CQ!.lPROMISE AND RELEASE AND ORDER DENYING LIEN CLAIM For the reasons set forth in the v2rious ComDromise and Release agreements, and based upon the co~petence of- counsel, the settlement appears adequate and should be approved. The twelve (12) separate agree~ents on f'ile amount to a total figure of $15,135.08. Travele!'s and Fireman I s Fund eaci"'. appear on tl'10 agreements. ~ "~" .).'''''' O.!) J, HUNT ~o.r.-"0'5 LB 29228 9/14/66 . least one carrier has r.:.e.ce advance payments, ',ri.ich, of course, ~-~ to be deducted from t~,e amount payable ... p.oolicant's attorneys ar'e entitled to a lien for living expenses ~~-$475.00 and to a requested fee of $1,450.00. Dr. Joseph F. Boyle is allo':led a lien of $~59. 50. For the sake of convenience~ all liens are to be paid out of the share of Aetna Casualty & Surety Company. Pursuant to Notice of Intention, the lien claim of the Department of Employment is denied. /~Cl.-~l-/-?-:,">-' .>J~;:/" 1I/I ' v ' \:... "Referee R::ymond Leaver \';ORKMEN I S COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD /ei . '. -2-