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J |l~- mo.o I . I .. / 4U.TIMCSE' n: tor* CLAflCSBUSG 'ULSA T. LOUIS Aijkxatsidkk <& A^Xa^i^jdeii^wXLC-i ,NCO8PaBATS0 jjO^ Telephone INSURANCE / TUXE0 **** ,,i..CAGO los *mg;ls ATuLWTA Pittsburgh SAH PBANCiSCO NCV ORLEANS MIAMI `MllAOELPHIA AVERAGE ADJUSTERS CONSULTING ACTUARIES 2225 NORTH CHARLES STREET, BALTIMORE 18, MO. ell system TELETYPE u 5*3 Cable aocmqs ALEXBLUe- - PLAINTIFF'S February 27, 1962 - EXHIBIT ! n ip .0 2/1 Mr. William L. Hugh**, Manager Insurance Department Armstrong, Cork Company Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Travelers Policy No. RU3-4490459 Dear Sir;- Claimant: Please note disposition made of the following claim; __________________ Jft . Clifford P. Harding Location; Sacramento, California Claim No.; B 9527634 n. d * $. r si*~*-*J-**c*`, '' Disposition; 50.57 Perm. Partial Remarks: Indicate Whether: Workmen's Cotnp. x ~ luto Liability B.I.___ P.D.___ General Liability B.I. P.D. Very truly yours, ALEXANDER . ALEXANDER INC. LOSS DEPARTMENT CLIFFORD r. HARDING a. H. KELSON, Referee September 21, 1961 vs. PLANT ASBESTOS CO., J. T. THORP & SONS, INC,, et al Claim No, 60 SF 193-354 Inj: Asbestosls REPORT OP REFEREE ON ORDER APPROVING COMPROMISE AND RELEASE Asbestos worker, bom February 28, 1096, claims SSbestOSlS as the result of Industrial exposure in employnerts for numerous employers going back some 15 years. Overall, Including his employments in the industry in various out-of-State localities, he has a history of approximately 2,0 years of intermittent exposure to asbestos dust. The record shows that applicant continued working until May, 1959, when he was seised with sudden severe chest pains. He was hospitalised on a diagnosis of coronary occlusion. Chest X-rays taken at that time were interpreted as showing evidence of asbestosls. It is now proposed to settle the case by the payment of $3300.00, nothing having been paid heretofore. Concerning the present cause of disability. Dr. Horton C. Kinshaw, Jr., states as follows: "The degree of asbestosls evident on X-ray here would not be expected to lead to heart disease, and also the type of heart disease produced by lung disease is quite different from disease which leads to coronary occlusion, which this patient apparently has had. Consequently, It would be my opinion that his heart disease is a separate condition and not directly related to his asbestosls". On the basis of pulmonary function tests, the doctor concluded in his final report that the patient's symptoms were to a large degree due to his heart disease and not to asbestosls. Indeed, on the basis of diffusion capacity test, it was his judgment that the asbestosls was so mild as not to be disabling or productive of any symptoms. In an earlier report, Dr. Norbert Frey, on behalf of the applicant, had concluded that the patient had a moderate degree of pulmonary fibrosis, which was productive of some shortness of breath. He expressed no opinion concerning the Industrial contribution to the over-all disability. On the record, the settlement is fair and adequate. DISPOSITION: Order Approving Compromise and Release to be paid to said applicant, less $30.20 to Noroert Frey, M.D., and less attorneys' fee or $300.00 and rciaturseraent costs of 22.00 to be paid to applicant's attorneys out of the amount payable by State Compensation Insurance Fund. AKN: r.ilm A. H. NELSON, Referee