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formula have been used for Abex's asbestos-containing automotive friction products depending on, among other things, the specific application of the product.
4. Have any of Defendant's asbestos-containing products as listed in response to Interrogatory No. 5 to Plaintiff's First Set of Interrogatories ever been marketed, distributed, and/or sold by any other company or business in Illinois? If so, please state the name and last known address of each of those companies or businesses.
ANSWER: Abex objects to this interrogatory on the grounds
that it is overly broad and burdensome. Abex further objects on the
grounds that, in seeking information concerning products to which
the plaintiff does not allege her decedent was exposed, this
interrogatory lacks relevance to this case and is not reasonably
calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence. Subject
to and without waiving these objections, invoices relating to sales
of Abex's asbestos-containing automotive friction products are on
file for a period beginning sometime in 1976 to 1987 only. These
invoices, which may reflect sales of Abex's asbestos-containing as
well as non-asbestos-containing automotive friction products, number
well in excess of half a million. Such invoices, which may or may
not reflect sales as indicated in this interrogatory, are arranged,
for the most part, numerically and chronologically by year and not
by customer, product or state. These invoices can be made available
for inspection and copying upon receipt of an appropriate document
request.
4.1 For each company or business listed in response to
Interrogatory No. 4 above, please state whether they sold
Defendant's asbestos-containing brake lining products to any of the
job sites listed on Exhibit A? If yes, please state the following:
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