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FILE NAME: Chevron (CHV) DATE: 0000
DOC#: CHV001
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Legal - Chevron Responses to Interrogatories Selected Pages
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1 SEDGWICK, DETERT, MORAN & ARNOLD STEPHEN JONES (Bar No. 040884)
2 BERRIDOS R. MARSH (Bar No. 077304) HOLLY A. HARRIS (Bar No. 132336)
3 One Embarcadero Center, 16th Floor San Francisco, California 94111-3765
4 Telephone: (415) 781-7900
5 Attorneys for Defendant CHEVRON PRODUCTS COMPANY
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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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IN AND FpR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO
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) NO. 828684
IN RE:COMPLEX ASBESTOS
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12 LITIGATION
) RESPONSES OF DEFENDANT CHEVRON
) PRODUCTS COMPANY TO PLAINTIFFS'
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) STANDARD INTERROGATORIES TO ALL
________________________________ ) DEPENDANTS_______________________
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15 PROPOUNDING PARTY:
PLAINTIFFS
16 RESPONDING PARTY:
DEPENDANT CHEVRON PRODUCTS COMPANY
17 SET NUMBER:
GENERAL ORDER 129
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Defendant CHEVRON PRODUCTS COMPANY, a division of
20 c h e v r o n u.S.A. i n c . (hereinafter "Chevron"), provides the
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21 following objections and responses to-San Francisco Superior
22 Court General Order No. 129 Plaintiffs' Standard Interrogatories
23 to All Defendants as follows:
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P.RELIMINARY STATEMENT
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Defendant's responses are based upon as diligent and
26 complete an inquiry as possible as of this date and are subject
2 7 to corrections for errors, mistakes or omissions. Defendant
328 anticipates that additional discovery, investigation, and
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1 INTERROGATORS NO,-.a*
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State the date of first employment with YOU, and the dates
3 and titles of each job position the person verifying these 4 interrogatories has held while employed by YOU.
5 RB8PQM9S ISLINIBRRQflftSPRY-ire,-^-.
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First date of employment: 1977.
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1977-1987: Mr. Walker worked for Chevron U.s.A. Inc.
8 and/or other Chevron entities as division manager and held other
9 related titles.
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1987-present: Assistant Secretary of chevron U.S.A.
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12 INTERROGATORY NO.. 3.;
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State whether or not YOU are a corporation, and if so,
14 state:
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A. YOUR correct corporate name;
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B. YOUR state of incorporation;
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C. The date of YOUR incorporation;
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D. The address of YOUR principal place of business
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fi. Whether or not YOU have ever held a certificate of
20 authority to do business in the state of California, and if so,
21 the inclusive dates of any certificate;
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F. If You are wholly owned or the majority interest of YOUR
23 company is owned by another business entity, state the entity's
24 name and principal place of business;
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G. Whether YOU have any business offices in California, and,
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8 0 YOUR principal place of business in California.
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1 RESPONSE TO INTERROGATORY NQn-3=
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Yes -
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A. Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (dba) Chevron Products Company.
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B. Pennsylvania.
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C. August 19, 1922.
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D. 575 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94105.
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E. Yes. January 18, 1965.
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F. Not applicable.
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G. 575 Market Street, San Francisco, California 94105.
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Have YOU ever been identified, known, or done business under
12 any other name in the State of California?
13 RESPONSE TO INTERROGATORY NO. 4 :
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Yes.
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If your answer to Interrogatory No. 4 is in the affirmative,
17 please state such name or names and the time period during which
18 THIS DEFENDANT was so known or identified. 19 RESPONSE TO INTERROGATORY NO. S r
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Standard Oil Company of California was incorporated in
21 Delaware on January 27, 1926. standard Oil Company of
22 California, Western Operations, Inc., was organized as a Nevada
23 corporation on December 1 0 , 1956. Effective 1/31/62, it was
24 merged into the Standard Oil Company of California and then
25 operated as a division until 12/31/76, with no name change.
26 Although "I n c ." was included in the name, it was not a separate
27 corporation but functioned as a division. Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
was created effective 1/1/77 and Standard Oil Company of
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1 California made a capital contribution of the division's assets 2 to Chevron U.S.A. Inc. effective that date. Western Operations, 3 Inc. and/or Standard Oil Company of California ran the Richmond 4 Refinery until Chevron U.S.A. Inc. was areated. Pursuant to a 5 1985 merger, chevron U .S.A. Inc. was also formerly known as Gulf
6 Oil Corporati o n . From 1992 to 1996, Chevron U.S.A. Inc. operated
7 as Chevron U.S.A. Products Company, and as Chevron Products
8 Company from 1996 to the present as to the Richmond Refinery.
9 XNTERRPQATPRY. NQ .;
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If YOU are not a corporation, what is YOUR business
11 structure (partnership, joint venture, sole proprietorship,
12 e t c .).
13 RESPONSE TO INTERROGATORY NO. 6 ;
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Not applicable. Please see response to Interrogatory No. 3.
