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' Xc T'sYsrtx \ oICE OF PEQCES., Jlt Corpof^it|o Tru*t^Gmp*Sf C T Corporation Syftio J ^SMITTAL FORM c> to? C T CORPORA?! Off SYSTEM it 1 oitiu) " ST. toms, MISSOURI tCHl FROMr.C I-- Tf>- Mr. Roflncy Harris, Jr., tort. Oen.Csi. ~ Diractor, Law Pept. How ante Company ___ ' dOO northTlndSergS Blvd. B?7TC5iS!5?3raC5SMrB3IB6 ' V. J. Workmen, Asst. vice Pres Cleveland, Ohio |Cltl DATE: 6/2/72 VIA: tC) CtrHfMd Moll " | ) Cortlflod Ai: Mail VIA: IX y GorKflad Mall { | Moutng.r ( | Cortlflod Ai: Mall Received be: PROCESS IN OHIO (JurMldlml f0R MONSANTO COMPANY____________________ INbih | rpnwyl DELAWARE (Nome SfoltJ Enclosed ore coplei of leyof promt torvod upon the statutory ognl cf the above company follow*: i. Title o! Action; Dean L. Speicher, Plft. vs. Michigan Silo Co., Inc. and The Monsanto Co., Defts. ----- i. Document{t)f?HiiKHecd! Summons & Complaint 3. Court: Court of Common Pleas, Stark County, Ohio--Case #467 Doc. 246 NotuTM d Action: Plft. demands judgment of $6,910.59 plus costs for Defts. breach >f warranties, loss of earnings, repairs, and expense Incurred in disposing of sontamlnated milk when on May 27, 1968 Plft. purchased silo interior coating Hied Cumar which contaminated feed. . 5. On whom Frecaii JUSxsMMikxRecd: V. J. Workman, C T Corporation System, Cleveland, Ohio i. Dai. and Hour oPtsawxxRecd: Via certified mail on 6/2/72 from court 7. Apponranca o: An.w.i Duo: gg days after service b. Pbrniiif. AHomayi.): paul gterglos, Massillon Bldg., Massillon, Ohio 9. Romarki: please note slight discrepancy in corporate title. Ki*ir> 1 v HKNCw:r.:>G; iiFCnr by ml'iNihc. :; iiii-mihg to US IHE ENClOSfiD CARBON COPT OF THIS TRANSMI1IAI FORM. RECEIVED AND FORWARDED ON 6/5/72 .p,.., BY. C T CORPOHATIOH SYSTEM . t. HARMOlf 314 HORTK BROADWAY st, Laiii^JiesauHi Enuz Ml 2l 9-*99 IOOia Til 1 . ... o In the Court of Ccmdm Fleti, SUMMONS Sttfrk County* Ohio 'd / Mum Itala 4Q0 imout Urine! QvO ftwedw 7om Doe.... Page..,,................... .... rifrb&VM \ -Ka6,S.,llni,,Ch.io, SUMMONS A'bvw .?U.aUi^an.,5XlU:TMLLc 'Address ON COMPLAINT ;illon, Chio M K. liMfcurj* filvd.L it. Louis, I'.o. n!ail tr> l!illrsrr-J.v>rT:rrsr]fstaattuuttory ^en,^fZ"i*rt Lporation .....Zysts?j.Jj;l^on ?.. Dafamfonj__j To the above named defendan You at* hereby summoned that a complaint fa copy of which it hereto attached and made a peat hereof) ha* been filed against you in this court by the plaintiff..... named herein. You arc required to serve upon the plaintiff.... attorney, or upon the plain tiff.... if ...d/oay haJL* no attorney of record, a copy of your answer to the complaint within 08 day* after service of this rummon* upon you, exclusive of the day of 9oivice. Said answer must bo filed with this cotert within three day* after service on Plaintiff** Attorney. The name and addrcc* of the plaintiff.....attorney is as follows: Paul StPSio3, l!33tllnn flldr* * T'assl J Irn t Phin If you fail to appear and defend, default teifi be taken against you for the rrtU-f ucuimwled in the tmuptaini. Q&3*737 Date .................. T.yrry, V-^ ! nstratt . Clerk ..... HART OLDMON0096028 IN THE COUNT OF COMMON PLEAS, STALK COUNTY, OHIO DEAN L. SPEtCHER STATE Serbaugh St. S,N Mattf11en,0h1e 44146 -Plaintiff MICHIGAN SILO CO., INC. #01 Cherry Road H.M. Massillon, Ohio md , THE MONSANTO CO. 0- CASE NO, , t t : i OTHER ! """" yt>7 I 100 North Lindbergh 61 vd. St, Louis, Missouri Defendtuts s 0Lki.i!!L { JUDGEi -0- . 1. At *11 notarial tines. Defendant, The Michigan Silo Conpany, Inc., uas a corporation located In Massillon, Ohio, engaged In the business of building, repairing and nalntalnlng (silos. ii |i 2. The Monsanto Corn any, of St. Louis, Missouri, Is li jt corporntlon engaged In the nanufacture and sale of certain .plasties and In the year 19&H supplied materials to the Defendant, jjlltehlgan Silo Conpany, Inc,, to be used In the treatment and icoatlng of silos to preserve the silo from escesslve deterioration and to preserve the contents stored Utorein fron spoiling, [ 3. On or about May 07. 1903 Plnlntlff. (lean L. Spelcher Ipurchaasd Cron the Defendant, The Michigan Silo Conpany, Inc,, [ton gallons of a silo Interior coating called Cunar which contained Aroclor, which Is a product nenufactured and distributed by Defendant, The Monsanto Conpany, and that tha Cunar uas sold ltd Plaintiff, Dean L. Spelcher to bo used In the 0re5c3o4c7t3in6g of a tiis; .. . - ' ' 1. Plaintiff, Dean L, spelcher, applied the Cunar to Che tiiblda of hit alio according to the Instructions of the o o * KUATCMMX Defendant, The tUcbfgtit Silo Company, Inc. .