Document o0BgzjyQJzkZqRZMQwLZ6wm8
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.
Abex also objects to this interrogatory on the ground that it is speculative inasmuch as it fails to distinguish among raw asbestos, asbestos contained in building insulation products and/or asbestos-containing automotive and/or railroad friction products, and/or among the different types of asbestos fibers. Because the asbestos fiber contained in Abex's asbestos-containing automotive and/or railroad friction products was chrysotile, the only type of asbestos Abex ever used for product production, which was resin-bonded and encapsulated, proper use of such products did not create or contribute to any adverse health effects.
Abex further objects to this interrogatory to the extent to which it purports to seek information or materials that have been gathered, received, or prepared in the course of litigation, or which are otherwise subject to the attorney-client privilege, protected by the attorney workproduct doctrine, the rule protecting materials prepared in anticipation of and/or in connection with litigation, or any other applicable privilege.
Subject to and without waiving these objections, Abex is in possession of a typewritten note stating that a former Abex Medical Department Director, Lloyd E. Hamlin, presented a paper at a symposium held in 1952 at Saranac Lake. Abex has made a reasonable and good faith effort to obtain the requested information, to the extent that it is not equally available to plaintiffs, by making a good faith search of locations where documents containing this information, if it exists, should be found, where appropriate, by inquiry to other natural persons
191