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I INTERROGATORY NO. 20: With respect to each asbestos-containing product listed for each subpart of Interrogatory No 19. (a) Identify the specific company (Defendant, predecessor, related company) which designed, manufactured, processed, specified, sold, distributed, applied, installed, patented or re-labeled such product, (b) State the year in which Defendant, its related company or its predecessor first designed, manufactured, processed, specified, sold, distributed, applied, installed, patented or re-labeled such product; and, (c) State the year in which the Defendant, its related company or predecessor last designed, manufactured, processed, specified, sold, distributed, applied, installed, patented or re-labeled such product. ANSWER TO INTERROGATORY NO. 20: Abex objects to this interrogatory on the grounds that it is overly broad, unduly burdensome, compound, vague and ambiguous and calls for speculation Abex also objects to this interrogatory on the ground that it purports to shift the burden of establishing product identification from plaintiffs to Abex Abex further objects to this interrogatory to the extent it purports to seek information or matenals regarding time periods and products that are not at issue in these cases, on the grounds that such information or matenals lack relevance 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 matenals it purports to seek otherwise lack relevance to the issues ansing m 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 assumes the truth of matters not established or matters not m evidence Abex discontinued the manufacture and sale of asbestos-contaming friction -49-