- ' * S, Plaintiff, further states tha'tile wa* Had for th* ttorno* of corn and other livestock food product! uiod as f*d for Plaintiff1* dairy cows, 6. Plaintiff states that Tha Food and Drug Adnlnlstre- tlon of ttia Fedora 1 Govarpuant ha* Issued regulatloas providing that alU containing more than ,2 parts per *111 ton of Aroclor Is not fit for human centunptIon. - n . 7. Prior to Nay 19. 1371. tests nr* and* of tha raw put produced on Plaintiff's farm by the Ohio Depart non t of v Agriculture. Division of food and Dairies, Which rivalled sub- | stantlal amounts of Aroclor. In excess of .2 parts par million, ' by Plaintiff's dairy cows and, os a result, the State of Ohio, l Da partsiept of Agriculture, prohibited the sale of Bilik frost Plaintiff's herd for distribution for bunan consumption or for I related uses, fl. Plaintiff further states that the Aroclor which cantamfnated the ntlfc products produced on Ms farm was derived from the coating of Csmtar on tha Intarfor nf his silo. |! 9, Plaintiff states the Corar was negligently minu- factured In that It failed to adhere properly to the Inside of the silo and either flaked off Into the feed or evaporated and |j attached Itself to the feed contained therein resulting In con i' tir-.lnitfon nf the feed. ,! ID. In selling tha Ctmar and Aroclor to Plaintiff. Dean j[ L. Spelcher, the Defendants were aware of the particular usa to Milch the products would be nut, and Plaintiff relied upon the Defendants* warranties that the products would property fit the particular purpose; that Is, Defendants knew th* Plaintiff needed a product that would adhere to tha inild* of a silo without con- tsalnattng ths f**d contained therein, and Plaintiff rallal upon Defoniants' astarlions that thes* particular products would be proper for tueh u*a. . ' : 0534739 HARTOLDMON0096030 ` .11, Trtkimrtt fn sailing the goods, the Defendants, NIcMgt* Silo Company, Inc.t Tht Monsanto Company, Impliedly [warranted to tha Plslntlft that tho products nn of a quality ich uould at least pas* without objactlon la tha trada, was [at laast fit for tha ordinary purposes for which such products ara utad, and was, In all ratpacts, of sierchantatla quality, 12, As a result of tha nsgllgance of tho Defendants and tha breach of warraatlas on tha part of tha Dafandants, Plaintiff, Dion L. Spalthar, suffarad a loss of earnings In tha approximate amount of Four Thousand Two Hundred and ninety Three and 56/100 ($4,223.56) Boilers between Hay 19, 1971 and Hovember 30, 1971. 13. further. Plaintiff, Dean t. Spelchnr. as a result 'of tha contanlaatldn of his silo, was required to make repairs ;tn his silo tor tha storage of feed for his livestock at a cost I! of approalnately One Thousand Two Hundred and Seventy Four and 53/100 ($1,274,53) dollars. , 14, Plaintiff further states thst as s result of the 'orders Issued by the Stats of Ohio, Department of Agriculture, tha Plaintiff Incurrad expenses to dispose of the cantantnated lit produced on his faro In tha asount of approximately 0ns Thousand Tbrta Hundred and Fourty Two and 50/100 ($1,342.50) li " "Dollars, - [ WHEREFORE, Plaintiff, Dean L. Spelchnr, demands Judgment ) .. 'against the Defendants In'the sun of Six Thousand nine'Hundred and Iten'and 59/100 ($5,910,59) Dollars together with hln costs herein '{expended. . v CHRISTOFF. STERSI0S 1 KURTZMAh !j . . .. i: ' ; . . ": 1 PAUL J, MLP.GJU5, Attorney for ' Plaintiff 053^7^0 DEHRHD TOR TRIAL BY JURY : ' : Milnllff d<Binti i frit) by a jury of Tmln (12) for 11 Issues: of the dele for Relief set fertji iy bit Coopt lint. ., . ..,: ' _ , . ;..>'" IHSTRUCTlPHS.fOR SERVICE OF PROCESS '. TO THE ClCRKl : " ' \ '' ':;V; :; You ora Instructed to mato service upon the Defendant, Michigan Silo Company, toe., by mailing a copy of this Complaint Iby Certified Ha11/Saturn Receipt Requesfed to laid Defendant at ;p01 Cherry Road R.H,. Maismon<', Ohio. . . ! You ere Instructed to mate service upon the Defendant, `Honsanto Company, by sailing a copy of this Complaint by Certified >Hel1/Return Receipt Requested to Defendant's statutory agent. Hr. Mllllan J, Worknan, C/0 C.T, Corporation Systaai, Union Connsrct Ijpulldtng, Clavaland, Ohio; . 1 os3e ?ei i HARTOLDMON0096032 TH1 STATK OP OHIO, SiARK COUNTY, U. COURT OP COMMON RUM I, M YRON G. VAN NOSTRAN, Clerk of the Court of Common Fleas, within and for said County, having the custody of the files. Journals and records of said Court, hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the original pleading filedin the above entitled case as the same appears from the files and records of said Court . . IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I subscribe my name and affix the official seal of said CburUCantsCOMoT this-- lav of_ 19-2.1^ -------------------- --------------- Clerk 1 0534742 HART OLDMON0096033