W. J. McConnell of Metropolitan Life to Sumner Simpson on Help in the Charleston Litigation (1935)

A short letter of October 28, 1935, from Dr. W. J. McConnell, assistant medical director of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and director of its Industrial Health Section, to Sumner Simpson, president of Raybestos-Manhattan, answering Simpson's letter of October 19. McConnell said he would be glad to see Simpson on Tuesday in New York, and wrote: "I assure you that arrangements had been made to assist your company in the present litigation."

What it shows

The reply closes the exchange that began when Metropolitan Life decided not to send a man to the asbestosis trials at Charleston and Raybestos-Manhattan subpoenaed its engineer J. William Fehnel (Simpson's telegram of October 15 and letter of October 19). The insurer's medical director assured the company it would have help with the suits.

In Johns-Manville's index

Johns-Manville's attorneys indexed the Sumner Simpson Papers. Their index describes this document as follows:

Acknowledges receipt of letter dated 10/19/35. Will be happy to meet with Simpson when in New York. I'm sure arrangements can be made to help RM in litigation.

Related documents

• Sumner Simpson to W. J. McConnell of Metropolitan Life on the Charleston Asbestosis Suits (1935)
• Sumner Simpson's Telegram to W. J. McConnell Asking Him to Stop at Charleston before the Asbestosis Trials (1935)
• Sumner Simpson to James E. Kavanagh of Metropolitan Life on Insurance for the Divisions (1935)

About this copy

This is document 02754 of the Sumner Simpson Papers, as numbered in the collection's index.