15 INTERROGATORY NO. 7 :
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If YOU are not a corporation, please IDENTIFY all persons or
17 other entities with an ownership interest in YOU.
18 RESPONSE TO INTERROGATORY NO. 7 :
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Not applicable. Please see response to Interrogatory No. 3.
20 INTERROGATORY NO. 8 :
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If you are not a corporation, please state the following:
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A. The address where the HISTORICAL, RECORDS of THIS
23 d e f e n d a n t are currently located; and
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B. The name, job title and current address of the Custodian
25 for THIS DEFENDANT'S HISTORICAL RECORDS.
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AS used herein, "HISTORICAL RECORDS" shall include all
27 DOCUMENTS relating to the formation of THIS DEFENDANT, all
minutes of partners', general partners', or other owners'
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1 meetings, and all DOCUMENTS relating to THIS DEPENDANT'S merger 2 with, acquisition of or purchase, or sale of or by any other
3 COMPANY. 4 RESPONSE. TO INTERROGATORY NO. 8 :
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Not applicable. Please see response to Interrogatory N o . 3.
6 INTERROGATORY N O ...9 :
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IDENTIFY YOUR custodian of Business Records.
8 RESPONSE TO INTERROGATORY NO. 9 :
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Chevron has offices located in many states. Business
10 records are located in many of these offiSes. without greater
1 1 specificity as to the nature of the business records sought,
12 Chevron is unable to provide a Custodian of Business Records or a
13 location of these records. Subject to the foregoing statement,
14 documents which Chevron believes to be responsive to these
15 interrogatories are maintained by Steve A. Cavazos, who may be
16 contacted through the undersigned counsel of record.
17 I N T E R R O G A T O R Y NO. 1 0 :
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IDENTIFY the person or persons most knowledgeable about:
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A. YOUR acquisition of RAW ASBESTOS and/or ASBESTOS
20 CONTAINING PRODUCTS;
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B. YOUR use Of RAW ASBESTOS and/or ASBESTOS CONTAINING
22 PRODUCTS;
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C. YOUR contracting with others to do work involving use or
24 handling of RAW ASBESTOS or ASBESTOS CONTAINING PRODUCTS.
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A-B. Chevron has no one person who is most knowledgeable
27 regarding its acquisition and/or use of RAW ASBESTOS and/or
28 ASBESTOS CONTAINING PRODUCTS. Any RAW ASBESTOS acquired by
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1 aware that certain of its personnel attended conferences and
2 meetings of various organizations in an attempt to learn of
3 potential hazards in the workplace.
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For each organization, association or other entity-
6 identified in YOUR Response to Interrogatory No. 13, please
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A. The dates during which THIS DEFENDANT was a member,*
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B. The name(s) of any publication^) received by THIS
10 DEFENDANT from such association or organization;
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C. The name of any committee or subcommittee of which THIS
12 DEFENDANT was a member, and the dates of such committee or
13 subcommittee membership.
14 BlSPOBfiB.IP INTERROGATORY JgP .1.4:
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A. American Fetroleum Institute*.
Approximately 1965 to the
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American Industrial Hygiene Association: Dates
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Industrial Hygiene Foundation: 1955-1960.
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National Safety Council: Dates Unknown.
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B. Chevron and/or its employees subscribed to and
22 undoubtedly received numerous business, technical and
23 professional publications during the relevant time period. As to
24 this interrogatory, these include, but are not limited to:
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American Petroleum-Institute: Abstracts of Petroleum
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Be.finA.nc..and Petrochemicals;
Abstracts of Refining Patents
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C.
Membership in committees and/or subcommittees known at
2 this time include the Medical Advisory Committee, the Health &
3 Biological Science Committee and the Industrial Hygiene Committee
4 of the American Petroleum Institute.
5 INTERROGATORY NO. 1 5 ;
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Had THIS DEFENDANT prior to 1973 received any DOCUMENTS
7 containing results or conclusions of any studies and/or tests
8 conducted by Bonsib for Standard Oil of New Jersey relating to
9 asbestos exposure in the work place or the human health
10 consequences of exposure to asbestos? If so:
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A. Either (1) attach all DOCUMENTS evidencing the
12 information sought in this Interrogatory and its subparts to your
13 answers to these Interrogatories, or (2) attach disks containing
14 such data, or (3) describe such DOCUMENTS with sufficient
15 particularity that they may be made the subject of a request for
16 production of documents. .
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B. State the date upon which THIS DEFENDANT first received
18 such DOCUMENTS;
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C. State the IDENTITY of the custodian of such DOCUMENTS.
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D. This interrogatory does not apply to DOCUMENTS contained
21 in a library maintained by a DEFENDANT hospital or a DEFENDANT'S
22 library providing access to the general public.
23 RESPONSE TO INTERROGATORY NO. 1 5 :
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Chevron is not aware of having received any such
25 document(e) before 1973.
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