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M arch 5 195f- Pr* Graham E dgar / E thyl G asoline C orporation C hrysler B uilding New J o r k C ity New --o r k Dear D r. Edgar; I have gone over the l e t t e r and r e l a t i n g t o t h e a l l e g e d i n j u r y o f one Mr em ployee o f th e S h e ll P e tro le u m Company* We do n o t h a v e a n y r e c o r d t h a t s u c h a n e m p lo y ee was employed in b le n d in g E th y l F lu id w ith g a so lin e * N a tu ra lly 1 have no way o f know ing th e f a c t s c o n c e rn in g him , b u t i t i s q u ite c le a r th a t he was n o t one o f th e re g u la r m ixing personnel* I t would ap p ear th a t n e ith e r th e p l a i n t i f f nor h is a tto rn e y has any very d e fin ite id ea as to ju s t w h a t m a t e r i a l s p ro d u c e d t h e a l l e g e d i n j u r y * One h a s no way o f d e t e r m i n i n g , t h e r e f o r e , w h a t ty p e o f i n j u r y w ould be stre sse d * Under the circum stances I should co n sid er i t a d v i s a b l e f o r you t o r e p l y to Mr* Tay l o r , p o i n t i n g o u t t h a t on th e b a s i s o f my i n f o r m a t i o n not a re g u la r b le n d e r b u t e x p re ssin g W illin g n e s s to give w hat ever a s s is ta n c e is re q u ire d in p ro v id in g fa c ts as to the p o s s ib ilitie s of exposure in the handling of E thyl G asoline As y o u know 1 h a v e a v o id e d , a s f a r a s p o s s i b l e , a p p e a r i n g a s e x p e r t w i t n e s s i n c a s e s o f t h i s ty p e * Hoy;e v e r , I s h o u ld b g l a d to; g i v e a n y a s s i s t a n c e o r i n f o r m a t i o n w h ic h t h e y may r e q u e s t fro m me* I do n o t f e e l t h a t i t i s e n t i r e l y n e c e s s a r y f o r a t o k e e p o u t o f s u c h c a s e s , b u t 1 t h i n k i t w is e t o s t e e r c l e a r o f them i f i t i s p o s s i b l e t o do wo w ithout leav in g the defendant in the lurch* Very t r u l y y o u rs, RAKsIS R o b e r t A* K eh o e, M.D.