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LD-4--BP-77 03 St a n d a r d EDWIN S. H ALL GEORGE H. TOW ER GEORGE F. H OW ARD ROBERT H. SCH O LL LU KE W . F IN LAY J . BRAN CH D AR BY Oi l Co m p a n y o f 26 Br o a d w a y New Yor k, N. Y. Ne w Je r s e y Horember 21, 19 3 g. Dr. Ro be rt A. Keho e, U n ive rs ity o f Cin cin n ati, Co lle ge o f Medicine, Gen eral H o s p ita l, Cin c in n a ti, Ohio, Dear Dr, Keho e Sta n d ard O i l Company o f Hew J e r s e y an d one o f i t s d e a le r s h as be e n s u e d i n th e Ci r c u i t Co u rt o f F a y e t t e Co u n ty, West V i r g i n i a , a fo rm e r e m plo ye e o f th e d e a l e r , who c la im s th a ^ h ^ s n s t^ n e d le ad po iso n in g as a re s u lt o f han dlin g and in h a l i n g th e fum es o f E t h y l g a s o l i n e . He a s k s dam ages i n th e sum o f $1 0 , 000, I am e n c lo s i n g f o r yo u r i n fo rm a tio n a co p y o f th e com plaint in th is actio n . - I h ave t a l k e d w i t h Mr, E a r l Webb, P r e s i d e n t o f E t h y l Ga s o lin e Co r p o r a tio n , who h as s u g g e s te d t h a t yo u w o u ld be w i l l i n g to co o perate w ith us in the pre paratio n and t r i a l o f th is a ctio n . Our l o c a l c o u n s e l, M e s s rs , Rummel B la g g & Sto n e o f Ch a r le s to n , West V i r g i n i a , a d v i s e me t h a t we h ave no a b s o lu t e r i g h t t o sub je c t the p la in t iff to a p h ys ical exam ination, but th at as a m atter o f p r a c t i c e th e p r i v i l e g e i s u s u a l l y e x te n d e d . Th e y t e l l me t h a t such a re q u e s t s h o u ld be made, i f p o s s i b le , w ith in th e n e xt two w ee ks, and th e y have some doubt whether an y lo c a l p h ys ic ia n i s q u a l i f i e d to make th e e x a m in a tio n . Th e y a r e t o make a f u r t h e r e x a m in a tio n o f t h a t s i t u a t i o n and r e p o r t to me. We, o f c o u r s e , hope t h a t yo u w i l l f i n d i t p o s s i b l e to make th e e x am in atio n yo u r s e l f j o r a t le a s t to be pre s e n t and s u p e rvis e th e work o f a lo c a l p h y s i c i a n i f a co m pe te n t man can be fo u n d . An y s u g g e s ti o n s yo u c a re t o make r e g a r d i n g th e h a n d lin g o f t h i s m atte r w i l l be most welcome. RHS:Y enc* ' Ve ry tr u ly yo u rs ,