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FILE NAME: DZKDZ DATE: DOC#: DZ OCUMENT DESCRIPTION:>&ZWK ( , IN THE CIRCUIT COURT THIRD mDICIAL CIRCUIT MADISON COUNTY, ILLINOIS \'1AR - 9 2009 IN RE ALL ASBESTOS LITIGATION FILED ) BY FRENCH & MUDD, ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) vs. ) ) MARATHON PETROLEUM COMPANY LLC, ) ) Defendant, ) ) JOSEPH BICK, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) ) MARATHON PETROLEUM COMPANY LLC, ) ) Defendant, ) ---- ) No.08-L-865 DEFENDA MARATHON P OLEUM COMPANY LLC'S ANSWERS TO PLAINTIFFS' P TERROGATORIES DIRECTED TO DEFENDANT COMES NOW Defendant, Marathon Petroleum Company LLC (hereinafter "Marathon"), and hereby responds to Plaintiffs' Premises Interrogatories Directed to Defendant pursuant to the Illinois Rules of Civil Procedure and the Madison County Standing Order dated February 6, 2004. PRELIMINARY STATEMENT Because the events at issue took place many years ago and things have changed within Marathon since that time, locating documents and witnesses relevant to the allegations is time-consuming, expensive, difficult, and, in certain instances, impossible. Over the years, Marathon has had many employees and, in conducting business,