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FILE NAME: Goodyear (GY) DATE: 2003 Dec 1 DOC#: GY072 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter to BC from Law Office RE Thomasen, Fakler Trial PERRY WEITZ ARTHUR M. LUXENBERG ROBERT J. GORDON t t SHEILA BECKMAN BRYAN BELASKY RUSSELL BOGART EDWARD S. BOSEK MITCHELL M. BREIT JOHN M. BROADDUS DANIEL C. BURKE PATTI BURSHTYN f f LISA NATHANSON BUSCH DAVID A. CHANDLER THOMAS COMERFORD f t CHARLES M. FERGUSON STUART R. FRIEDMAN WEIT Z & LUXENBERG A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION LAW OFFICES 180 MAIDEN LANE NEW YORK, N.Y. 10038-4925 TEL. 212-558-5500 FAX 212-344-5461 WWW.WEITZLUX.COM LAWRENCE GOLDHIRSCH EDWARD J. HAHN * CATHERINE HEACOX f t MARIE L. IANNIELLO t ERIK JACOBS EVAN M. JANUSH * GARY R. KLEIN t t JERRY KRISTAL-* RORY I. LANCMAN DEBBI LANDAU JAMES C. LONG, JR. * VICTORIA MANIATIS tt RICHARD S. MCGOWAN *** C. SANDERS MCNEW *0 RICHARD MEADOW WILLIAM J. NUGENT MICHAEL E. PEDERSON PAUL J. PENNOCK STUART S. PERRY * G. RUSSELL RAGLAND 00 ELLEN RELKIN *A STEPHEN J. RIEGEL MICHAEL P ROBERTS CHRIS ROMANELLI t t t DAVID ROSENBAND DENISE JILL ROTHSTEIN SHELDON SILVER * SANFORD SMOKLER FRANKLIN P. SOLOMON H BONNIE M. STEINWOLF JAMES S. THOMPSON t t DOUGLAS D. von OISTE t NICHOLAS WISE LAUREN WOLPIN ALLAN ZELIKOVIC GLENN ZUCKERMAN December 1,2003 * Of Counsel J Also admitted in CT ' Also admitted in KL t t Also admitted in MA f t Also admitted in Nj Also admitted in IOC t Also admitted in NJ and CT " Also admitted in NJ and PA A Also admitted in NJ and DC 1i Admitted only in NJ and PA V Also admitted in VA and NJ Also admitted in DC and TX ~ Admitted only in :)C , MD, PA and VA 0 Also admitted in X , VA Admitted only in ',0 VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS Dr. Barry I. Castleman, ScD 4406 Oxford Street Garrett Park, MD 20896 RE: Thomasen, Fakler Trial Liability Documents-Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Dear Dr. Castleman: Enclosed as per request of Rick Meadow please find a copy of our "Goodyear Liability Binder." Note I have red flagged and highlighted each and every mention of asbestos throughout for ease of perusal. Additionally, please note the separate four documents not included in the binder, most importantly among them the 1939 article, "Dusts in the Rubber Industry," by Dr. P.A. Davis (Goodyear's Chief Corporate Medical Director at that time) published in The National Safety Council publication, Transactions. Therein, Dr. Davis puts forward a progressive dust control program for companies engaged in the rubber industry. This article reads as if it were written yesterday. The most obvious question arises: why did Goodyear not implement the program until well into the 1970s/1980s? Therein lies the linchpin in the case against Goodyear. Opening arguments in the above-mentioned case are scheduled for tomorrow. Please do not hesitate to contact me should you be in need of further assistance. Enclosure 210 LAKE DRIVE EAST, SU rrE 101 WOODLAND FALLS CORPORATE PARK CHERRY HILL, NJ 08002 TEL 856-755-1115 FAX 856-755-1995 76 SOUTH ORANGE AVENUE, SUITE 201 * SOUTH ORANGE, NJ 07079 TEL 973-761-8995 FAX 973-763-4020 215 SOUTH MONARCH STREET, SUITE 202 ASPEN, CO 81611 TEL 970-925-6101 FAX 970-925-6035 & 2179-123