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Abex manufactured and sold asbestos-containing railroad friction products under the
trade name "Comet."
INTERROGATORY NO. 20: With respect to each asbestos-containing product listed for each subpart of Interrogatory No. 19:
(a) Identify the specific company (Defendant, predecessor, related company) which designed, manufactured, processed, specified, sold, distributed, applied, installed, patented or re-labeled such product;
(b) State the year in which Defendant, its related company or its predecessor first designed, manufactured, processed, specified, sold, distributed, applied, installed, patented or re-labeled such product; and,
(c) State the year in which the Defendant, its related company or predecessor last designed, manufactured, processed, specified, sold, distributed, applied, installed, patented or re-labeled such product
SECOND AMENDED ANSWER TO INTERROGATORY NO. 20:
Abex objects to this interrogatory on the grounds that it is overly broad, unduly
burdensome, compound, vague and ambiguous and calls for speculation.
Abex also objects to this interrogatory on the ground that it purports to shift the burden of
establishing product identification from plaintiffs to Abex.
Abex further objects to this interrogatory to the extent it purports to seek information or
materials regarding time periods and products that are not at issue in these cases, on the grounds
that such information or materials lack relevance and are not reasonably calculated to lead to the
discovery of admissible evidence. Abex objects to this interrogatory on the grounds that the
information or materials it purports to seek otherwise lack relevance to the issues arising in these
cases and are not reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence.
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